May-June 2011 update

Been too long since I've been dropping regular updates. But I'm back on track now so here's a general update from just about anywhere I was between May and June: TA Wall & Factory, St. Henri, some general streets, Rouen area, and wherever else. This is just a general update, but I'll be dropping flicks from all the regular spots (and a couple new ones) over the next couple of weeks. And it's not a monster update either, just about 50 shots. The summer weather is in full swing now and the streets are starting to get lit up, lots of nice stuff out there. I've also been experimenting with my new wide angle macro lens combo thingy and its awesome. So without further ado, here are some shots from here and there over the last couple.

Castro regulating the Lionel Groulx spot

There was a dude camped out in the Factory for the better part of the last month and I dunno, something must have happened as his whole spot -tent and all was burned right out. Hope dude and his cat made it out alright.

Killa Ef dropped another finely executed piece the week following that last one I posted. Always a pleasure to see.

Bumped into these guys working on a production in the Factory, came out pretty nice even though the color scheme switches up on the last two pieces.

A nice fresh piece by Mersh.

A solid production by Smak and Sewk.

Respect to Germ for reaching out to his dad for a father's day piece. 

Like I said, not the biggest of all updates, and certainly a lot more going on lately to post. I also got some great flicks from Gnar-Down from this past weekend. I'll drop that in the next day or two. Till then, stay posted.

Memory Lane: Coach's Lessons Part 2

I love finding inspiration in unlikely places, like on the side of a cookie box. I posted last week about a Teddy Roosevelt quote I learned from my high school track coach. The quote is printed on a box of Bart's cookies I found at Whole Foods. I bought the cookies because of the claim on the front of the box that they're "The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies in the World." Them's fighting words--and then I spotted the real fighting words on the side. Good cookies, but I still believe homemade ones are best.

Memory Lane: Coach's Lessons

I had the voice of my high school track and cross country coach, Frank LaBianca, in my head today. This is always a good thing. Coach was also the school's print shop teacher and he printed pearls of wisdom for us on cards; a sampling of ones I have saved are posted above. These are wallet-sized, but Coach also printed banners and posted them on the walls of the print shop, where we held team meetings. The one I memorized was a quote by Theodore Roosevelt that began, "Far better is it to dare mighty things...." I remember surprising him one day by finishing the quote for him when he began it. (I still know it by heart.)