Less Parking and More Green, Open Space

Took this picture on Broadway and 9th in downtown LA. The street art piece is by renowned British street artist Bansky. His street art can be found all over the world and has become synonymous with rebellion and contested as a form of artistic expression around today's social issues. This piece denotes LA's car-dependancy (you see the little girl swinging on the A referencing the need for a playground) and excessive reliance on car culture and the city's need for more green and open space (and of course, realiable and comprehensive public transit).

Picture taken with the Camera+ pinhole setting.

Los Angeles: A love hate relationship

Picture taken with iphone cam and modified with Camera+ Contessa setting. 

 

LA's downtown will always be mesmerizing.

It's been a while...

Don't think I've forgotten about you....

In my attempt to finish a cap and trade policy analysis paper by next Wednesday (fun!), I remembered about this blog I started almost a year ago. So here I am again (not sure if someone even reads this??) Anyways, I decided to stop my frugal ways a couple of months ago and invest in the C+ camera iPhone app (yes, $1.99 is a bit much for me ;-) and I am completely in love. With the recent news of Facebook $1 billion dollar Instragram buy, I'd say C+ app is much better. I initially started using the Instragram app for my special picture effects, but after my $1.99 investment - I'm never going back!

Anyways, here are a couple of snapshots (modified with the Instagram and Camera+ iPhone apps) from last July until now. As you can see, I visited the Grand Canyon. It's so beautiful - you really can't take a bad picture. At nighttime, you can even touch the stars!

Hope to make more blogposts soon. I'm planning a trip to yosemite (never been in springtime - which is the best time to go), so a lot of picture opps coming up! Goodnight!