“I love Napa ; I used to work there. You can spend three days in Napa and a lifetime in Sonoma".
A classic car in a classic city. Both with a lot of wear and tear, but character.
Asheville was crowded, but not over-crowded. It still afforded people enough green space and quiet that you could actually sit down and think.
kure beach, nc
I Dream of Cake's cake-makers have backgrounds in the visual arts -- so it isn't surprising the shop's works of art can be seen, not eaten, by most city dwellers.
Open by appointment only (and quite pricey), I Dream of Cake is still worth a peek through the windows at fantasy cakes in shapes including Louis Vuitton handbags, Jabba The Hut and a buttercream-frosted Eiffel Tower.
There were many homeless, all of which seemed to be musically gifted as just about all of them had a guitar. I like this shot as it shows just how opposite people can be.
Taken in downtown Asheville. This group, setup outside a local music joint, was pleasuring earholes.
I personally haven't witnessed such sights elsewhere around the world. In remote Scottish Highlands and Islands you often run across phone booths, stations, hostels and post boxes with no obvious link to humanity but a road or a well trodden path.
North Beach - San Francisco
Located at the banks of the Terek River, this hotel used as a "base" for the Russian army during the Beslan Hostage Crisis (see Wikipedia entry of the same name).