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<title>Bob Friday RSS Feed</title><link>http://www.bobfridaypix.com/index.html</link><description>Fresh Fotos by Bob Friday</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><language>en</language><dc:creator>Bob Friday</dc:creator><dc:rights>&#xa9;2019 R.E. Friday</dc:rights><dc:date>2024-06-10T13:00:54+02:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2017 02:17:57 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title>La vie en France . . .</title><dc:creator>Bob Friday</dc:creator><category>La vie en Paris</category><dc:date>2024-06-10T13:00:54+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bobfridaypix.com/blog/files/d7f68b34dc0a05ed0029bfcb28fa679d-13.html#unique-entry-id-13</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bobfridaypix.com/blog/files/d7f68b34dc0a05ed0029bfcb28fa679d-13.html#unique-entry-id-13</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[(null)]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>There is more to France than just Paris . . .  and we love it&#x21;</title><dc:creator>Bob Friday</dc:creator><category>La vie en Paris</category><dc:date>2019-06-13T03:12:17+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bobfridaypix.com/blog/files/fa79388917ecad0cc7eeb8d82c97e532-12.html#unique-entry-id-12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bobfridaypix.com/blog/files/fa79388917ecad0cc7eeb8d82c97e532-12.html#unique-entry-id-12</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Wandering through the walled hilltop villages in Provence is akin to visual catnip!   I could do this for days and days.    This was shot in Tourettes-sur-Loup, not far from Grasse and Canne and Nice.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Photographer in the Infinity Room at The Broad</title><dc:creator>Bob Friday</dc:creator><category>Left Coast Life</category><dc:date>2018-06-21T23:12:42+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bobfridaypix.com/blog/files/ec6660e52b1fb2d21551d2f9163a0bb2-11.html#unique-entry-id-11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bobfridaypix.com/blog/files/ec6660e52b1fb2d21551d2f9163a0bb2-11.html#unique-entry-id-11</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[This is one of my favorite places in DTLA!    Yahoo Kusama's infinity installations are mind-blowingly cool.   Only problem is that you get a mere 45 seconds by yourself inside the room.   I could stay there all day!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>What I did on my Winter vacation&#x21;</title><dc:creator>Bob Friday</dc:creator><category>La vie en Paris</category><dc:date>2018-05-04T19:48:58+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bobfridaypix.com/blog/files/9cc3519ba9dcb2747520c7fd983903bb-10.html#unique-entry-id-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bobfridaypix.com/blog/files/9cc3519ba9dcb2747520c7fd983903bb-10.html#unique-entry-id-10</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Paris, bien sur!   Even though Paris at the holidays can be cold, gray, windy and rainy, it is still Paris!   It sparkles and beckons with a beguiling enchantment that is uniquely its own.   And for me, that enchantment is my catnip, photographically speaking.    Everywhere I look I see amazing imagery.   In this instance, Debbie, some friends of ours and I had been walking all afternoon through the Latin Quarter and then, as darkness fell, we found ourselves on charming Ile Ste-Louis.   This scene &mdash; taken about 500 yards east of Notre-Dame, was the result of a happy confluence of elements: a tour-guide's old Citroen Duck parked in front of two classic-style bistros, some vintage street lamps, twinkle lights in the bare trees, a white-aproned waiter, dinner patrons and a lit bedroom window.   But it was missing something.   After 15 minutes of shooting I heard a soft repeated clickety-clunk over my shoulder and I knew that the empty cobblestone patch was about to be filled.   As the bicyclist rolled through, all the players fell into perfect position.   Voila!   Magically it was a 1962 evening in Paris! ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Back from a very long blog break&#x21;</title><dc:creator>Bob Friday</dc:creator><category>Left Coast Life</category><dc:date>2018-04-23T20:13:29+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bobfridaypix.com/blog/files/90c9c5eb894d6e4879b5abfedcf4a2ac-9.html#unique-entry-id-9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bobfridaypix.com/blog/files/90c9c5eb894d6e4879b5abfedcf4a2ac-9.html#unique-entry-id-9</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[What's it been, maybe 8 months since I posted on my Photos du jour blog page?    A lot of good things have happened in those eight months and a few of the winner photos from our Paris/Marbella winter holidays trip are posted in the galleries elsewhere on the site.   Back home, I've been taking the opportunity to do a little more exploration in DTLA as well as the 'hood around home here ate the beach. 


This image I recently captured during a wonderful all-day Saturday wander through Venice Beach that Debbie and I took.   There's an amazing exhibition of David Hockney's marvelous iPad/iPhone creations at the LALouver Gallery on North Venice Blvd at Speedway.   Brilliant works!   If you're in our hood, stop in to see them!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Catching up . . .</title><dc:creator>Bob Friday</dc:creator><category>Left Coast Life</category><dc:date>2017-08-23T21:53:58+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bobfridaypix.com/blog/files/eebf784c3b9f148b8ab9da65aeab4d3a-8.html#unique-entry-id-8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bobfridaypix.com/blog/files/eebf784c3b9f148b8ab9da65aeab4d3a-8.html#unique-entry-id-8</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Headed off to San Fran and Vancouver Island, BC for ten days &mdash; an awesome escape in two very different but equally marvelous locations. 


This photo is of a magnificent coastal site about an hour or so up the western shores of Vancouver Island from Victoria.   It's called " Point No Point" &mdash; gotta love that name, right?!!   Not far from Sook Harbor where we had an incredible dinner at the Sook Harbor Inn.   Oh, Canada!!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Vive la revolution&#x21;</title><dc:creator>Bob Friday</dc:creator><category>La vie en Paris</category><dc:date>2017-07-14T22:26:49+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bobfridaypix.com/blog/files/4769eab8474b1d1380704bd46b49d7ed-7.html#unique-entry-id-7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bobfridaypix.com/blog/files/4769eab8474b1d1380704bd46b49d7ed-7.html#unique-entry-id-7</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Bon F&ecirc;te!   Here's to Bastille Day and the ongoing Revolution!   It's most assuredly a wacky world when "45" is over in Paris being wined and dined by Mssr.   & Mme.   Macron in celebration of the overthrow of the French aristocracy by the peons!!!   Another helping of irony, anyone?!!   But the tricolor waves proudly today over France and the feeling in the country is on a definite upswing.   Good time to be a Frenchie!!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Evening over Santa Monica Bay</title><dc:creator>Bob Friday</dc:creator><category>Left Coast Life</category><dc:date>2017-07-12T20:49:00+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bobfridaypix.com/blog/files/46f97ddb5b80a8d372d00b5fbfc12ae0-6.html#unique-entry-id-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bobfridaypix.com/blog/files/46f97ddb5b80a8d372d00b5fbfc12ae0-6.html#unique-entry-id-6</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[How a day like this one could end so beautifully is one of the delightful mysteries of life!    The young son of close friends was having a blast at a summer skateboarding camp when he took a tumble and ended up in UCLA Med Center Emergency Room with a very broken leg!   We ran over to scoop up his 9 year old sister and take her home with us while doctors attended to the boy and his traumatized, freaked-out dad!   Her non-stop patter about concerns for her little brother and worries as to how he would get along with a huge cast on his leg and how he would get up the stairs to his room in his mom's house and a litany of other stream-of-consciousness items made Debbie and I realize that we needed a diversion &mdash; and quick!   Part of that diversion was a big, fat, juicy burrito from Whole Foods!   The other part was to take her down to the waters edge as the sun was slowly sinking in the early evening and let the waves, sky and sand do its magic.   As always, I brought my camera &mdash; and captured this sublime view of our wonderful beach just past sundown.   Life is crazy.   Life is good . . . ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Horses on Main Street&#x21;</title><dc:creator>Bob Friday</dc:creator><category>Left Coast Life</category><dc:date>2017-07-05T21:50:36+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bobfridaypix.com/blog/files/6ce2d76ab2859f889d68f040be3f4d27-5.html#unique-entry-id-5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bobfridaypix.com/blog/files/6ce2d76ab2859f889d68f040be3f4d27-5.html#unique-entry-id-5</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[If you're seeing horses on Main Street it can only mean one thing: it's July 4th and time for the Santa Monica Independence Day Parade!    Every year the City does its not-quite-ready-for-prime-time parade and it is a total hoot!   Where else can you find beautifully restored vintage autos next to City officials riding Segways and solar-powered mini-vehicles?   Or a diverse cast of locals from Orthodox Jewish synagogue members to Heal the Bay Supporters, Girl Scouts to Afghani immigrants, SaMoHigh band kids to aging classic rockers on top of a double-decker bus?   And horses!!   All dancing, loping, riding, skating, hoofing and striding down Main Street.   One of the unique joys of living here on the Left Coast!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Missed out on my &#x22;73 Days in Paris&#x22; photography show? It&#x27;s back&#x21;&#x21;</title><dc:creator>Bob Friday</dc:creator><category>La vie en Paris</category><dc:date>2017-07-02T05:51:46+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bobfridaypix.com/blog/files/09b7655e04cbeaff6bca42fb24e9f31a-4.html#unique-entry-id-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bobfridaypix.com/blog/files/09b7655e04cbeaff6bca42fb24e9f31a-4.html#unique-entry-id-4</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[EYES ON MAIN, a long-time, hip and wonderful fashion eyeglass store &mdash; and former art gallery &mdash; is hosting a reprise showing of most of my works from my recent very-well received "73 Days in Paris" photo exhibit at a gallery on Abbot Kinney in Venice.   Just today I finished hanging the show and it looks really cool in that great space.   Susie, the owner of Eyes on Main, puts in excellent art showings on a regular basis and I'm delighted to be showcased in her wonderful Main Street store/gallery. 


And she's doing a special reception to celebrate my show on Bastille Day, Friday, July 14th from 5-7.    I'll be there sucking up good French wine and cheese and talking about the fun of shooting in Paris.   Also will sign my hardcover photo book, "73 Days in Paris . .  & more". 


Stop in most days (except Mondays) from 11-6 to see the exhibit and join us on July 14th to party French-style!!!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Summer has come to Santa Monica . . .</title><dc:creator>Bob Friday</dc:creator><category>Left Coast Life</category><dc:date>2017-06-28T21:03:25+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bobfridaypix.com/blog/files/8c6af180358d92f25cb74080478796ef-3.html#unique-entry-id-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bobfridaypix.com/blog/files/8c6af180358d92f25cb74080478796ef-3.html#unique-entry-id-3</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Summer in Santa Monica is SO different from the summers of my youth back in suburban Pittsburgh! 


Remember the old Nat King Cole hit "Lazy, Hazy Crazy Days of Summer?"    "Lazy and Hazy" were the operative descriptors of the season in between the last and first days of school.   Nasty humidity, 90&ordm; heat for what seemed like weeks on end, sleeping in the bedroom I had in our damp basement level &mdash; and, back then, no AC.   And I worked in the local Catholic cemetery for which one of our neighbors was the superintendent.   I planted things: grass, trees and people.   Two of the tree hopefully grew but not because of any serious efforts on my part!   I spent most of my days trying to hide under a shade tree somewhere instead of mowing/trimming around markers in vast acres of grassy expanse.   Hated every minute of it.   And did I mention that there was no ocean?   Not even a swimming hole in the woods. 


Which makes my current locale &mdash; and our home for the last 25 years &mdash; here at the eastern edge of the big blue body of water called the Pacific Ocean so tremendously special.   Debbie and I are extremely fortunate to have found our way to this place and we remind ourselves every day that this cannot be taken for granted.   It is, most assuredly, a gift.


Welcome, Summer!   Thank you, Santa Monica!!
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The times&#x2c; they are a changing . . .</title><dc:creator>Bob Friday</dc:creator><category>Left Coast Life</category><dc:date>2017-06-23T21:42:40+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bobfridaypix.com/blog/files/6456b16579e6b8c8f8e733a1a2c9ef44-2.html#unique-entry-id-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bobfridaypix.com/blog/files/6456b16579e6b8c8f8e733a1a2c9ef44-2.html#unique-entry-id-2</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA["(S) E A R S  is gone . . .   "


The Santa Monica Sears Store


Every day I try to get out for a 4 or 5 mile walk through my local Venice and Santa Monica 'hoods and I ALWAYS take my Fuji x100f #minibeast of a camera with me &mdash; never know what you'll see on a walk!


Yesterday I found myself in front of an icon from the last century: a very cool 1947 Sears store, designed in Late Moderne style by architect Rowland Crawford.   Not your usual boxy-box of a suburban Sears but rather the cool face of an optimistic, forward-looking, growth-oriented company.   Sadly, that optimism and bright future is gone for Sears and, increasingly, a number of other retailers.   Not sure what Santa Monica's developers have in mind for this location but it would be amazing if they would find a way to use this charming structure in their plans. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>photos du jour - a journey begins</title><dc:creator>Bob Friday</dc:creator><category>Random thoughts . . .</category><dc:date>2017-06-22T02:18:29+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bobfridaypix.com/blog/files/photos-du-jour.html#unique-entry-id-0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bobfridaypix.com/blog/files/photos-du-jour.html#unique-entry-id-0</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Exploration &mdash; via the art & practice of photography &mdash; is an amazing, exciting, surprising activity.   You never really know where it will lead but lead, it will! 


This post, the first of what will be many more to come, is my invitation to you to join me in a heartfelt and hopefully engaging exploration of the world around us as seen through my Photo-Vision &mdash; be that world here on our beloved Left Coast at Santa Monica Beach or in the rues and alleyways of our favorite city, Paris.   Photography, while practiced primarily alone, is actually a communal effort.   We see.   We feel.   We capture.   And, most importantly, we share.   And while the act of sharing has taken on a ubiquitous life of its own what with the proliferation of social media outlets, it is that sharing that gives photography true meaning.    Whether the subject is iconic locations, nature in all its grandeur, design-oriented architecture or social commentary on life in our communities, none of it is of value until it is shared.


I'm delighted to take that fourth step and share my explorations with you.   In addition to photography-focused posts I'll also keep you updated on my favorite info about life in Paris and here on the Left Coast.   I'll also keep you informed as to opportunities to live like a Parisienne in one of the lovely furnished short-term rental apartments that I represent through the folks at GlamaParis.   And I'll keep you abreast of latest offerings and activities with my walking Photo-Vision workshops in Paris and Venice CA.


Sharing makes it all so much more enjoyable.   Thanks for coming along with me!
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