Wednesday, August 05, 2020

A Walk Downtown (Masked)






17 comments:

Iris Flavia said...

Great collection, the second, though... We have so many ads where men explain how to clean to women and ARGH! Mr Proper, or, as you call him, Mr Clean, is back here, driving me a tad nuts! Washing machines, etc... same in your place?

Angie's Recipes said...

The streets look empty...are the shops open?

Mae Travels said...

@Iris -- the dry cleaning sign was under a facade that was recently removed from that building. The paint on it is peeling and old. It probably dates from the 1950s, when dry cleaning fluids were not recognized as highly toxic. So it's a remnant of the past. About your general comment: Americans have never been as systematic about house cleaning as Germans!!

@Angie -- a few people (mainly also masked) were walking around as we took our walk. Some shops are open and to our surprise one barber shop was giving haircuts as we went by. The bookstore takes phone orders and delivers them outdoors but no browsing.

Kitchen Riffs said...

We haven't walked much through Clayton or the Loop, but there are a fair number of people around. Not as many as there used to be, of course, but we'd pass several on each block. Fun post -- thanks.

Zhoen said...

The last one, like typewriting on brick, wonderful.

Jeanie said...

Adore the bookstore! That's fabulous.

Catalyst said...

Love those bookstore expressions.

My name is Erika. said...

Love these quotes on the bookstore wall. They are cool.

Tandy | Lavender and Lime (http://tandysinclair.com) said...

The green wall has some interesting sayings! Thanks for sharing your walk with us.

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

You found some great photos to share on your walk. I really enjoyed seeing all of these and I really LOVED the mural. But the quotes on the bookstore were fabulous.

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

It’s so good to get out and about and I’ve gotten quite used to wearing a mask. A very nice urban collection you have here.

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

I'm visiting your blog from my friend Sally's and her iPad. So glad to see you shared this with us at Monday Murals, Mae.

Debbie at Travel with Intent said...

The typewritten book messages are excellent

Bertiebo said...

And still new things to see. I like the violinplayer

s.c said...

Thats a very nice discovery tour. I like it.

Sami said...

The violin player is my favourite and I love the reading quotes in the last one.
Thanks for participating Mae

RedPat said...

I love the violin player on the utility box!