by Amanda on August 26, 2008

This post was written by Kate Barrett, who you’ll remember from her guest-blogging stint here back in July, when she wrote about Heavy Metal Parking Lot, King of Porn and mining your dreams for ideas.
Bike messengers are part of that great flood of moving parts that pulses through a city’s streets: cars, buses, commuters, tourists, and so forth. And from their unique vantage …
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by Amanda on September 8, 2007

I discovered this print last night at Bedrock Billiards in Adams Morgan, where it’s currently on display. I saw it and was riveted, the way two people’s eyes lock from across a crowded room, only I was the …
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by Amanda on August 29, 2007

I came across this painting – “His Duckiness,” by Harold Whitlow – on the Art Enables* website and fell in love. It’s been sold, but there are a bunch of other paintings for sale, with a 10-50% discount available (depending on the piece) through September 4. …
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by Amanda on May 15, 2007

Finding shapes in the shadows on the sidewalk…
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by Amanda on January 31, 2007

‘Takin’ a break from politics with this pretty painting by my friend and local artist Mal Jones.
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