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Showing posts with label graffiti. Show all posts
Showing posts with label graffiti. Show all posts

Friday, August 5, 2016

lady alisha's emporium
 
License plate frame:  don't follow me.. I'm lost
 
As I've driven down Main, I noticed the rear of what I took to be a pink travel trailer parked under a carport. Today the vehicle was in the adjacent parking lot.  Instead of a trailer, it turned out to be a vintage Toyota camper -- which might have been considered a "hippie van" in my day!  This one is completely decorated and even sports a mini shrine with a doll relic.  The bumper proclaims it to be "Lady Alisha's Emporium" which puzzled me because it didn't appear to be a mobile shop.  A quick dictionary reference enlightened: "from Greek emporos 'merchant', based on a stem meaning 'to journey'. I always thought it would have been fun to journey in such a van until my tastes changed and I now consider "Motel 6" roughing it!
 
Main Street
Lubbock, Texas

Monday, March 9, 2015

shard
 
This shard of class is a remnant of the windows at the Cliff House Restaurant.  According to the Urban Dictionary, a shard can also be a piece of crystal meth, which might explain some of the graffiti on the walls.
 
Cliff House Restaurant
510 East Broadway
Lubbock, Texas