| Current mood:  stressedCategory: Art and Photography Wow. It's been a heckuva ride as of recently. My water pump went out, the shocking news of WWE wreslter Chris Benoit and his family (I STILL don't wanna believe that it was a murder-suicide which was eventually ruled out), and my mom's truck got 'boosted' right in front the house. After all that, the family still remains in high spirits. I want to share some photos I've taken of the riverwalk downtown. some of which I've posted here, others on flickr and yahoo. But It was a wild week 4 me because I recently purchased a digital camera and just went to work. But due to the photos I have I was just losing time left and right resizing them and adjusting the focus on them, so I'll give a brief description of them as you see them. they may be a bit lengthy, but bear with me cause I took some butt-kickin' pix.  this is 1 of the 1st pix I've taken. This is Cadillac Square. It used to be a bus depot now it's a nice park, U should C it @ night.  Cadillac Sq. up close  Compuware HQ Between Campus Martius and Cadillac Square.  Cadillac Sq. westbound  I took a pic of these 2 young men practicing 4 the And 1 championship coming up. I have a video of them on this website.  The Campus Martius fountain. you can see the restaurant Au Bon Pain (aw bahn pon) in the background. The food there is expensive, but is worth every penny of it.  I forgot the name of this monument, but it was in honor of those who fought in earlier American wars. Originally it was located in Cadillac Sq., but is now in the center of the bottom of Campus Martius. After this I went to Hart Plaza and did some shooting there. The building to the far left is the Madden Bldg., in the middle is the Penobscot Bldg., and a few others that I cannot recall @ this moment. And last but not least, is the newly constructed 'ring' to the city-I forgot what it symbolized-but it's a nice touch.   two for the price of one, eh?   these 2 pix are @ the center of the riverwalk and it was a blast there. An inground fountain, live bands and some fine women. Aside all that, these pix here are very self-explanatory.    The Asian Village downtown. Inspired by Korean designer Dominic Pangborn, Detroit once again has Asian culture in its midst. We had a chinatown. It was originally located in Cass Corridor (in the 60s-before my time). It was destroyed before, during, or after the 1967 riot. Do you know that Detroit is (presumably) the ONLY city in the U.S. that hasn't fully recovered from the riots? It's been 40 years. But let's move on.     Angie Stone threw down @ the River Walk festival. I have more pix of her on flickr.com.  1 of the rest areas. There's more like this one.  I was able to shoot some happy people downtown as well.  I am looking 4ward 2 seeing Transformers. Here U C Bumble Bee and Ironhide. they, to me, were the backbone of the Autobots.  And here's Jazz. I believe that he was 2nd in command of the Autobots.  Now this was a treat as well. I came across a local filmmaking team named Walter V. Marshall and Joann Rose. Joann is engaged 2 Walter's best friend George. I wish Joann and George the best.   At this point I'm on my last quarter of gas, as it were. But I still kept on going. I didn't have my car, so I didn't have much choice (lol). These two pix are the central portion of the walkway and they're located by where Parke-Davis H.Q. used to be (if you were around before 1980-84, or '85, U remember them). But it was good to see that historic part of Detroit preserved for other things, Hotels, lofts, business, and whatnot. I have more pix on flickr and on my yahoo group.  Now here's where my journey comes to completion. These next few pix should speak for themselves. I'm tired, folks. And I STILL have to resize the rest of these pix (the ones I haven't done yet). Just to let U know, where I was at was at a marina connected to some lofts/condos on the outskirts of downtown where the walkway contours around.    That's it for now. I still didn't get what I wanted blogwise, but I'm content with this so far. Maybe if I get the rest of these pix done, I'll add more to another blog. Holla back. groups.yahoo.com/group/theblacklightstudio myspace.com/theblacklightstudio flickr.com/photos/theblacklightstudio
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