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Behind the Photo
Short quips, observations, and comments about what was happening when the photo or video was taken. Mostly unscripted, definitely real.
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View from the "rafters" at the Hollywood Bowl in September, 2011
Hollywood Bowl/The National
Photo: Sept. 11/2011 at the Hollywood Bowl,
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#behind-the-photoOriginally posted: 2019/01/7
Four syphon coffee devices at Lynn Canyon Cafe, North Vancouver. Two are operating.
Syphon Coffee/Lynn Canyon
Photo: questions about this fancy coffee apparatus found in North Vancouver, 2012
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#behind-the-photoOriginally posted: 2019/02/13
On the sailboat, sailing around the Whitsundays, the skipper taking a break.
The Whitsundays
Photo: Whitsundays, 2013, and why you shouldn't give me anything to hold in the water
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#behind-the-photoOriginally posted: 2019/03/10
A balsa is navigating through Pagsanjan Falls
Pagsanjan Falls
Photo: shooting the rapids to Pagsanjan Falls, Philippines, 2011
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#behind-the-photoOriginally posted: 2019/04/12
Two urinals and a toilet in a washroom. There are no stalls.
Toilets/Boracay
Photo: someone just needs to explain this to me, found in an upscale resort in Boracay, 2019
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#behind-the-photoOriginally posted: 2019/04/24
Picture of Keanu Reeves at a restaurant in Singapore
Reeves in a Thai Restaurant
Photo: Singapore, 2019, and finding Keanu Reeves on a wall in a Thai restaurant in Purvis
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#behind-the-photoOriginally posted: 2019/05/9
Lights above the baseball diamond at the (then) Telus Field in Edmonton
Diamond Lights
Photo: April 2006, and a reminder of the worst thing to happen as a college-age kid
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#behind-the-photoOriginally posted: 2019/06/20
On the stairwell at the Art Gallery of Alberta in Edmonton
AGA/Edmonton
Photo: curved metal, glass windows, and spontaneous photo ops in Edmonton, 2011.
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#behind-the-photoOriginally posted: 2020/02/3
A couple reads under the trees at Shinjuku Gyoen in Tokyo, Japan
Reading
Photo Tokyo, 2017, where reading outdoors on a rainy day should be the dream.
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#behind-the-photoOriginally posted: 2020/02/20
The interior of a deli in the Lower East Side of Manhattan
What's in a Sandwich/LES
Photo: the debate over what a sandwich is rages on in the Lower East Side, 2018.
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#behind-the-photoOriginally posted: 2020/03/13
"Selfie" on a bridge in Kinosakionsen
Kinosakionsen
Photo: December, 2023, and achieving zen in seven baths at Kinosakionsen
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#behind-the-photoOriginally posted: 2024/03/13
Alternative rock band on stage at Wrex the Halls in San Diego. Stage illuminated in a bluish tint.
Remembering Wrex the Halls/San Diego
Photo: when $20 got you a decent alternative rock concert in San Diego, 2012.
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#behind-the-photoOriginally posted: 2024/04/4