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Workin’ Boots on Sprague

July 11th, 2010 4 Comments

Some women just turn heads. The way this lady strutted down the street was enough to make me stop at the bike intersection of death to take her picture. Mural (background) by Tom Quinn Spokane is in a peculiar place where style cycles have sped up to where they are lapping our lag in following [...]

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Dark Side of the Sun

June 22nd, 2010 13 Comments

Spokane is a city full of khaki, blue and gray. When people deck themselves out in black around here it is often meant to signify something. To some it is anti-social and threatening. To others it is a sign that someone isn’t bound by confining social norms and is more likely to accept you for [...]

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Real Deal Jock

June 15th, 2010 6 Comments

This man didn’t bat an eyelash when I asked if I could take his picture. He jumped right in to explain that he’d been trampled by horses. “I’ve done it all,” he said, waving to a broken cheekbone. Pick-up line: “You’d make a good jockey with that slim figure of yours.” Another verbatim quote: “I [...]

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Very Merry Commuter

December 25th, 2009 4 Comments

If it weren’t for having to scrape the frost off her windshield Christmas Eve morning, we wouldn’t have caught this festive young lady on her way to work. Do you think people in Spokane are more likely to wear red and green during the holidays than in other places?

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Sunday Morning Stroller

December 13th, 2009 3 Comments

Just barely caught up with this man by the Olmstead House on my way home from church. Three cheers for the three piece suit!

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Sgt. Pepper Delivers the Mail

December 11th, 2009 3 Comments

A stylish friend told me the other day “Technically Spokane can’t have a street fashion blog. We are all too poor to be fashionable.” So I stand corrected: Spokane needs a street style blogger, to hell with fashion! Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say and not giving a damn. – [...]

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