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Rumours Lounge
Aug 17th
This Rumours Restaurant & Lounge building always intrigues me… it has lots of lighted signs to look at (click here for more photos I’ve taken of Rumours). I don’t think I’d ever noticed this little sign on the side of the building before, but I liked the contrast with the black of the building and the light-colored door. I couldn’t quite get the detail of the sign right, since the lights inside it distort the lettering.
Please & Thank You
Aug 14th
From the truly random file comes today’s photo of some writing on a newspaper recycling bin at the Circle K on E. Washington St. I don’t know why I’m posting it, but I am.
Sign Of The Times
Jul 26th
I don’t have a clue when this time/temperature sign on Washington St. was installed, but it had to have been fairly recently. Or maybe I’m even less observant than I thought. Whichever.
I’m not going to tell you what time of day it was when I took the photo. It’s a secret.
An Entire Subset Of The Population Has Been Moved To A Single Weekday
Jul 13th
I have more awesome guest photographer photos to post, but I decided to sneak one of my own in here, because it made me giggle. I spotted this sign outside the New Life Foursquare Church on 1st Ave. two nights ago. It’s much more fun to take it literally, than to put that inferred “group” word in after “youth.”
So if you’re wondering where all the youth went, they’ve been moved to Thursday. This really simplifies things.
ORYGUN
Jun 13th
The way the word “Oregon” is pronounced here in Oregon itself tends to be different than its pronunciation elsewhere. I don’t know how it happened, but non-Oregonians tend to pronounce it “OryGONE” (which is INCORRECT!) instead the actual pronunciation of “OryGUN” (which is CORRECT!). So somewhere along the line, stickers like the one above started popping up… I remember my mother having one back in the 80′s.
There’s even a liberal political blog called Loaded Orygun.
So if you’re ever in doubt, then remember the handy dandy sticker in the photo. It’s our answer to all those mispronunciations, though it seems to get lost in the, uh, translation (see this funny blog post about that from Thinking Travel).
The University Of Oregon Bookstore sells these stickers for $2.00 each (plus shipping, I’m sure), if you’re interested.
DP Theme Day: Funny Signs
Jun 1st
Today is the June 1st City Daily Photo theme day of funny signs. I’ve been saving this particular photo for a couple of months, because I knew the theme was a possibility, and it was the closest I could come to fitting the theme.
Obviously, someone cut off the word “after.” But I like the idea of the sign advocating clean dogs.
I took this at the entrance to Wilderness Park, at the back of Pioneer Park.
And since the above photo is kinda lame, here is a bonus photo of a sign I took a few weeks ago next to the door of Quiznos (a sub shop):
Not excepting them from what? Does that mean accepting? I’m not sure, really, since they’ve since changed the word to “accepting,” so maybe that means they are excepting. I’m so confused.
To see what other City Daily Photo blogs are participating in today’s theme day, visit the link below:
WLD TIGR
May 18th
I spotted this Montana license plate on a car just off of 1st Ave. a few days ago. I think it’s nifty.
Flag Sale And More
May 17th
I spotted the above on the corner of Golf Club Rd. and Shaff Rd. (see the location on Google Maps, minus the flags). I was surprised to see anything in that field, but then again, I normally don’t look in that direction. Maybe I should.
Light Night
Apr 9th
I’ve posted photos of Rumours Restaurant & Lounge on 3rd Ave. before, but I was in the area a couple of nights ago, so I’m doing it again. I love the lighted signs on this place.
Urban Renewal
Apr 5th
There’s a push in town to get some urban renewal going in downtown Stayton. I don’t know too much about it, so I asked John Brandt, my handy dandy knowledgeable Stayton person. He took both of these photos.
You can find out who is in the photo at right by clicking here for more info on who the folks are in the photo and go here for info from John on the urban renewal plan itself.
The web site for the plan is yesforstayton.com, and the City of Stayton site has more information, as well.
Again, I don’t know much about the plan, so I encourage you to read up and form your own opinion.
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