Weekly Photo Challenge: Street Life

This weeks photo challenge is all about ‘street life’… the only recent street life photos I’ve taken were all in or around Brick Lane and I think I’ve posted enough of those for now!  So I decided to use some from a holiday in France back in 2011!  

Hope you enjoy them…

A couple of buskers… love that sax sound!

This local was sharpening knives at his stall and the guy next to him was selling all manner of knives… possibly a father and son team?!

Two more buskers… my son loved listening to the guitarists we heard around the market!

Pigeon street life!

The under cover part of the market

This cute little guy was sitting on a display stand watching the street life go by while his owner went about his business!

This flute busker looks like he’s come straight from Narnia!

A quieter side of street life!

Two ladies take time out to relax and have a catch up!

Street life signs!

No choice but to relax and follow behind slowly!

For other great entries click here!

Brick Lane: Revisited #3!

The third and final gallery of Brick Lane street art photos taken a couple of weeks ago.  

To see #1 click here and for #2 here!

Bit of a quirky one here!

Perhaps not the most intricate of street art but fun all the same… think I could manage this one!

A lovely shop shutter!

Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow

Another lovely shop shutter…

Close up of the upper part of the shutter…

Close up of the lower part of the shutter!

A depiction of someone living on the street?

Lots happening on this wall!

Sir Winston Churchill

Ronnie Biggs… train robber

Her Majesty the Queen, sitting on a wall… playing the accordian!

And to finish on… absolutely love this! For those who don’t know… this is a ‘no entry’ street sign so I guess the artist is saying ‘Huh, no entry? No way!’ So simple but brilliant!

That’s all, for now anyway… I visit Brick Lane often so I can’t promise there won’t be more in the future!  Hope you enjoyed them all!

Brick Lane: Revisited #2!

As promised, here’s #2 of the Brick Lane street art photos taken a couple of weeks ago.  To see #1 click here!

Hope you enjoy them…

This was down a side street off of Brick Lane

I wonder how long this took to do… the detail is incredible!

These eyes were in the previous one with the ship… I think they’re great!

The colourful walls and doors of Brick Lane…

The colourful doors always bring a smile to my face… funny how it’s normal there but would be so out of place where I live!

‘Amara por dios’

Is it?

Floats like a butterfly… stings like a bee!

Something’s spooked her!

Enough to make your eyes go funny!

Looking at them, looking at him

Love this fairy… I like to think she’s just resting, rather than sad

‘Speak Louder!’ Love it!

The Vibes are good!

 

The final gallery, #3 will be posted shortly!

Brick Lane: Revisited #1!

I love visiting Brick Lane in London, not only for the variety of vintage clothes shops, the wonderfully quirky and diverse people and the best hot salt beef bagels, washed down with my favourite dirty chai coffee… but also for the street art that changes or is added to on a regular basis… I could never be bored, there’s always so much to draw the eye and keep that camera shutter clicking!  

So much so that I took far too many shots for one post!  I couldn’t decide which to use and which to ditch so I’m going to spread them out through a few posts over the next two or three days!

This is one of my favourites… there’s so much emotion in there!

I love this elephant/octopus!

The bird has been there a while and was included in my first Brick Lane post but the break dancer is relatively new

Break dancer!

Artist at work

One to make the eyes go squiffy! The cat’s seen something to get it’s back up!

No introduction needed!

Johnny Cash but also look to the right… there’s more!

Rebel rat with a saw!

Does this mean that Big Brother is listening to us?

This was on a wall outside an art shop… they were selling the original inside!

I quite liked the giraffe in the doorway!

This was also in my original Brick Lane post but there’s more this time!

Is this Banksie at work? Hmm…

Hope you enjoyed them as much as I did!  More to follow…

Sights, sounds & smells of Brick Lane

Brick Lane on a Sunday morning… so much going on, so much to see and so many good things cooking…!

Beetle, Brick Lane Style!

Boar! This is outside a tattoo shop on a side street off of Brick Lane.

Hot salt beef with pickles & mustard from Beigel Bake… scrummy!

The cheerful sales staff at Beigel Bake!

The guys behind the beigels…I wonder how many they bake in a day…?

Judging by the long queues on Sundays’ I’d say they bake quite a few!

Brick Lane Coffee

Dirty Chai coffee, it’s so good on a chilly Sunday!

Brick Lane Coffee quirks!

Brick Lane Coffee quirks!

Street entertainment

Street entertainment

Fancy a shop on Brick Lane?

Bustling side street market

This is a Mexican place called ‘Loco Mojito.’ Thought the cartoon was funny!

My daughter (gradabout) and I, sampled this delicious red velvet cake at ‘Kahalia’, it was so soft & light & the frosting was divine!

These were some of the other options available at ‘Kahalia’… we were tempted to try the salted caramel but didn’t want to spoil it’s gorgeous wholeness!

Game of Carrom anyone? Play for free, great fun!

One guy playing chess against three different people at once!

Some amazing tasting cheeses…

Chinese, Yum Yum!

Buy three small pork dumplings for £3… so tasty!

Italiano? Pasta, Calzone, Ravioli, Gnocchi… delicious!

Mexican? It all looks so good…

… decisions, decisions… Spanish?

Steaming pots of loveliness…

Indian? So colourful & they all smell so so good…

…How can you possibly choose…?!

These purple tights belonged to a guy with a full face of white & red make up on… never a dull moment…

… Love Brick Lane!

Urban Street Art

No captions for these as I think they speak for themselves! Some are just for fun whereas other’s have deeper meanings, whether political or emotional but all have one thing in common… they are pretty awesome!