New York - Shedwa's Tour #13 - The Met

From Wikipedia:

"The Met" is one of the world's largest and most important art museums... located on the eastern edge of Central Park in Manhattan, New York City, United States along what is known as Museum Mile... The Met's permanent collection contains more than two million works of art.

Thanks to shedwa for the submission! You should check out his blog for New York commentary and pictures of cool ads, like this one:

New York - Shedwa's Tour #14 - The Apple Store

There's a great close-up picture of the store's glass cube on Wikipedia.

Thanks to shedwa for the submission! You should check out his blog for New York commentary and pictures of cool ads, like this one:

New York - Shedwa's Tour #15 - The George Washington Bridge

From Wikipedia:

The GW is considered one of the world's busiest bridges in terms of vehicle traffic; In 2004, the bridge carried 108,404,000 vehicles, with current AADT estimates of nearly 300,000 vehicles daily. This number is similar to that of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. The GW span is the fourth largest suspension bridge in the U.S as of 2006.

Thanks to shedwa for the submission! You should check out his blog for New York commentary and pictures of cool ads, like this one:

Coming Up - A tour of New York City

Reader shedwa has been gracious enough to send in some great Street View links of the well-known sights of New York City. So far most of our links have been to San Francisco, so coming soon: views from the other side of fly-over country.

Palo Alto - Greg Brown mural #3 - Garbage man with alien

See this post for more about Greg Brown and his art style.

Palo Alto - Greg Brown mural #3 - Bank robber falls from roof

See this post for more about Greg Brown and his art style.

Palo Alto - Greg Brown mural #2 - Secret agent with bird on head

From Wikipedia:

Greg Brown is a painter and native of Palo Alto, California, best known for his Trompe l'oeil murals in the San Francisco Bay area.

From Wikipedia:

Trompe-l'oeil is an art technique involving extremely realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects really exist, instead of being just two-dimensional paintings. The name is derived from French for "trick the eye"...

San Francisco Landmarks #10 - The World Famous Bushman

(via Laughing Squid)

From Wikipedia:

...the World Famous Bushman, is a busker (street performer) who... hides behind branches and waits for unsuspecting people to wander by. When they approach, he jumps out and startles them... In a "good year", Johnson claims to earn $60,000... He employs a bodyguard to protect him against attacks by the unamused...

Check out the hilarious picture of some girls being scared.

San Francisco - Adult bookstore on O'Farrell Street

(via Mashable)

If you want to work there... "Full/Part time  Great pay! Benefits!

Denver Area - The Giant Pumpkin

(via Mashable)