Parking Ticket

A duty, not a crime.

G1, kit lens @ 18mm, f/3.9, 1/125, ISO 100

The sign on his truck says “Assaulting a parking control officer is a crime. We will prosecute”.

Interesting choice. May be worth it.

A poor motorist was being berated for parking at a meter with a yellow cap in Chinatwown which, as I learned from this fellow, means it’s for commercial vehicles only. More rules than you can shake a stick at has the modern American city.

Spotted in Chinatown, San Francisco.

Sharp Kids

More aware than their parents.

All snapped on the G1 with the kit lens

While their parents fret about their jobs/mortgages/credit cards, their young offspring have the vision that most of us lose with age, as the world’s burdens descend on our shoulders. Children’s first and greatest trait is noticing – and being fascinated by – everything around them.

Tough guy

Mickey Spillane lives!

G1, kit lens @ 18mm, f/3.9. 1/800, ISO 100

Supremely self possessed, confident, arms splayed out, cigarette held just so, this individual owns this park bench and you had better know it. The loud pullover, the matching socks and the pork pie hat tilted at a rakish angle all speak of a guy in charge.

Spotted at Washington Square in North Beach, San Francisco.