Hands, Tapas & Octopodes: Flavors Of Barcelona - Part Three

 Hand With Tapas / photograph

 

Great Tapas Bar In the Bari Gotic, Barcelona  / photograph

Pan Of Octopus In Tapas Bar, Bari Gotic, Barcelona  / photograph

Tapas Bar In the Bari Gotic, Barcelona  / photograph


Tapas and hands go together - many tapas are finger friendly. I went out with my brother in search of a really good Tapas bar and we found one in a part of Barcelona called the Bari Gotic (Old cobble stone ultra narrow streets - fun to explore). We stayed until 1 a.m. - In my opinion - this was the best tapas bar we ate in Spain! Excellent flavor, service & value! (I didn't eat the octopus because I am not a fan of octopus but felt they were very photogenic)

Muscle Hand - Flavors Of Barcelona - Part Two

My Brother's Plate Of Muscles, Barcelona, Spain / photograph

Hard Hands

Hand Detail, Sagrada Familia Cathedral / photograph

Hand Detail, Sagrada Familia Cathedral / photograph

Facade Detail, Sagrada Familia Cathedral / photograph


Sagrada Familia Cathedral, May 14th: I took the metro early Saturday morning to avoid the super long lines. I went by myself.  It was amazing - the scale was humbling. The Cathedral is scheduled for completion in 15 years... I think it will take longer... a lot longer.

Flavors Of Barcelona - Part One

Zarzuela De Mariscos, Barcelona, Spain / photograph

My brother's hand and a beautiful pan of Zarzuela De Mariscos.

Hands About Barcelona

High-Five Jesus / photograph

Detail From Santa Maria Del Mar / photograph

Interior Of Santa Maria Del Mar / photograph

Skully Scones In SFO - It's Almost Skull Appreciation Day!

SFO Skully Scones / photograph

No Hands here but I could not resist - My trip to Spain started at San Francisco International, where I saw (and ate) one of these yummy berry scones. They had the skull-a-day vibe going on... with a touch of ufo

Difficult Return Home: Tornadoes In Chico California

Part of My Hand In The Mirror / photograph

Birth Of A Funnel Cloud, Butte County (Near Chico) / photograph

 

Funnel Cloud, Butte County (Near Chico) / photograph

Tornadoes in Northern California late yesterday afternoon delayed my return home after several weeks "off the Grid". I almost drove directly into one tornado and another blocked my path after I changed direction. Those are flooded rice fields just South of Chico, California near Highway 99. It was pretty scary at one point.

My heart goes out to all the victims & families of the victims of the recent Missouri tornadoes.

What Does "Off The Grid" Really Mean?

So Many Possibilities / typographic illustration

Weird Pattern Wednesday: Pre-medicate If Necessary

Weird Pattern Two / photo montage

Either way, Weird / photo montage

I think I have a headache now... sorry

Catch A Flight

Time To Catch A Flight / vector illustration

White Porcelain Glove Mold

Whites / photograph

Natural Light Porcelain Glove Mold

White Porcelain Glove Mold Against Mini-Blinds / photograph

Little Hand

Small Hand / photograph

Small ceramic hand holding a little tin sacred heart...

Big Surprise... Another Hand Around My House

Hand, Tin Sacred Heart, Painted Screen / photograph

Another hand from my hand collection. 

Porcelain Glove Mold At Rest

Unglazed Porcelain Glove Mold At Rest / photograph

Touched Thrice

Touch / vector illustration

I adore typography.

Locational Hand

Way Finding Hand / map & vector image

Be Sure To Bag The Hands

Bagged Hand / photo illustration

Too many episodes of Dexter... And when I visit my parents house, it's too many episodes of Bones...

Crappy Toy Tuesday

Crappy Toy / vector illustration

Not all toys are happy - some are crappy.

Flat Hands... Flat Color

Posterized (4 levels) Glove Molds / photo illustration

This image would translate into a serigraph (silk screen) really well.

May Flower

Flower In Hand / digitally manipulated photograph

Porcelain & Pergo

Porcelain & Pergo / photograph

Process Dots

Halftone Hand / digitally manipulated image

This would look great blown up, mounted to board and hung above my sofa.

Porcelain Glove Mold With 11am Cast Shadow

Late Morning Porcelain Glove Mold / photograph

Idea: After taking this photo I thought a porcelain glove mold could make an interesting DIY sun-dial.

Today Is Day 100!

Habitual Hands: Day 100 / typographic illustration

Imagine if my blog had been called "bottle of wine a day" - I would be a total lush by this point!

I have mused about other 365 day blogs that I could do...

• 365 Days of Cute Shoes & Boots (yes because I probably have that many pairs of heels... maybe)
• Typo a Day (I spell like a drunk baby**)
• Eat Something Naughty a Day (what can I say - I like naughty things)
• Accessory a Day (this could end up on an episode of one of those creepy hoarding shows)
• New Bird Poop on My Car a Day (they always nail my car... that would have to be a pretty gross blog)
• Go-Girl a Day (I am addicted to GoGirl energy drinks - maybe I could do something cool with the cans or come up with crazy go-girl recipes...)
• Coffee Stain a Day (this would be a boring blog unless I made "art" out of the stains)
• 365 days of Stuff in my Purse (I always find weird & cool stuff deep in the bowels of my handbag - who puts it there? Oh yeah - it was me)

 
**Habitual Hands in no way supports or endorses drunk babies or the spelling errors make by drunk babies.

Appication Of My Super Noisy Hands

Fall 2000 / catalog cover

Over a decade ago... but I still like it.

My Super Noisy Hand: Three

Framed Hand / digitally manipulated photograph

Apparently I was really into noise ten years ago... Noise is one of many filters available in adobe photoshop.

My Super Noisy Hand: Two

Gold Hand / digitally manipulated photograph

My Super Noisy Hand: One

 

Blue Hand / digitally manipulated photograph

That's A Big Red Flag

Red Flag & Hand Bonez / vector illustration

I'm going off the grid for a few weeks... (no internet access)


BUT I have pre-loaded enough hands to fulfill my self-imposed daily hand obligation.

Enjoy!

First Frodo Friday In May

Frodo's Blurry Face & Two Glove Molds / photograph

Note: Frodo's favorite toy in the lower left corner. I refer to Frodo's favorite toy as "dead thing 1" because it resembles an ex-squirrel.

Frodo's Blurry Butt & Glove Mold / photograph

Overspray

Hand, Tubes, Brushes / illustration

This illustration is from a program cover I designed many many years ago. I still like it. It has a WPA Era Poster vibe going on. The above illustration is shown without the typographic elements...

Above: Three very cool actual WPA-Era posters that involve hand imagery... I could not find any artist credits for them.

Wednesday Is Just A Big Blur

Radial Hands / illustration

Ghosty Posty

Mac Book Pro Photo Booth Ghost Hand / photograph

I like this... it's a very ghosty posty.  (not "ghostly" because that doesn't rhyme). I have never seen a ghost hand, but this is what I imagine one might look like.

Gummy Hand

Gummy Hand / photo illustration

I manipulated a photo of a glove mold to make it appear as though the hand is suspended in gelatinous material. Why? Who knows.

Op Hands

Feeling Optical / photo illustration

This would look great blown up, mounted to board and hung above my sofa.