Of course Union Square also has the monument to one of our very first "imperialistic adventures" - in the Philippines. I like the juxtaposition of this shot, esp. on 9/11, centered as it is between two symbols of what we fought to bring to George Bush's "little brown people" (okay, actually, we didn't bring them Saks; just turned them all into slave laborers for the stuff IN Saks!)
Of course, no 9/11 photo blog would be complete w/o a requisite pic of protestors. But note, these folks are a bit more "mature," recognize/accept that Al Qaeda was behind the attacks, but also wants all the bizarre, secret shit the gov't has kept from folks to come out. It's almost like "the guvmint" WANTS to promote a conspiracy theory to keep folks distracted (as I'm muzzled and wrestled from the room)...
The highlight of my walk, tho, was after I'd snapped a pic of one of the latest heart installments in Union Square. After I snapped my pic, a group of 4 women - looking very much like a Middle Eastern version of the "Sex & The City" gals - asked me to take a pic of the 4 of them in front of the heart.
"You are tourist, also?" asked the one with the camera.
I told her that, no, I actually live in SF, but they rotate the hearts and I wanted to get a shot of the new one. I asked where they were from and there was the slightest pause before she said, "Afghanistan." All I could think to say, stupidly, was "Oh. Cool." So literate. Should of asked to get a pic of them.
Finally, no photo blog of mine would be complete without a "purple pic" - this Union Square bush is a more "blue purple" as compared to the more "red purple" I saw last time. Peace out!
