Sometimes you forget to be a tourist in your own town. Then maybe you get an unexpected reminder. For me the reminder was in the form of birthday cakes. Specifically the Cakeway to the West, a celebration of the 250th birthday of St. Louis Missouri. There are 250 of these 4ft. tall cakes scattered throughout the St. Louis region. Here are snapshots of a few of them:
ISO 100 7mm 0ev f/4 1/160
ISO 100 8mm 0ev f/4 1/80
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Cahokia Mounds, which is in Illinois.
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Shakespeare Festival St. Louis
I have a bunch more to see obviously if I want to see all 250 of them! It is a lot of fun to run into these cakes around town. These photos I have taken with my point and shoot or iPhone. In Photoshop I did a levels adjustment on a few of them and then sharpened them a bit. Have you ever played the tourist in your own town?
Cheers!
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That’s cute! I especially like the book cake 😀 lol
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I just like how each of them is specific to the site where they are placed. It’s fun to go and look at the different artist’s interpretations.
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Exactly! love that 🙂
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Played tourist in my own town? Always. 🙂
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Yes, that’s true, you always seem to play the part 🙂
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These are fantastic. Like going on a treasure hunt to find them. Certainly this summer we plan to do a lot of exploring in our back yard Rocky Mountains. We love traveling to wonderful destinations but know that we live in a spot people dream of traveling to as well.
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That’s nice, to have an appreciation of your own beautiful place. When I pulled up the list of the cakes I was like ohh, look at all the places I could go and check out 🙂
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If you have photography as a hobby, you have to become a tourist in your own town…I have visited places in last couple of years…which I had not in 2 decades!
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I agree, taking up photography has helped me see the everyday of where I live in a different way.
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Beautiful and fun way to promote your own city!
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I think so 🙂
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What a fabulous idea for the 250th celebration! They’re so gorgeous. 🙂
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When I first heard it I was a bit skeptical, but when they started showing up around town and I saw how unique they each were, I was sold 🙂
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What nice things to run into.
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It’s fun too, to look at the list and see all the places nearby that I could go and find one.
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Wow, that is so cool. I just love public art!
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I do too; this particular project is just a whole lot of fun too.
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It’s true. When I lived in San Diego and Philadelphia, I often forgot to take advantage of the tourist attractions, thinking I had time. The cakes are wonderful 🙂
I just spent a weekend with Shakespeare here in Virginia. Henry IV, Part I is one of three plays I saw. I love Shakespeare.
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This was actually the 2 play Henry IV condensed into one play. It was an interesting adaptation.
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Your beautiful photos are an excellent reminder to always look at the world around us and see it with fresh eyes. Lovely. 😉
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Thanks!
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