Banksy

Yesterday was a trip downtown to TJ Maxx for hiking socks, both thick for the Pacific Northwest and thin for Maui and Kauai, while breaking in the new hiking boots with a nice walk through the entire downtown, including a stop at Macy's (Noodles by Takashi on the 7th floor, i.e., Ramen!).  My boots are a nice pair of size 12 waterproof Keen's, not so big that the heel of my foot will slip while heading uphill and not so tight that my big toe will stub the tip of the boot when I walk downhill (thank-you sales people at REI) - I think after all of this I will just try to hang out barefoot at the beach.

Roseann had an architecture tour to give, but before I dropped her off and headed home on the El we stopped by a rarity in Chicago, an actually cool gift shop.  I was not planning on getting anything, but then I spied a book called Banksy: Wall and Piece and started flipping through it.  It is an incredible coffee table picture book showing the works of a Bristol-born graffiti artist and includes shots similar to this:



Remember 'The Untouchables'?

We found this in the Fulton Market district



 

Banksy created this graffiti when he was in Chicago promoting a faux documentary ('Exit through the Gift Shop') that he had directed.  Unfortunately, he did not make it to Seattle or Vancouver and I'm not sure we will find much of a local graffiti culture in Kauai (coconuts smashed decoratively against the wall near the employee parking in the Princeville resort?). Maybe we can make our own graffiti: