Tuesday, October 04, 2011

YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD PHOTOS!

Your neighbourhoods are as diverse as you are, Bitches!

Scroll down the page to see where your fellow Infomaniac Bitches carry out their trade business on a daily basis.


Clicking on some of the photos enlarges them if you want a closer look.

Are you ready?

MR. COOKIE


MISTRESS MJ: Let’s get started with Mr. Cookie, who, as it happens, is deeply involved in his neighbourhood’s history. What do you have for us today, Mr. Cookie?

MR. COOKIE: A promo to a one hour special (premiering on the local PBS channel WOSU-TV on Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. EDT) featuring me in the promo!

Why me? Because I wrote the book(s) on the community!

We shot this about a year ago - it's part of a series that WOSU-TV is doing on Columbus, Ohio neighborhoods.

MISTRESS MJ: You wrote a book on local history? I love reading local history!

MR. COOKIE: Then you'll love the five books (four books under my name, and one ghosted) I have written!

MISTRESS MJ: Those of you in the broadcasting range of WOSU-TV can watch the program on Thursday, October 6 at 8:00 p.m. EDT on PBS. For those of you who can’t view the show this week, it will be uploaded to YouTube in a few weeks time and we’ll present it to you here on Infomaniac.

In the meantime, watch the promo. Listen and look for Mr. Cookie at 7 seconds into the show through to 14 seconds. That’s right! See and hear our very own Mr. Cookie!...




NURSEMYRA
This wonderful old building is just four houses down the street from me in Sydney Australia. It hasn't been a police station for many years but recently it was up for auction and I had a chance to look inside - dozens of fabulous large high ceilinged rooms and a lovely wide hallway with a lockable barred gate separating the offices from the cells. I would have loved to have bought it and converted it into a home but it was waaaaay out of my price range.

DESIGNING WALLY
"The top one was taken by me with my silly camera-phone, at the first green, previous spring in the borough of Queens in New York City.....
The other two were taken by Google Street View when they happened to capture her majesty's presence in living color, complete with my "C-words" on, in the summer of the same year, working on the garbage & recycling (of which, their presence, I was not unaware)....



AYEM8Y (aka MEAN DIRTY PIRATE)
“I live in a wonderfully eccentric bohemian neighborhood in Pensacola Florida. I live next door to a 96-year-old assumed murderer. The authorities found the dead body of a disgraced city council member underneath his house. The body had been there for three months. Another neighbor is a retired lady wrestler from the 1940’s. Another neighbor is Crazy Curtis who attacked a city code enforcement officer with a meat cleaver. Oh and every other day we have hurricanes and tropical storms.”

First is my house before Ivan a strong category 3 hurricane…


My house after Ivan…


My neighbor Crazy Curtis


The TV spot about Curtis attacking a code enforcement officer…


Outside of Crazy Curtis’ house…


Inside Crazy Curtis’ House video...



MR. PEENEE
I live on a teensy little street in a canyon in San Francisco. Happily because the ground slopes so steeply, the two lanes of the street could not be level, so the developers of the neighborhood put a big flower bed down the middle. Despite being very suspicious that this is simply more of Mistress MJ's stalking efforts, mrpeenee will admit he lives in the green house with black trim.


CHICKORY...
The welcoming committee at Chickory in the North Georgia mountains (USA). Scarecrows from previous summers are left in a ditch to rot. Then, in September, they are resurrected to serve as gatekeepers. Works on everyone but Jehovah's witnesses - now the only religion I receive. That's ol' Trouter coming up the driveway.

GEOFF
The end of our close in The Pride of South East London/The Pits of North West Kent, England. Please note the bins at the end of the close, the tall green ones for rubbish or "trash" as I believe you call it. The tall brown ones are for garden waste and the smaller containers are for cans and plastics, bottles and glass and paper respectively. Please note next door's sad, faded gnome in the foreground. It is he who gives the area its name, Gnome Man's Land.

VON LX
Meine Straße in Berlin!

MISS SCARLET
I have a collection of pics for you... the cow is probably the most common view from where I live in Devon, England!...

I have also included pics of the baby swallows just before they left home. And for some reason... also a picture of a local rabbit...



PRINCESS
This Darlings, is the street on which I live in the suburb of Golden Square in the City of Bendigo in Central Victoria, Australia... Well it’s not really a street but, more of a main road....But as you can see, one without curbing or pavements or a sealed driveway for that matter...
The other side of the road has all that. I think one of the residents on that side of the road was on the local council and made sure that his side of the road got the curbing etc before the money ran out! Bastard!
It is nice to have it looking “Natural” though, despite the dust that the postman stirs up on his motor bike as he rides along where the footpath should be!


KAPITANO
I spent the day with the parents on our island retreat.
It's the Isle of Wight - just off the south coast of England. If you've ever watched the TV comedy 'League of Gentlemen', or the film 'The Hills have Eyes'...it has a reputation a little like that. One of those places whose economy seems to survive mainly on the hope that one day there may *be* an economy to speak of.
That, and the idea that the more holiday homes you build, the more likely it is that at least a few of them will be bought.
Less than 100 paces from the front door is a steadily crumbling cliff face...with castle and sea. This *may* explain the lowish property prices in the area - in 10 years, our little holiday home may be underwater.
The sea and sunset were nice on the ferry back though, as you can see in the other photo.
And yes, as soon as I got back I made a cup of tea, had a wank and watched Dr Who. Though not at the same time, 'cos that would be strange.


DAMIEN
“Ladies & Manladies!! – welcome to BANYO – a quaint middle class suburb of northern Brisbane, Australia.
Complete with lots of greenery, quite a few muslims, a smattering of gays and lots of single hot men - hetero sadly.
I love my suburb. I love my little Cafe. The street sculptures outside it. My Chinese take away with the most AWESOME Mongolian Beef EVAH !! and the HIGH-larious old Chinese woman who greets you with “Aaaaaayyyyy you wan??”
Then there is my 60 yr old Maltese Barber who does my blogverse famous buzz cuts – COMPLETE with warm towel ahhhhhhhhhhh.
I love my burb. Its the burbs with a lovely mix of people – very safe – a cute little village – and of course............. me!
Shalom from Banyo – "New Jew Central"



DEAN "KAMEN" BERINGER (aka PEEPER BEEPER)
This was just painted on the side of a very cool wedge shaped abandon building in Pawtucket, Rhode Island that used to house a tool factory. All of us in the neighborhood have been hoping someone would buy the structure and put in a nice market or art gallery,but every time it looks as though a buyer is about to make a deal it all falls through. I believe the city is selling it for a penny but there's much work to be done. Guess this mural will have to do for now.


MAGO
Here's a snapshot of my neighbourhood, taken from a friend's apartment on the eighth floor. The location is Germany, Bavaria, Franconia, a village next to Wuerzburg.


DEEP BLUE (aka JON)
Here are the requested pictures of my so boring neighborhood in the in the "arrondissement" of LaSalle in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

I took those pictures before you gave the assignment and I had already given the camera back to my sister so I don't have a pic of my street. I did take one of the street two blocks away from where I live...

My street look exactly the same. In fact, all the streets look the same in my neighborhood. Duplextown!
Now moving 100 meters from the point I took the above picture and we end in front of the fire station...

And yes, all the firemen I spotted working there are DEAD GORGEOUS!!! *sigh*

Now simply walking to the sidewalk, moving some 30 meters to the right of the pic, you'll see this...

This is our main street. A very boring, noisy place where you don't really want to hang out. It's a busy road where cars and trucks drive through almost 24hrs a day. Yet, once you get to the streets behind, it becomes surprisingly calm and quiet.

The next image was taken in front of the building marked with the red arrow on the above picture...

On this main street you'll find 3 bakery-pastry shop (1 italian, 1 french and 1 arab), 9 grocerie stores (2 arabs, 1 penjabi, 1 indian, 1 italian-greek, and 2 of the big chains: Métro and Maxi), 5 hair salon, 7 or 8 restaurants, two car dealers (Volkswagen and Nissan), two clinics (my mom's doctor owning one of them), 3 pharmacies, 2 dépanneurs, 2 bars and so on. So very boring but very convinient. And I do still want to leave the big city.

If you just turn to your left, from where I stood on the previous picture you get this...

So there you have it. It was surely a beautiful day in my neighborhood when I took those pictures.

MISS JANEY...
Miss J's neighbor's garden in Altadena, California gives Miss Janey garden-envy... Its so prolific and MIss Janey's hasn't been this year. Moreover it’s located right at curbside yet doesn't seem to be disturbed by tomato looters or squash looters.

NORMADESMOND...
Sorry i never got anything to you. Truth is, nothing special to snap on the street, so....it's corgis, 24/7! Especially when they get their ears taped...



KEVIN
These were taken previously, and some obviously in the summer -- when it was actually nice and dry!

The first one isn't on the street where I live, of course. it's the Toronto skyline taken from Toronto Island. i just thought it was nice…

The "Taste of Health" is more like the taste of poo. Down the street on Parliament/Carlton

A Wellesley Street hottie just a few blocks from my home…

The house on the corner have these colourful wellies all lined up, all year long. Cute…

My neighbour's cherry blossoms, dearie…


And finally…

MISTRESS MJ
When one’s neighbourhood here in the Colony of Upper Canada looks like this…

I should not have been so surprised to find a character like Mr. Snappy sauntering down the street…
Clicking to make him bigger does not do justice to his actual humongous SIZE.


We hope you enjoyed this little glimpse into the neighbourhood of Infomaniac Bitches all over the world.

Several of you wrote in your emails to me that your neighbourhood is boring and some of you didn’t submit photos for that very reason. Deep Blue (Jon) even went so far as to say, “Maybe we should have a vote on which neighbourhood is the most boring!”

But any neighbourhood with an Infomaniac Bitch in it is richer simply for being home to an Infomaniac Bitch, Bitches!

And don’t you forget it!

40 comments:

  1. YAY First!

    Now I'm going to read the post!

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  2. Beautiful! I'm litteraly speechless, my dear Mistress! All I want to do is give you "un gros câlin et un gros bisou!"
    :)
    Thank you!
    Jon

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  3. wonderful post mj!

    i think we should start a collection for the pirate so that we can get him out of there. now, all i'm going to do is worry about him.

    i adore miss scarlet's swallows.

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  4. Wally's home doesn't look as...Queeny as I expected.

    MDP's been blown real hard by Ivan...but he's still standing proud. Does Crazy Curtis do dates?

    Mr Peenee has two garages.

    Chickory lives on the set of an 80s horror movie.

    Miss Scarlett lives with lots of adorable animals. And a bored looking cow. Though I'm not sure what an excited cow would look like.

    Princess lives on the set of a 70s horror movie.

    Kapitano lives in the sea.

    Dean lives in a place where LSD is available.

    Mago lives somewhere very clean and efficient.

    Deep Blue seems to live in the place my town is a bad copy of.

    Norma has the absolute sweetest views. Awww!

    Mistress MJ lives where everything's big, lush and slow. Apart from Mistress MJ herself of course, who I'm sure is petite, neatly clipped, and nimble.

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  5. This is a fab post! I am also worried about Mr Pirate.... and a bit scared to watch the video of the crazy neighbour.
    Look at the corgis!!!!!
    Sx

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  6. With so many diverse locations and entries I burst out singing "We are the World". Unfortunately since I'm tone deaf the dog started howling and one of my precious Hummel figurines cracked(the girl and the goat).

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  7. I LOVED THIS !!!!!!


    Gave me a big big smile :)

    Thank you for all who shared ;)

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  8. DEEP BLUE: YAY First!
    Now I'm going to read the post!
    Beautiful! I'm litteraly speechless, my dear Mistress! All I want to do is give you "un gros câlin et un gros bisou!"
    :)
    Thank you!
    Jon


    J’accepte avec plaisir!

    NORMADESMOND: wonderful post mj!
    i think we should start a collection for the pirate so that we can get him out of there. now, all i'm going to do is worry about him.
    i adore miss scarlet's swallows.


    Let’s post a photo of AyeM8y and see if anyone wants to adopt him.

    KAPI: Wally's home doesn't look as...Queeny as I expected.
    MDP's been blown real hard by Ivan...but he's still standing proud. Does Crazy Curtis do dates?
    Mr Peenee has two garages.
    Chickory lives on the set of an 80s horror movie.
    Miss Scarlett lives with lots of adorable animals. And a bored looking cow. Though I'm not sure what an excited cow would look like.
    Princess lives on the set of a 70s horror movie.
    Kapitano lives in the sea.
    Dean lives in a place where LSD is available.
    Mago lives somewhere very clean and efficient.
    Deep Blue seems to live in the place my town is a bad copy of.
    Norma has the absolute sweetest views. Awww!
    Mistress MJ lives where everything's big, lush and slow. Apart from Mistress MJ herself of course, who I'm sure is petite, neatly clipped, and nimble.


    Haaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I live for your observations.

    SCARLET: This is a fab post! I am also worried about Mr Pirate.... and a bit scared to watch the video of the crazy neighbour.
    Look at the corgis!!!!!


    Corgis, cows, swallows and rabbits…Mistress MJ’s ideal neighbourhood.

    That and an old snapping turtle, of course.

    TB: With so many diverse locations and entries I burst out singing "We are the World". Unfortunately since I'm tone deaf the dog started howling and one of my precious Hummel figurines cracked(the girl and the goat).

    Infomaniac is not responsible for any damage sustained from this post.

    DAMIEN: I LOVED THIS !!!!!!
    Gave me a big big smile :)
    Thank you for all who shared ;)


    Mistress MJ considers her work done here if she has made slave Damien smile.

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  9. it's just like a bag of "Bitches Allsorts" what a diverse bunch!

    So many new neighbours... All residing in the cosy little suburb of Infomania. Thank you for a great Post MJ and to all you other Bitches for photographically sharing your little piece of this big old world.

    And Kapi darling the house is 140 years old so you wern't far off with it being a set for a 70's horror movie... Yet, strangely I feel quite at home.
    I often stand on the verandah in nothing but a pitchfork....

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  10. What a rich fauna and flora all around.

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  11. PRINCESS: it's just like a bag of "Bitches Allsorts" what a diverse bunch!
    So many new neighbours... All residing in the cosy little suburb of Infomania. Thank you for a great Post MJ and to all you other Bitches for photographically sharing your little piece of this big old world.
    And Kapi darling the house is 140 years old so you wern't far off with it being a set for a 70's horror movie... Yet, strangely I feel quite at home.
    I often stand on the verandah in nothing but a pitchfork....


    Like this?

    MAGO: What a rich fauna and flora all around.

    Let’s not forget our endangered species…

    Old Knudsen and Eroswings, for example.

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  12. COOKIE: Really loved this!

    Really loved seeing you in the promo clip!

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  13. I'd forgotten I had that shot taken just prior to the police arriving to arrest us... damn those prudish neighbours!

    Did I mention that I have Pavement and curbing envy now?....

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  14. And Cookie is almost as cute as Norma's boys...

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  15. Such a small village...
    Love your street Mistress!

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  16. I think this is one of my favorite photo collections you've done. I love that Corgi!! Love the Swallows too.

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  17. PRINCESS: I'd forgotten I had that shot taken just prior to the police arriving to arrest us... damn those prudish neighbours!
    Did I mention that I have Pavement and curbing envy now?....
    And Cookie is almost as cute as Norma's boys...


    Norma’s babies are always upstaging Mr. Cookie.

    WALLY: Such a small village...
    Love your street Mistress!


    Lush like me!...as Kapitano suggested.

    I can’t see your footwear in that photo, Wally.

    I hope you’re not wearing Crocs.

    BOXER: I think this is one of my favorite photo collections you've done. I love that Corgi!! Love the Swallows too.

    I seem to be missing a photo of your Coco at the pot clinic on your street.

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  18. Crazy Curtis seems to be a member of Opus Dei with that chain around his thigh! So he's not crazy, he's just VERY religious. What I find more disturbing is the multiple baby highchairs in his front lawn.

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  19. What a fine looking snapper you have there MJ!

    I adore Crazy Curtis' House of Horror. He should get Kim and Aggy in to clean-up for him, then chop their fucking heads off and use them as novelty door stops.

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  20. KELLY RED: Crazy Curtis seems to be a member of Opus Dei with that chain around his thigh! So he's not crazy, he's just VERY religious. What I find more disturbing is the multiple baby highchairs in his front lawn.

    Multiple baby highchairs AND playground toys!

    Eeeeekkkk!!!

    MITZI: What a fine looking snapper you have there MJ!
    I adore Crazy Curtis' House of Horror. He should get Kim and Aggy in to clean-up for him, then chop their fucking heads off and use them as novelty door stops.


    Bitches, Mitzi makes a good point in suggesting Crazy Curtis hire Kim and Aggie.

    For those of you not familiar with Kim and Aggie, they’re a cleaning duo with a BritishTV show called “How Clean is Your House?”

    Here’s a brief video clip entitled FILTH to show you the kind of messes they’re up against.

    Very Crazy Curtis.

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  21. Wait a minute! You mean not everyone lives with murderous neighbors or hurricanes? What the fuck am I doing here? ActuallyI live here for the beach. I’ve just been lucky so far to dodge the danger.

    It’s so nice to see how and where everyone else lives. I’ve been looking for a new town. Or as Jody Watley sings, “I’m Looking for a New Love Baby...a New Love...Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.

    Of course I have all my shots and I’m completely adoptable.

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  22. Dear Miss Scarlet: Ive packed my bags and I am on my way to live with you. I like! I lived seeing so much of Oz and Mago's and vonLX's views...all of them. But crazy curtis is the coolest. I freaking love the people of AYEM8Y and think when the shit hits the fan he already has people with the appropriate revoluntionary spirit -or murderous spirit. both useful.

    Thanks MJ loved this!!!! a ton of work too. brilliant.

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  23. AYEM8Y: Wait a minute! You mean not everyone lives with murderous neighbors or hurricanes? What the fuck am I doing here? Actually, I live here for the beach. I’ve just been lucky so far to dodge the danger.
    It’s so nice to see how and where everyone else lives. I’ve been looking for a new town. Or as Jody Watley sings, “I’m Looking for a New Love Baby...a New Love...Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.
    Of course I have all my shots and I’m completely adoptable.


    It appears that Chickory has packed her bags and gone to live with Miss Scarlet so that leaves HER house free for YOU.

    With the bonus that Georgia isn’t far from Florida!

    CHICKORY: Dear Miss Scarlet: Ive packed my bags and I am on my way to live with you. I like! I lived seeing so much of Oz and Mago's and vonLX's views...all of them. But crazy curtis is the coolest. I freaking love the people of AYEM8Y and think when the shit hits the fan he already has people with the appropriate revoluntionary spirit -or murderous spirit. both useful.
    Thanks MJ loved this!!!! a ton of work too. brilliant.


    I like what Kapi said about your property…

    “Chickory lives on the set of an 80s horror movie.”

    You and Princess should let out your homes to film companies.

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  24. Why do corgis get their ears taped? I've heard of clipping ears but not taping. If ears don't stand upright naturally, why change them? No seriously I have no idea about dog breeds.

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  25. I had my ears taped for six years and I highly recommend it if you want that 'perky interested' look.

    I have no neighborhood and so I have enjoyed seeing yours, y'all.

    Now lets all take up a collection to move MJ off the set of 'Jurrasic Park'.

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  26. Nice snapper you got there, Mistress!

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  27. i live in your heart, and you live in my dreams. Isn't it good to be alive (and not have our ears taped)?

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  28. Kabuki is correct - it is good to be alive. Cookie hates having the ears taped into an alert position. But only happens when when Cookie is distracted and lets Norma Desmond around.

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  29. Thank you for the last two paragraphs, MJ. I have a tear in my eye.

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  30. when push comes to shove, limp dicks aren't very useful, but cute. same is true with corgi's ears.

    the taping doesn't hurt. actually, they're a foam hair curler cut in half, but don't mention this to anyone associated with that hair hall of fame place.

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  31. KELLY RED: Why do corgis get their ears taped? I've heard of clipping ears but not taping. If ears don't stand upright naturally, why change them? No seriously I have no idea about dog breeds.

    Paging Miss Normadesmond.

    Norma? Come in, Norma.

    NORMAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!

    NATIONS: I had my ears taped for six years and I highly recommend it if you want that 'perky interested' look.
    I have no neighborhood and so I have enjoyed seeing yours, y'all.
    Now lets all take up a collection to move MJ off the set of 'Jurrasic Park'.


    Have you taken a page yet from Cher’s book and tried neck tape?

    VON LX: Nice snapper you got there, Mistress!

    Wait ‘til you see my beaver!

    KABUKI: i live in your heart, and you live in my dreams. Isn't it good to be alive (and not have our ears taped)?

    My angel of mercy has returned.

    Mistress MJ feared she had lost you forever to Liquid Valium.

    COOKIE: Kabuki is correct - it is good to be alive. Cookie hates having the ears taped into an alert position. But only happens when when Cookie is distracted and lets Norma Desmond around.

    Do NOT turn your back on Norma when she’s armed with Sellotape.

    GEOFF: Thank you for the last two paragraphs, MJ. I have a tear in my eye.

    Tissue?

    NORMADESMOND: when push comes to shove, limp dicks aren't very useful, but cute. same is true with corgi's ears.
    the taping doesn't hurt. actually, they're a foam hair curler cut in half, but don't mention this to anyone associated with that hair hall of fame place.


    Say WHAT?!

    Paging salon manager Mr. Cookie!

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  32. Wow, I am REALLY glad I didn't bother submitting any pictures. Everyone has a great neighborhood. I didn't know AYEM8Y's neighbor was assumed to be a murderer, last I checked in I thought the council member had allegedly killed himself. Interesting! Creepy, but interesting.

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  33. STACIA: Wow, I am REALLY glad I didn't bother submitting any pictures. Everyone has a great neighborhood. I didn't know AYEM8Y's neighbor was assumed to be a murderer, last I checked in I thought the council member had allegedly killed himself. Interesting! Creepy, but interesting.

    Now I’ll NEVER see Kansas!

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  34. love the scarecrow

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  35. NURSEMYRA: love the scarecrow

    As Chickory says …

    “Works on everyone but Jehovah's witnesses.”

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  36. Thanks to all the Infomaniac Bitches who participated in this photo event!

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  37. Fascinating post, MJ! LOVED seeing everyone's digs, it IS amazing how YOU are the common thread to some pretty interesting people. Of special interest to Diva is Princess' and Damien's homes in Oz as I've spent a lot of time in many of the smaller towns in the country and the architecture and landscape brings back memories of my travels there. Ahhh....Great post, everyone gets to toot their little horns....hehehh!

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  38. LA DIVA CUCINA: Fascinating post, MJ! LOVED seeing everyone's digs, it IS amazing how YOU are the common thread to some pretty interesting people. Of special interest to Diva is Princess' and Damien's homes in Oz as I've spent a lot of time in many of the smaller towns in the country and the architecture and landscape brings back memories of my travels there. Ahhh....Great post, everyone gets to toot their little horns....hehehh!

    I don’t mind them tooting their little horns.

    It’s when they get started on their vuvuzelas that I get cross.

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