It’s another great weekend to Go Metro – there’s fantastic cultural, music and walking(!) events all across our great city. Tonight make sure to show your TAP card when you take the Gold Line to ArtNight Pasadena for discounts on ArtNight merchandise. Saturday is packed with stuff to do, including [continue reading]
photo by Frederic Mancosu, via Flickr As I’ve written several times lately, you don’t need a big fancy camera to take a nice photo. This one, of a train in Switzerland, was taken with an iPhone and obviously got some help with the use of the many great photo apps [continue reading]
photo by Downtowgal, via submission This is a nice shot. There’s some blur to convey movement — but not too much. The framing gives viewer an idea how large the articulated buses are. And the bright red looks good offset against the washed out sky. The photo was taken near [continue reading]
photo by Jeremy Brooks, via Flickr Another photo taken with an iPhone, this time on San Francisco’s Muni Rail. It’s obviously not good to see a cracked window — and I don’t know how it happened — but it was used to good photographic effect. To submit a photo for [continue reading]
photo by Jan Kretschmer, via Flickr Another nice photo taken with an iPhone, this time of a bus lane in Munich and the bus and U-bahn station. Jan did a great job capturing the dark of the street and the white light of the station. Some of his other iPhone [continue reading]
Sure, riding Metro saves you from the stress of traffic, reduces your environmental impact and lowers your monthly transportation costs – but did you know it also entitles you to a bunch of great deals around L.A.? That’s what Destination Discounts is all about – and The Source is here to [continue reading]
photo by the dude abides, via submission Proof again that the subject of a photo doesn’t have to dominate the frame. The inbound Gold Line train is seen here across Los Angeles State Historic Park on the northern end of downtown L.A. The photo was taken with the Instagram app [continue reading]
The only thing scarier than gas prices this Friday the 13th is the fact that there’s so much going on this weekend you’re going to be faced with some tough decisions. Here’s an sample itinerary to make things a bit easier: All weekend take advantage of a great Destination Discount [continue reading]
It’s 5 p.m. and the streets and freeways are crowded. Maybe it’s time for a snack crawl to stave off afternoon rush hour traffic and lift the spirits with a strong Diet Coke. Anyone know any good spots near Metro? In downtown L.A. a bunch of places offer happy hour [continue reading]
photo by Tamara Manning, via Flickr Nice shot of bus and sky — the grain looks great. Click on the photo to see it larger. The photo was taken with an iPhone 3Gs and edited with the Camera+ app’s HDR filter. Where was it taken? Take a guess — answer [continue reading]
