Inertia Kills

While the Mid-Atlantic States get pounded with a snow storm back home, we’ve also been getting a fair share of the cold, white stuff here in Riga. When that snow begins to melt, some of the buildings around town form some killer icicles. I mean literally, killer icicles. These things could be lethal should they happen to fall on an unexpecting passerby. As a result, sections of the sidewalks are taped off, and it’s not a rare site to see guys like this one, strapped into a harness, carefully climbing on rooftops shoveling away snow and knocking down precarious icicles.

Latvian spelunking

On recent visits to various cities, I’ve begun to notice the “street art” of each local; in particular, I’ve noticed an influx of stencil graffiti.
So here are some of my favorite graffiti photos, with a focus on stencil graffiti. Feel free to send me your photos at aaron.anthony@gmail.com, and I’ll post them here.

Here kid, here's a bomb. Oh, and fuck style.

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