Before we moved to the Northwest Hills last October, I used this great big purple octopus as a landmark when driving through downtown. Now every day after work I ride a bus whose route goes right through the intersection of SW Washington and SW 4th Avenue. Often I wonder about the Greek Cusina, proud displayer of the octopus. You can read about the restaurant here.
I took the first photo below on Sept. 14 when I went on an ABC Wednesday trek throught parts of downtown. I took the second photo below on Oct. 30 on the way home. What can you find in both photos that you would not expect to find in photos taken six weeks apart?
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Believe me, this is the only octopus I ever want to be underneath!
Yellow leaves?
ReplyDeleteThat octopus is quite a sight! :)
Guess what? Now I'm craving moussaka, spanakopita, pasticcio, dolmades... Slurp!
wow!!!
ReplyDeletemmmmmm, calamari!
ReplyDeleteHappy halloween!
...and you compplain about my photos giving you vertigo!
ReplyDeleteThis gives me the "bends". ;-)
Like your "O" pictures!
ReplyDeletehaha!! This one is too funny! Great O post!
ReplyDeleteThe signs with 30 something on them, behind the Octopus-beauty.
ReplyDeleteAn excellent set of shots - when I saw the title I thought "octopus in Portland - must be an aquarium" but a restaurant is much better.
ReplyDeleteWow who would have thought you could find an octopus in a main street. Brilliant :o)
ReplyDeleteLooks like the same RED CAR is parked in the same spot.
ReplyDeleteAnd in one of your other posts - didn't you have people with red shirts, cars that were red etc.
This one has a lot of RED going on also.... in one of the pics 2 people with red coats - and the red car.
This is a GREAT "O" post!
Happy Halloween!
ReplyDeleteIs it the tree that is different?
ReplyDeleteGreat picture. We dont get octopuses in Yorkshire! LOL!
If you're going to have an octopus, it should definitely be a purple one.
ReplyDeleteKowabunga, I like your mind, Lynette! And I like the octopus much better than the outboard motors on the outside wall of my restaurant.
ReplyDeleteVery nicely done!! It looks cute and interesting, without distracting the beauty of the building.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chuckle.
ReplyDeleteI love this octopus. I can just imagine how often it has been used when giving directions, "When you get to the blue octopus......"
ReplyDeletej'aime beaucoup cette pieuvre. belle enseigne
ReplyDeleteI love this octopus. A good sign
Octopus, now that is one that I would *never in my wildest thoughts* come up with...
ReplyDeleteTruly brilliant... greatly oversized and truly brilliant.
stuart
This place used to have a crazy ouzo bar upstairs. Smokey but fun.
ReplyDelete~Oswegan
Great photo. Fantastic octopus.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the wonderful comments and visiting my NorthBayPhoto blog.
How do you know the Octopus is pointing you in the right direction? It's strange to have this statute outside a Greek restaurant.
ReplyDeleteThere is ONE cute octopus on this hemisphere and you found it! Of course. :)
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