Black & White Sunday: Local Watering Hole (response to guest challenge)

This is  my response to the guest challenge by Irene Waters. Irene is asking us to post a photo(s) of a  local watering hole and has offered several possible interpretations. I rarely visit pubs in my town, but here is a shot of a local cafe in Lisbon. While exploring the quarter of Belem I noticed an old yellow tram, a famous symbol of Lisbon, which had been turned into a  cafe that is mostly visited by locals. It seemed convenient to preserve its recognisable colour – this is my deviation from Irene’s great theme – a local watering hole in black and white, but with a touch of selective colouring.

 

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Don’t fret, if you don’t have anything ready. You have up to a week to post it.  Happy Sunday!

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Click on the titles bellow to see the entries to this challenge: 

Drinks on the Serpentine

Quiz Night at Lovelocks

A vat

Alnaelva

Gone to the dogs

Mannekin Pis

At Place de Rochaix, Paris

Local agujero de riego

Scent bar

Thirsty?

46 responses to “Black & White Sunday: Local Watering Hole (response to guest challenge)”

  1. Oh, I do enjoy riding the trams in Lisbon. I’m keen to get back there and will definitely look out for this one. Thanks for the tip Paula. And I like the selective colouring 🙂

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    1. Thank you very much, Debbie. I would like to visit Lisbon some time again too.

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  2. […] A response to Irene’s Guest Photo Challenge theme of Local Watering Hole on Lost in Translation […]

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  3. Cute shot, Paula! Looks like that one gentleman is pointing right at you! 🙂

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    1. Very perceptive of you Linda 😀 He was very peeved that I was taking photos of them 🙂

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      1. Ooo, maybe he’s hiding from the law! You’re lucky he didn’t chase you down! HaHa! Yes, I watch a lot of TV! 😆

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  4. I love the splash of color.

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    1. Thank you, Joseph 🙂

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    1. Thanks, Rabirius.

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  5. Thank you Paula for the opportunity to be the guest challenger this week. I love that you kept the colour in the tram. It makes it so vivid and brightens the waiting men.

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    1. Irene, I am the grateful one. It would never occur to me to host a challenge on this theme. I enjoyed your post a lot. Thank you.

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  6. Fabulous response, Paula! Well worth waiting for 🙂 (I got engrossed in writing my Monday walk and just remembered our conversation yesterday). The hit of yellow is absolute perfection! And Fado, of course 🙂 Truly beautiful… I love it!

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    1. Many thanks. Jo. I was sure you would like Fado. 🙂

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  7. it seems that you have linked “guest challenge” by mistake to your blog post not Irene’s?

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    1. Thank you for letting me know Klara. I did it while it was still in draft. I’ll change it now.

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  8. I find this perfect for the challenge and vey original and unique!

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    1. Sono contenta che ti piace Annna. Grazie.

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    love the yellow and off to the back – would love to visit here some year 🙂

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    1. Thank you, Yvette 🙂

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  10. […] The local watering hole – gone to the dogs!Lost In Translation Black & White Sunday […]

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  11. love that yellow! I took the challenge quite literally as far as the water goes… here it is https://dailymusing57.wordpress.com/2015/07/05/black-white-sunday-local-watering-hole/

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    1. Your post has made me smile 🙂 Thank you so much DM.

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      1. I’m so glad it did 🙂

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  12. It’s good that you kept that yellow in there. It livens up the photo.
    Here’s a small gallery from me, they’re not all water related…
    https://artishorseshit.wordpress.com/2015/07/05/random-black-white-photos/

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    1. Beautiful monochrome gallery 🙂 Tusen takk 🙂

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  13. interesting challenge Irene and so on the spot with this “canicule” (heatwawe) that we are having for a few days now. (you won’t hear me complaining about it). water is so precious and often not so available on the streets (at least in Brussels) – I can only imagine the struggle of homeless people in this heat.
    http://lessywannagohome.blogspot.be/2015/07/bw-sunday-watering-hole.html

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    1. What a fun fountain, Klara 🙂 Thank you for your entry.

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  14. I like your ‘deviation’, Paula. Very striking.

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    1. 🙂 I am happy that you do, Tish. Thank you.

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  15. […] Black and white Sunday: Local Watering Hole […]

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  16. Perfect us of selective colour, Paula. Like you, we don’t visit pubs at home so mine is also a travel shot – https://beyondthebrushphotography.wordpress.com/2015/07/05/watering-hole/

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    1. That’s a great shot Lynne. I hope you’ll get to visit Paris again with better luck.

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  17. I have a great fondness for Lisbon and went there after reading Jenifer Robert’s book Glass about an English merchant who became a Portuguese glass-maker. There is a square in Lisbon named after him Largo dos Stephens, I think.

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  18. Love the brightness of the post. Great response.

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  19. Superbe atmosphère très chaleureuse sur ta photo Paula ! Beau travail, j’adore la musique aussi 🙂

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  20. This is fantastic Paula! Definitely one for framing on the wall if not in the gallery. Love that pop of yellow, particularly so iconic in Lisbon.

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  21. Qué bonito queda el toque de amarillo en el tranvía. Algún día, después de las vacaciones que estarás más descansada, podrías contarme como se hace.
    Aquí te mando mi entrada.

    Domingo Blanco y Negro de Paula: Local agujero de riego

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  22. It’s as though the sun is shining over this lovely spot!

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