© Armando Bellmas

Alright you creative types: what could this photo be a print ad for?

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Nick and Sophie outside the Georgia Theater in downtown Athens, Georgia.

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I was working late the other night and received this text from my wife before I came home:

Out of beer- have ribs & wine

Yep, she’s a keeper.

My kids love public transportation. Especially Charlotte’s new light rail system.

Every time my two-year-old daughter Sophie sees anything pertaining to public transportation — a city bus or light rail train — she calls out LIGHT RAIL! in that sweet little voice of hers.

My five-year-old son Nick knows all the light rail and Charlotte Trolley stops from 7th Street to Tyvola.

Anyway, it’s a fondness for kids and their obsession with public transportation that endears me to illustrator Christoph Niemann’s The Boys and the Subway, a story and illustrations from his blog Abstract City at The New York Times.

Check out these excerpts:

Illustration by Christoph Niemann

My sons Arthur, 5, and Gustav, 3, are obsessed with the New York City subway system.

Illustration by Christoph Niemann

People often ask me for directions in the subway. Even though I know my way around rather well, I still have to defer to Arthur very often. Yet it seems people don’t trust the advice of a preschooler. They should.

You gotta see and read the whole piece. It’s priceless.

I took a break from the digital norm while on vacation at the beach last week. These and all the photos I took were made with an Olympus XA2. It’s a great little camera and a perfect tool for revitalizing my creativity.

© Armando Bellmas

© Armando Bellmas

© Armando Bellmas

© Armando Bellmas

© Armando Bellmas

© Armando Bellmas