Posts Tagged With: Mark Wallis

Curtains Down.

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Mark

And house lights up. My funky loft, based on the apartment house in Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City series is no more. That’s all folks! Bye bye, Barbary Lane.

Categories: Art, Design, Photography, Random, Vibe Monitor | Tags: app, Armistead Maupin, Barbary Lane, iPhone, Manchester, Manga Camera, Mark Wallis, The Northern Quarter, The Vibes, UK | 2 Comments

It’s with a heavy heart that I pack 13 years of my life into boxes ready to move on to pastures new. I’ll miss my bohemian loft, having lived in the Northern Quarter since I moved back to England from Amsterdam in 2000. Our landlord failed to extend his lease and so we all knot our spotted hankies and wander off into the wide blue yonder. ‘Change, my dear, and not a moment too soon,’ as The Doctor says while regenerating in a halo of golden light, and emerging with a completely new appearance. I’m thinking of it as regeneration…

Categories: Art, Design, Photography, Random, Travel, Vibe Monitor | Tags: Doctor Who, England, Manchester, Mark Wallis, The Northern Quarter, The Vibes | 15 Comments

Happy New Year!

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Mark

Categories: Art, Design, Photography, Random, Vibe Monitor | Tags: 2013, Mark Wallis, New Year, Nixie Clock, The Vibes | 5 Comments

Fireworks for The Vibes in 2012

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Mark

What a fantastic year for blogging! Awards for photography, a visit from author Armistead Maupin and Olympic Torch Bearer Mark Healey. Happy New Year to my 500 followers and everyone who’s commented and liked!

Here’s an excerpt:

19,000 people fit into the new Barclays Center to see Jay-Z perform. This blog was viewed about 66,000 times in 2012. If it were a concert at the Barclays Center, it would take about 3 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

Click here to see the complete report.

Categories: Design, Music, Photography, Random, Vibe Monitor | Tags: 2012, annual report, blog, Blogging, Blogs, fireworks, Mark Wallis, The Vibes, WordPress | 2 Comments

In Loving Memory

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Mark

“Hello? Yes it’s true! It’s amazing – they just do exactly what you tell them to! It’s like they understand us. Mine’s got two legs so I guess that makes him a butler… or chauffeur if we’re in the limo. Yes…three meals a day and central heating. Fabulous. Ok – gotta go, he’s coming! T’ra!”