Icelandic Style parallel parking outside Hotel Borg.

the Madonna Inn,

San Luis Obispo, California,

US of A.

If you are not good at parallel parking or parallel parking on the left side of the road next to an open canal, do NOT try this at home. In the distance is the Oude Kerk Delft

Love, today, was standing in a parking lot, when it was dang friggin' cold, coaching my seventeen-year-old as he practiced parallel parking. We pretended that two empty garbage cans were the bumpers of cars in front of, and behind, the parking space he wanted.

I think Evan decided that parallel parking isn't as easy as it looks!

O to yearn so strongly as I do to be delivered safely past this hideous obstacle! Maybe it's probably best just to walk over to the other side of the street? Maybe things will probably be better over there?

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In south Minneapolis on January 23rd, 2010, on the east side of 3rd Avenue South, between East 22nd Street and East Franklin Avenue.

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NA9053.S7 Streetscapes (Urban design)—United States—Pictorial works.

TE280 Sidewalks—United States—Pictorial works.

TE23 Streets—United States—Pictorial works.

F614.M56W45 Whittier Neighborhood (Minneapolis, Minn.)—Pictorial works.

F614.M543 Minneapolis (Minn.)—Pictorial works.

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This shot is for my boys, because the last time I got into a tight space (not nearly as tight as this one) they both pointed out that I was too far from the curb. Picky, picky! Did I do okay this time, guys? :)

San Francisco, CA

The first time in a little while that I successfully completed a parallel park on the first try without hitting the curb.

Sad, but true. My strength used to be the Parallel Park years ago when I used to drive more frequently. But after not having driven in 5 years or so, it turns out that my Major has become my Minor.

I fucked it up on the road test. I fuck it up all the time. By "fucked it up", I don't mean really fucking it up, but I'm a perfectionist and take great pride in what I do. So nailing this on the first try made me happy. And since I had nobody with me to share my elation... that's where you come in.

:)

Nobody around = nobody to bother me. For once!

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In downtown Hartford, Connecticut, on September 23rd, 2021, a view of Kinsley Street toward Market Street, from a pedestrian bridge in Constitution Plaza.

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18 December 2008 @ approx. 12 pm on New Hey Road Bradford West Yorkshire.

Picture captured by John Ronan (Redronan) using mobile phone technology, then kindly donated to me for post-processing.

Mom style parallel parking

When you are laughing and being laughed at.

I actually parallel parked into this spot

Driving a car in Berkeley demands that I get pretty good at parallel parking. This morning, I was particularly proud of my parking.

I parallel parked in one try for the first time!

Yea in 1905 somebody decided to build a house in downtown Moline. It's still here!

"Hey man is that your 2001 Ford F-150 parked out there."

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In downtown Moline, Illinois, on May 21st, 2023, 414 13th St (built 1905, a "contributing property" in the Moline Downtown Commercial Historic District, 07000856 on the National Register of Historic Places) on the east side of 13th Street, south of 4th Avenue.

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2:30 AM

8 inches from the curb at the rear, 9 inches from the curb at the front

3 inches from the car behind, 4 inches from the car ahead

That's not snow on the ground, it's solid ice.

song: do ya think i'm sexy?

when: 10.05.10

It's the best rod stewart cover you'll ever hear.

and yeah, i parallel parked in that oh-so-tight spot on the first try :)

I see a lot of bad park jobs but this one stood out so much I had to take a photo of it. The car was an easy two and a half to three feet from the curb. I'm not even sure the person actually "pulled over".

Production shots and installation shots of Parallel Park project in Ft. Myers Florida. This is a public art piece commissioned to Marylyn Dintenfass.

Production shots and installation shots of Parallel Park project in Ft. Myers Florida. This is a public art piece commissioned to Marylyn Dintenfass.

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Ganz neu auf dem BMW-Motorrad Treff heuer war die MINI Stund Show von Russ Swift.

Russ Swift hält den Weltrekord im Parallelparken und hat das auch eindrucksvoll vorgeführt.

Eine geniale Show mit einem sympathischen Briten und einem tollen Auto.

Half of the time we drove the car with the “Eco” button on. The Eco mode alters the shift patterns in the four-cylinder powertrain; GM told us that this improves gas mileage by about 1 mpg. We didn’t notice any change in drivetrain feel or in real-world gas mileage.

Nassau St on a fine summer day. Princeton NJ. Day 14/365

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Jersey City, NJ

December 2010

Took a walk from the Upper West Side to the Upper East Side and back again

I got wayyy too excited about this parallel parking job I pulled off the other day with Natalie's car in Oakland and took a picture of it. This is how amazing my life has become.

On the morning of 13 December 2006, with parking scarce due to demolition, I spotted this space in front of my office and fought off two other cars to get it...

Demolition of an obsolete 1960's-era office building at Apollo and East Third Avenue, in the Short North District of Columbus Ohio.

Mojave Air & Space Port, Mojave, California, United States

For shorter drivers, Chevrolet has included two settings on the powered rear liftgate that make reaching the close button easier.

In New London, Connecticut, on September 21st, 2021, 36 Truman St (built in 1918 according to the City of New London's online property database, and confirmed by Sanborn fire insurance maps) on the west side of Truman Street between Belden Court and Blackhall Street.

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