Freezing Saddles 2021 – Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt

[drevil]

EDIT 3/23/21 – FINAL RESULTS POST: http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?18102-Freezing-Saddles-2021-Daily-Photo-Scavenger-Hunt&p=210265#post210265
EDIT 3/17/21 – FINAL WEEK POST HERE: http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?18102-Freezing-Saddles-2021-Daily-Photo-Scavenger-Hunt&p=209861#post209861

I love taking photos, and having a goal usually ups the fun factor, so I’m doing a daily photo scavenger hunt.

Every night, I’ll post something you have to take a picture of the next day (along with the date). I’ll try my best to post before midnight.

It might be an object (a stop sign), a theme (something blue), specific (e.g., a bike laying on the ground), vague (e.g., confusion), a mish-mash of those, or none of those.

Rules:

1. Obvs, you should be a participant in Freezing Saddles ’21
2. It has to be on a bike ride on the day it was requested
3. It has to be posted on the day for which it was requested, i.e., 12:01 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST for the day it was requested. Sorry, I won’t count ones that aren’t posted for the day it was requested. That’s part of the challenge
4. The reason I say “for the day it is requested” is because I might do requests a few days ahead of time, but don’t take and/or post the pic until that day comes.
5. It has to be posted here on the forum in this thread
6. There should be text either in the title or in the post with the date and the found object/theme. Another option is to “Reply With Quote” the post with the request, i.e., simply click that button on the bottom right of my request so it is quoted above your picture
7. Description, short backstory or location are optional (but nice). That said, if your pic is abstract or not obviously relatable to my request, please explain (e.g., I ask for “happiness”, and you post a pic of a tennis ball you found on a ride, please explain how that tennis ball = happiness)
8. It has to be a picture you took, so if you’re in it, it either has to be a selfie or done with a self-timer
9. Only one pic/day. Please don’t pad by adding more than one pic/day
10. It has to be a picture, not a video
11. Let’s stick to things you find out there during your ride, and not things that you bring or make yourself (unless otherwise specified). Example 1: if I say find “2021”, don’t scratch it into dirt. Example 2: if I say find a flower, don’t bring a flower with you on your ride and take a pic of that. This kinda takes the fun out of looking for things, which is the whole point. (Rule added on 1/2/21)
12. Unless specified otherwise, your bike does not have to be in the photo. (Rule amended on 1/4/21)
13. Found item needs to be clear and discernible (or legible if text) in the picture. If you are using Tapatalk and are having trouble posting pics that are large enough, let us know and I/we can try to help you with it. (Rule added on 1/3/21)
14. Filters are OK, but no obvious/blatant photoshopping… not that I know anything about such things

Photoshop? by bikecentric, on Flickr

Scoring: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kgsAzaLIXN-IJMjscyNnQTNvWEp__VzgGBSkJDYrTfs/edit?usp=sharing

1. If you follow all the rules above, it’s 1 point/picture. I’ll like your pic if I have added the point to the tally sheet.
2. If I feel like you haven’t met all the rules, I’ll give you .25 points for the effort (Added on 1/11/21)
3. I’ll keep a tally with your forum name. I may reach out to you via the forum’s messaging, or ask you to reach out to me in a post in this thread.
4. EDIT ON 3/17/21: THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN ANYMORE -> At the end of FS, every like in each of your pic posts = +1 point. I’ll add these up at the end
   So for example, your pic has met all the conditions at the top, and has 3 likes. That will add 4 points (1 for the pic +3 for the likes) to your pot.

Notes:

1. Prizes TBD
2. Contest starts 1/1/21 and goes until the last day of FS ’21
3. Some of these will be hard. Fret not, some will be easy, so skip those days that are too difficult
4. Don’t ever ever ever ever do anything that can put you in danger or will result in hurting yourself. I promise I won’t ask for any pics of you riding on the Beltway
5. I might post pics, but mine don’t count in the contest

EDIT 3/17/21 -SEE FINAL WEEK POST HERE: http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?18102-Freezing-Saddles-2021-Daily-Photo-Scavenger-Hunt&p=209861#post209861

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[accordioneur]

@drevil 203858 wrote:

I don’t want to keep amending the rules and turning people off to playing.

For the record, so far this game is way ahead of Calvinball in the number of rule changes :rolleyes:

[EasyRider]

1/4/21
Italian restaurant

In front of Osteria da Nino in Shiraz-lington. I’ve never been, but they serve spaghetti, and don’t have “zz” or “garden” in the name or signage. Possibly the only Italian restaurant in South Arlington (outside of Crystal City) to meet those requirements.

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[Serdar]

@drevil 203817 wrote:

1/4/21 – In honor of National Spaghetti Day, take a pic of an Italian restaurant, preferably one you like and/or serves spaghetti. Caveat is that it can’t have “zz” or “Garden” in the name or the sign. Happy hunting!

Also, starting on 1/4 going forward, I’m going to be a hardarse, so please read and follow the rules in the original post. Thanks again for playing

1/4/2021, an Italian restaurant (no “zz” or “Garden” in the name or the sign)
Flavio – Italian restaurant in Georgetown
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[accordioneur]

@drevil 203817 wrote:

1/4/21 – In honor of National Spaghetti Day, take a pic of an Italian restaurant, preferably one you like and/or serves spaghetti. Caveat is that it can’t have “zz” or “Garden” in the name or the sign.

Growing up in the outer boroughs of New York City, I took it for granted that within walking distance of everyone’s house there was at least one family-run Italian restaurant that served red sauce Southern Italian home cooking. I was shocked and dismayed when I moved to Northern Virginia and found that Italian restaurants were scarce and generally pretty bad. Fortunately, the local restaurant scene has improved over the years. Thompson Italian is a little more upscale in its menu than my family’s favorite (Valenti’s on Foster Avenue in Brooklyn) was, and their food is quite good – an improvement over the Italian restaurant that previously occupied the same location, which wasn’t bad either.

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[drevil]

1/5/21 – on National Bird Day, take a pic of a bird. Let your imagination fly. Happy hunting!

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[Laurie E.]

@Steve O 203849 wrote:

Although, it appears you missed the deadline
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Nope, didn’t missed the deadline because it is not in effect until today 1/4/2021.

[mootsfy]

1/4/21 – Paisano’s in College Park.

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[Laurie E.]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]22117[/ATTACH] @drevil 203817 wrote:

1/4/21 – In honor of National Spaghetti Day, take a pic of an Italian restaurant, preferably one you like and/or serves spaghetti. Caveat is that it can’t have “zz” or “Garden” in the name or the sign. Happy hunting!

Also, starting on 1/4 going forward, I’m going to be a hardarse, so please read and follow the rules in the original post. Thanks again for playing

[Laurie E.]

@Steve O 203849 wrote:

Although, it appears you missed the deadline
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Steve O, I did not missed the deadline because they did not go into effect until 1/4/2021. He gave us until the 1/4/2021 to figure out how to participate in this pointless game, so since I get it in on the 4th, I met the deadline.

[bikedavid]

1/4/21 – in honor of national spaghetti day

Lupo Verde, the green wolf on 14th St

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[cvcalhoun]

@EasyRider 203944 wrote:

Possibly the only Italian restaurant in South Arlington (outside of Crystal City) to meet those requirements.

My sympathies! Being in Bethesda, I’m at a disadvantage in many of the contests. (I’m not biking all the way to Arlington just to start the Arlington loops, for example.) But Bethesda has plenty of restaurants of every description.

[cvcalhoun]

@drevil 203953 wrote:

1/5/21 – on National Bird Day, take a pic of a bird. Let your imagination fly. Happy hunting!

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Oh, that’s not obviously Photoshopped. Not at all. LOL

[Steve O]

@Laurie E. 203956 wrote:

Nope, didn’t missed the deadline because it is not in effect until today 1/4/2021.

Correct. You posted at 12:01 on the 4th, one minute after the rule went into effect. And also 1 minute after elf day expired. But drevil is a pushover softie, so I’m sure he’ll issue a waiver.

[Kbikeva]

In honor of the day, were you aware that a rare painted bunting was spotted in the C&O Canal Park this past weekend? Very cool. I don’t think we’ll be so lucky in our search, but we’ll try to find something entertaining.

[cvcalhoun]

@drevil 203953 wrote:

1/5/21 – on National Bird Day, take a pic of a bird. Let your imagination fly. Happy hunting!

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Is it true that the early bird (of paradise) gets the worm?

(Real birds are hard to find in the dark.)

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