For one second I was excited to hear about Gap’s new denim offerings. But then I quickly realized after perusing their website that there is no sense in even trying them on. Nobody ever manufactures what I actually want. I would like jeans with: No ass. Not ass-less like leather chaps- just cut for people [...]
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I’m particularly attracted to the sailboats on the bay- a subject that attracts ridicule for some reason. Haters.   It also attracts lots of weirdos, since the place to paint boats is by the bay, which is full of colorful residents and piles of tourists. Today, for example, I looked up from my painting [...]
Day 8, 9, & 10: Oklahoma to Santa Fe and across Arizona to San Diego, California
Published August 13th, 2009 in Daily. 2 CommentsSanta Fe was beautiful, full of adobe buildings and ornamental tilework. I appreciated this Apple Classic II still in use as a point of sale computer in a gift shop. These computers were in use at my elementary school back around 1990 or so. It’s pretty sweet that they never bothered to upgrade. In Santa [...]
All my family is from Oklahoma so we had a family-reunion type cookout while there. I’ve never actually lived in Oklahoma since my father was a US Marine for 38 years, and Marine bases are near the water. Here’s a picture of me, my father, and grandfather. I also took a few moments to arrange [...]
For our day in New Orleans, I- typically- took charge and dragged everyone on history/ architecture/ art related journeys. In this case, I had a burning urge to visit Oak Alley Plantation. Sadly, a general rebellion ensued amongst the other travelers who did not wish to spend 3 hours in the car to get there. [...]
Another baking day. We proceeded south from Georgia to Alabama, where a common roadside decoration was peanuts. Some were golden and others had various kinds of peanut personality. Headphones: A flirty wave: A Newsies outfit. Eventually we reached Florida, where Mike’s Granny offered us sweet tea and sandwiches, and became acquainted with Pickles. Near Pensacola, [...]
After a breakfast of Pop Tarts, we abandoned Erin to her home office and set sail for Savannah, Ga, so that I could view the architecture. We quickly determined that we were no match for the sauna-like environment- although it brought to mind the suffocating heat and humidity of my childhood- and got back in [...]
Finally after cleaning my ordinarily septic apartment, we sent off the Relocube. Brad and Lois, my cracked out neighbors who steal and then pawn many neighborhood items, waved goodbye as we traveled from my apartment in Radford to Mike’s parents’ house in Christiansburg, VA. His mom had a sweet mirror: The next morning we took [...]
We are leaving today from Virginia, planning to stop to see Alaina in Charleston tonight. The last few days have mostly involved cleaning and packing two houses into this one 6′ x 7′ x 8′ “Relocube”: And the next 10 days will involve driving across the country to San Diego, CA in a Jeep Wrangler. [...]
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