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I spent my day hopping by air to Tallahassee. I ate plane and airport food. I ate three sandwiches today, and a pickle. I took pictures. Now I share. Above – Airplane food! This breaded chicken sandwich actually managed to, kind of, sort of remind me of all that decent airplane tonkatsu I [...] Last night, a snowstorm closed the I-5, forcing us to take the 58 to detour through Bakersfield and over to the 14 to get home on time. The detour was great, because we got to drive through a snowstorm near Tehachapi, the first snow I’ve been in contact with since I was about [...] We’ve not visited Marfa on at least three other road trips. We’re always near it in the middle of the night, at some inconvenient time, or something just seems to keep us away. Having some time to kill on our way home, Michele and I finally decided to drop off the 10 and [...] It’s sweet to be home after our whirlwind trip, but weird, especially seeing the dog again – he looked at me like “Where the fuck were you? I was looking for you for two weeks!” when I fed him this morning, but he didn’t destroy all the corn I planted this season, yet… [...] According to the gift shop, Big Sam is the world’s third tallest “giant statue of a person.” This weirdly monochrome, ferroconcrete likeness of Sam Houston, titled “A Tribute to Courage”, can be seen as one powers along the 45 Freeway between Dallas and Houston. We came on it from behind, following the signs [...] Do I not notice these in Los Angeles? Or are they just way more surreal on the road? I do not know. I look to road signs with almost religious intentions. They’re the symbolism of the dreamtime of the road. For the past half decade, I’ve seen the above sign, advertising Microsurgical Vasectomy [...] Chicago has great public art, on every level. Dustin Schuler’s Spindle blows away all other pieces of public art, because it involves cars and impaling. You just can’t beat that – unless you located the art in the broad expanse of a 1970′s shopping center, which it is. The piece has a set [...] I’ve eaten frozen White Castle sliders back home in the Golden State, but that’s like kissing your sister. White Castle has been an elusive burger mystery to me for years. Standing at the opposite of my hamburger philosophy, these tiny, minimalist finger foods have long tempted me. Something about their almost monochrome squareness [...] Right as we were on our way to our Chicago hotel, Michele’s Sunday afternoon cable trained eyes spotted this trailered baby cruising towards downtown. It took us forever to get up next to it for photos, as we were being cock-blocked by this cotton-top driving at parking lot speed, and rocking the weird [...] |
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