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Posts Tagged ‘Places’

This is what happens when you film the police in Sweden

In Video on 30 July 2010 tagged Places with 1 comment

Having just returned from a month in Göteborg, I can attest that the place really is this laid back.

Chick Habit

In Video on 17 June 2010 tagged Listening, Places, Writing with no comments

Just a little yé-yé to tide you over until I can actually write something. I got back from (beautiful, glorious) Florida Monday evening and promptly took over for my wonderful editor at the paper, who is taking his own much-needed vacation, Tuesday morning. I am busy beyond belief and I am actually between trips — [...]

Greetings from Florida!

In Blog on 6 June 2010 tagged Places with no comments

I haven’t found any tar balls on the beach yet, and I’ve already been to both coasts. Oh yeah, on Friday morning I got to ride a fuckin’ manatee! Not really, but I definitely swam with a bunch in the murky waters of so-called Crystal River. They felt slimy. More on that later, when I [...]

Summer Tour 2010

In Blog, Shorts on 24 May 2010 tagged Places, Two Wheels with no comments

I’ve been counting down the hours to Wednesday and Memorial Day weekend because our trip to San Antonio for Amerivespa starts off a summer of travel that will take me to the other side of the globe and back. I am excited. May 27-31 — AmeriVespa 2010 in San Antonio day ride to New Bruanfels [...]

What is tiki?

In Video on 20 April 2010 tagged Places, Watching with no comments

It was CLH who turned me on to the Polynesia Pop craze, but it fits in perfectly with my love of all things Midcentury. Most people don’t understand the Hawaiian shirts, cocktail culture and exotica music. The DVD of Tiki looks like a good primer to explain how Polynesia went from culture to kitsch in [...]

Free at Last

In Blog, Photo Album on 18 January 2010 tagged Places with 3 comments

The Lorraine Motel on our 2008 visit to Memphis, TN.

The Big Bend

In Blog on 28 December 2009 tagged Places, Texas with 3 comments

As you have no doubt surmised, I’m in vacation mode. I’m leaving this morning for a week-long Texas road trip that will culminate in Big Bend, where I’ll be spending New Year’s Eve with CLH and some friends, including the geologist who takes tequila shots with halite. This geologist friend is the same person who [...]

The Georgian Hotel

In Photo Album on 25 November 2009 tagged Places with no comments

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } the georgian hotel, heh, originally uploaded by absentmindedprof. This is where I’m staying in L.A. (well, Santa Monica) right now. Built in 1933. Walking distance from everything. Right across from the [...]

More tales from the Wall

In Internerd on 10 November 2009 tagged Places, Reading with no comments

Der Spiegel has an excellent account of the events of the Berlin Wall’s destruction.

The wall comes tumbling down

In Blog, Photo Album on 9 November 2009 tagged Places with no comments

A year ago I met CLH in Germany and proceeded to spend five days and four nights in Berlin, a city I knew nothing about and was only minutely interested in. It ended up being one of my favorite places in the world. I wish I could say I remember watching The Wall fall on [...]