you might see a horizon But the ending is never in sight

sunday night. basically my evening didnt end up as planned but i think things turned out excellent dispite. i drove over to the east side of town to a.. park my car on the street for free b.. eat at apizza scholls then catch a movie. well the pizza place doesnt open until wed. i decided to keep my car and showed up too early for the movie so i moved on to other things..

i did though. eat a fantastic bowl of smoked split pea soup with bread and oil, had a great americano with a raspberry tart, walked through several antique and vintage stores and met the two guys pulling of this adventure. i over heard them talking while eating a terrible slice of pizza. i knew i had to talk to them so i got up to throw my pizza crust away (just because its terrible doesnt mean i dont eat it) and said as i walked by "ill be right over to talk to you guys."

do yourself a favor and look over there blog... read about them. i couldnt help but think about my small, driving trip alone in comparison to what they are doing. they share some of the same core features... meeting new people, going new places, experiencing something different.

matt mentioned they would accept someone to join them if i was interested. interested? yes. going to do it, no. why?? im not sure.. i probably have a handful of reasons why i wouldnt. in that handful is one that says "i dont want to go through a year of phone calls from my mother asking me if i am going to stay in a hotel or saying "please dont sleep in a tent"."

and while we are on the subject, this movie is released this week. directed by sean penn, music by eddie vedder and i am looking forward to it. watch the trailer under the video menu.

bring me a day full of honest work, and a roof that never leaks. ill be satisfied

mt. hood... woke up the next morning after camping and this whole mountain was covered in snow.


hiking in washington with friends... gifford pinchot national forest. 4.7 mile hike up to a lake and then back. one of the dogs dug up a bees nest along the trail. i was the only one to get stung but it was pretty scary.



this happened soon after stopping to take a picture. dont worry mom and lori the first thing i thought about doing was washing it out with peroxide.


balancing rock at garden of the gods. there is also something in colorado springs called the incline. its 1 mile up a mountain and in that mile you gain 2000ft of elevation. i did it in 27 minutes.. the long time record holder did it in 15. a brutal climb.



my mom went to see phil collins today(corey i know your jealous) shes a huge fan and is always asking where her "no jacket required" tape is. im glad she got to go and hope she had a blast.

im actually exhausted right now so i am going to crash. i hope everyone is doing well at home and i look forward to having dinner at la isla soon and bonseys wedding.

oh. i just got back from the doug fir lounge where midlake played.. fantastic venue, midlake was stellar. gn all.

I took a walk with an invisible friend

evil bee.

can you memorize the scenes...they will be different next week!

kate is great... pete is great as well and i am happy for the both of them.


this is NC bbq and i loved it. the picture gives no justice. it was fantastic.


olga from russia poured me this kamikaze and homemade limoncello. she also decided i should try a few select saki shots.


lucilles. i heard it was a good place to stop and it was.

theres nothing quite like the blinding light

greetings from amante coffee in beautiful boulder colorado.




i arrived here this morning(thurs) after a long drive from chicago. i pulled over and "slept" a few hours in nebraska. below is a picture of the sunset during the drive and the other two are pictures of logan square auditorium where i went to the sold out okkervil river concert. i guess their past shows in chicago havent taken off so well and they were happy this concert was great.







breakfast at the bongo room. awesome.


a crazy placed called cest si bon....as you can see there is nothing french about it. collard green eggrolls..crab cakes...blackeyed peas..rice....cornbread muffin.



a chicago dogs with all the fixings minus the poppyseed buns and some standard ball game brews. no better place to have it than wrigley field. these are for mikulas...ha. hope things are going well at home. : )



a ride home along lake michigan after flatting near the university of chicago. walked to a bike shop to buy a tube only for the shop owner to not lend me the tools to fix the flat...."his insurance company would have a heart attack" ridiculous. so i walked to a hardware store...replaced the tube. then had to find another bike shop to fill my tire with air. thankfully i was near a college town.



looking forward to the next few days here. thanks to amy, adam, and cori, for putting me up, the game, and the excellent sushi and white ales.

okay okay, okay okay, okay okay, okay okay

the results from last weekends peanut butter festival race are linked here. its was my second race of the year and i look forward to a few more before the year is over. a lot of competition did not make it to the race since the month of mud started the next day. i heard the first month of mud race went well.. good luck to those of you racing. i unfortunately will not be making it to any of the races this year. other news.....


beer.

vintage wine and beer has scaldis on tap...probably running low since jason, jimmy and i put a decent amount of it down before walking over to aladdins.

i recently had lagunitas' saison on draft and round two with urthel hop-it... fantastic.



the macmobile.






food.

bratwurst.


a real taco. dang...i didnt see the salsa verde in the bag until i finished it.


more food pictures in the next few weeks if i remember to take the pictures. sometimes i just get excited and eat the food before taking a picture.

oh...more bike news. my kelly fell off of my rack...my rim is bent...possibly can be trued to acceptance but its not pretty. could have been much worse...ie...broken car window, bent fork blades/drops.. as far as i know the rim was the only thing damaged. my goal is to stop using that bike for a commuter, build it as a SS cross bike, and build a vintage fixed gear.


also, the b.o.a.r.d has a blog. its blank at the moment. they meet next week and maybe an introduction will make it to your screen by the end of the month. http://www.repealday.blogspot.com/

this is an old song, these are old blues

newsom's songs are timeless. my favorite music to listen to. looking forward to the day i see her in concert. here are three songs. each fantastic.

today is my fathers birthday. i thought he was sixty today but he insists that he is 61. suprisingly he is at an auction today and not working. "To here, the days pile up"

"peach plum, pear"



"sprout and bean"



"sadie"

I leaned on the wall and the wall leaned away

sorry for the lack of posts. i imagine posts will not be as often the next few months. the weather is just that good.