Oh hey, I got a lens for Black Belle! I think I might have just named her. So good morning… Magic Mountain!! It’s been ages since I’ve seen your intestine twirling rollercoasters. Every Mother’s Day my friends and I used to go to Magic Mountain. Why would you leave momma hangin’ on her special day? […]
Awww hello former house in San Francisco. Today will be full of nostalgia. It’s also Canada Day. Sorry suckers I’m in ‘Merica. It’s he start of a hell month of nothing but traffic and crowds in Vancouver because of events. Canada Day, cruise ships, the fireworks shows, a couple of marathons blocking all roads out, […]
Big day today. I’ve got about 6 hours of driving with stops along the way so I’m up early. This might be a little less verbose today. I needed to do some laundry first so I got that started and the motel provides breakfast. Nothing like motel pancakes! Nothing. Absolutely nothing like them. Especially machine […]
Ahhh back in the redwoods. It’s been too long. Good Morning California! I’m in you! This morning’s Ask ChatGPT, “What’s the best breakfast burrito in Crescent City?” Aztec Grill, eh? That’s across the street inside that Jacksons Market?! Jacksons Market being like a 7-Eleven. Weird, but awesome! No burrito photo but chose your soda size. […]
Oooo look, one of the survivors from the XPan rolls! I’m glad one of these came out actually. This is a log processing area in Coos Bay, Oregon. More on that later. Today’s drive was not fun. I was tired of not being south of Portland yet so I said I’d try to get across […]
Good morning! First things first. Breakfast. “Ask ChatGPT. What’s the best breakfast burrito in Astoria, Oregon that is currently open?” Turns out ChatGPT is a life changer on a road trip. It was at this point I discovered I could be in the absolute middle of nowhere and ask ChatGPT what sights there are to […]
After a wonderful night of sleep in the upstairs Air BNB guest room, Sean and I walked to get some breakfast. Fantastic food and I actually didn’t want to leave Portland today to be honest. Next time will be a few nights to explore more. At least it’s in a days drive. I brought my […]
Current time line interjection… See that? I brought my XPan along on my trip and shot 13 rolls of film! 13! One of the main points of this trip was for it to be a photo adventure to take loads of film pictures. I went out of my way so many times to get panoramic […]
It’s been about five years since I’ve had time off so it’s my turn to change that. Since I’ve set aside a whole month to do this my thought was if I saw something that piqued my interest, just stop, take a picture, and just enjoy. You have plenty of time. Turn that car around […]
3000+ miles later. As The Proclaimers didn’t once say.I would drive five hundred milesAnd then I would drive five hundred moreThen I would even drive five hundred miles againAnd then I would again drive five hundred moreThen again tag on another five hundred milesThen I would have to drive five hundred+ moreJust to be the […]
Fifa is arriving next month and it’s already madness in the city. They wrapped Science World up as a football. It’s done now and looks great. All sorts of construction and people are crawling all over the place. I so can’t be bothered with it all so I’m on the verge of a road trip […]
Of course I took the photo, I’m also not in it. Of course. Not everyone is there for our weekly lunch but this is the largest lighting team assembled in a long time. In other news, this summer a new concert venue is opening just in time for FIFA. It’s also the new venue for […]
Every Olympics they fire up Vancouver’s Olympic Cauldron at the start of the Opening Ceremony. It costs so much to burn they only run it for two hours. A full two weeks would cost $200K. Ain’t nobody laying down the Benjamin’s for that. So every two years we get to see the flames. It is […]
We’ve had the most insane and beautiful fog recently. Walking the streets with streetlights and cars headlights glowing through fog has been amazing. Late in the day I went to the rooftop terrace. I work in a verrrrry tall building. The views were gorgeous. Off in the distance I could see the new Oakridge Centre […]
Not a bad year really. Some crap things but mostly got to tie up some loose ends that had been hanging around for a bit. Didn’t get to travel at all as I had to wait for some paperwork to get sorted but that finally happened. You can’t leave the country while that’s going on. […]
I’m going to act cool and say yeah yeah I’ve been into The Beta Band since the early days! Just go with it. The Gig Hunters, the unofficial name of our WhatsApp group where we diabolically plan gig hunting, was going to see The Beta Band at The Commodore Ballroom. Either you went wow, or […]
Lovely Sunday along the river watching logs. Got a wave out of one of the tug boat operators. Well, that was relaxing.
Well that was it. The final time to see The WHO. The setlist was nothing surprising but it was chock full of hits. Let’s get the complaints out of the way, Daltrey just doesn’t have the chops anymore. He’s all over the place. Some songs he changes the melody so much it becomes a weird […]
Well well well look at that! I’ve recently taken it upon myself to be the unofficial studio photographer but I shoot film! at all company events! I’m different, look at me, right? Ha! This was the second year of the dog races. I took some last year in black-and-white, but it just looked too bleak […]
Amazing night. I saw Neil once before at The Bridge School benefit in 1999. All acoustic then and not a full on Neil show. This. This was beautiful. Hearing the warble of his voice on the first song just brought an immediate feeling of calm. A set full of sweet acoustic melodies and raw slashing […]