Archive for the ‘Out & About’ category

Travel summery pt. 5: random shots

The following are some summertime photos that I like, but that don’t fit into a nice, neat set. From Paris: From Barnegat Bay, NJ: From Austin: From Seaside Heights, NJ:

It’s all true

I just got back from a trip to Los Angeles. It’s all true what they say about it. There are palm trees, which I still find really surprising: I mean, they’re just right there, by your house. And yet it’s not the tropics. Seriously, palm trees: Cool, right? There are also Scientologists. This is just [...]

Travel summery pt. 5: ramdom

The following are some summertime photos that I like, but that don’t fit into a nice, neat set. From Paris: From Barnegat Bay, NJ: From Austin: From Seaside Heights, NJ:

Travel summery pt. 4: Paris polaroids

Travel summery pt.3: Paris nouveau

‘Architectural porn,’ is a phrase that might best describe the Bibliothèque Nationale de France – François Mitterrand. We made the trek on a cloudy day to see a Richard Prince show called “American Prayer.” When I finally thought that I had a handle on the enormous exterior of the complex I went inside; I was equally impressed [...]

Vegas Monday night

Have you ever been to Las Vegas? Have you ever been there on a Monday night, to go out to dinner with your in-laws at the seafood buffet at the Rio? After which you went to see Zumanity, a super-sexy Cirque du Soleil show that your parents bought you tickets for, and which is awesome [...]

Travel summery pt.2: Las Vegas

Travel summery pt.1: Seaside Heights, N.J.

Over the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing some of my favorite photos from the places to which I traveled this summer.

Keeping it real

Recently, a friend who’s also from Jersey asked me what travel plans I have this summer.  I told him that Swells and I are going to the Jersey Shore.  He paused; his face pained. “The Jersey Shore?” he asked. “Uh, yeah,” I said, not knowing that I made a linguistic foible. “Dude, seriously: the Jersey [...]

Spoiler alert: the boy lives . . . again.