Saturday, August 09, 2008

tallgrass prairie beckons

10:16 at the beacon, ny train; irritating hershey, pennsylvania with its chocolate tourist trap; hamburger inn in delaware, ohio; champagne and blackberry pie in bloomington's bryant park; the world's largest ketchup bottle in collinsville, illinois; malteds at crown candy kitchen and a tour of a striated, gentrifying neighborhood in st. louis, missouri; sweet indie rock in lawrence, ks. one dissed "lemonade stand" (coke in cans) and one reluctantly patronized "lemonade stand" (watermelon kool-aid). one shipped suitcase. many cups of coffee. part of the devil's dictionary. part of a geographical history of the west circa 1908. lots of icelandic punk.

photos in reverse chronological order.






















1 comment:

HLMP said...

You went to the Hamburger Inn in Delaware, Ohio! I went to Ohio Wesleyan and lived in the shadow (or was it a grease stain?) of that famous institution. I'm too excited that you were there.