Hey friends! I’m now safely and happily in NYC. I got into Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon and drove directly to my friend Amanda’s half-birthday picnic in Prospect Park, arriving within an hour of its start time — and well before … Continue reading
Category Archives: travel
day eight | dubois, pa, to brooklyn, ny.
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Pennsylvania has no Starbucks, not a single one anywhere. That probably isn’t actually true (because it can’t be), but it is true to my experience. And I hope to never speak of Starbucks again on this website, but honestly, I … Continue reading
day seven | detroit, mi, to dubois, pa.
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Public art in Detroit. —- June 25, 10:52pm Brady’s Leap Plaza, Mantua, OH I was going to leave Detroit at noon. Then Shelley and I had a leisurely morning of coffee and porch-sitting, and I revised my departure time to … Continue reading
day six | detroit.
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
I don’t know where to start talking about Detroit. My two days in Detroit filled me up, devastated and uplifted me, left me in a kind of speechlessness. This will be my attempt. My friend Shelley is living in Detroit … Continue reading
day five | st. louis, mo, to detroit, mi.
Friday, June 24th, 2011
June 23, 11:32pm Detroit, MI It started raining while I was in Illinois and it didn’t stop raining for the rest of the day. Today I was surrounded by green fields, green trees, slate gray sky, and rain. Rain all … Continue reading
day four | amarillo, tx, to st. louis, mo.
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
Route 66 in Shamrock, TX, and Knife City, AZ. Hi friends. Thanks for the feedback and comments, here and elsewhere. It’s so, so nice to hear from you. It was a long day of driving today. What a trip, to … Continue reading
desert and sky.
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
Eastern New Mexico: flat desert and flat sky for hundreds of miles.
day three | holbrook, az, to amarillo, tx.
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
Route 66 may no longer officially exist as a traversable highway, but it certainly still exists as both historical artifact and tourist attraction. Deserted auto body shops and the skeletons of old billboards still stand as ghostly, beautiful testament to … Continue reading
day two | yosemite, ca, to holbrook, az.
Monday, June 20th, 2011
Driving the 395 between Tioga Pass and Bishop, CA. June 20, 10:56am Bishop, CA The first thing I did this morning was drive through Tioga Pass. At 9,943 feet in elevation, it’s the highest drivable pass in California. Bathed in … Continue reading