walking the streets
i spent most of yesterday and today walking around the city. the weather had been great, with lots of sunshine, and temps in the 50’s. haven’t had anything yet that i needed a car for – and that is huge…
antony
156 willis st
i have arrived at my home for the next month 156 willis street, wellington cbd, 6011 very nice – especially compared to the drab place i had last time. entrance and bedroom with my one small closet. family room and…
oceania humour part 2
upon arriving in auckland on a flight from sydney the australian flight attendant announces: “welcome to new zealand where the local time is 3 hours ahead and 40 years behind”
squeezed and sniffed
quite uneventful trip from saint louis to wellington – although there was one moment when i thought i was in for a treat. i always ask for an aisle seat but there were none available so i was assigned a…
saint louis’ best
day 4, saint louis, mo. 105°F. it truly feels like you have opened the door to the oven. of course the sad irony is all the air conditioners running full blast just heating up the planet even more. i had…
catchup
[ed. massive update. updates back to 03-AUG] There are three tomatoes, Papa Tomato, Mama Tomato and Baby Tomato.Baby Tomato drags behind, so Papa Tomato becomes angry and squishes him and says: “Ketchup!”– Mia Wallace
stuff everywhere
day 3. 3 pm. saint louis, mo. 99°F. we started early with the goal of unloading the truck into the storage unit before it got unbearably hot. our storage unit is on the third floor so we had to unload…
ready for our union cards
day 2. 10:45 pm. saint louis, mo. 95°F. we formally started day 2 at 6 am with breakfast at the denny’s next door to our overnight accommodations truck. i felt surprisingly good. just think of all the cash we can save from…
no room at the inn…
…or any inn from rochester ny to cleveland ohio. day 2. 3:40 am. outside cleveland, oh. 78°F. uneventful drive through mass and most of new york. it is about 10 pm, we’re coming up on rochester and we’re starting to…
truckin’
day 1. late. western ny. 81°F stopped to fill up at the giant travel center of america auto & truck stop. since we needed diesel we’re over on the big rig side. dad is using the giant window washer to…