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There can never be enough "GOOD"ness in my day ;)

All about Good Magazine right here.

GOOD: Palin vs. Biden

Unbiased and factual. This video displays the importance of making an informed 

choice rather than getting caught up in the labels of red vs. blue. Oh and a pretty 

cool song to go along with it! :D

GOOD: The Hidden Cost of War

Woahhhhhhhhhhhhhh..............

Back on my good ole stompin ground

Hey there! 

Well I am finally back in NJ and I arrived to insanely great weather! It was a great road trip and craps I am sooooo tired! 

In my last post I was going to explore Denver the next day. Well I did and I totally love Denver and all the other towns I embarked upon in Colorado. Downtown Denver was like a more spacious and cleaner Hoboken, NJ. We also got to see the Rocky Mountains and killed a fat beaver on the highway - drats, the guilt still eats away at me. I met so many cool people and saw many adorable cabins - kinda looked like the cheesy holiday cards you get at the 99 cent store. After exploring Colorado, South Dakota was next on the agenda.

Mount Rushmore was cool and great to see but nothing like seeing the natural wonders of this little planet (such as the grand canyon) as opposed to the man made. South Dakota was unreal. We arrived at 2am and saw deer like we see squirrel - well in NJ atleast. They were everywhere - on lawns, by traffic lights, chillin in packs just literally mowing lawns. Bison and elk burgers swarmed every menu - a grrreat spot for a vegan ;) Needless to say potatoes were my best friend in this state. OH and I have never smelled cow farts that intensely as I did driving through SD - I dry heaved and blamed Humberto a few times for the stench.

We then went to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It was a pleasant experience - kinda like sitting on a swing with your grandma talking about the latest craze in denture wear, pleasant. Adorable little town with a flourishing art community. Pretty falls, coziness, and total cleanliness everywhere. I stumbled upon this great Dutch cafe where my cool ass coffee cup was the hot topic of conversation for atleast 20 minutes. Woooohoo!

From Sioux Falls we drove to Madison, Wisconsin and hung out there for the night. We went bar hopping and ended up at this cool gay bar called the Shamrock. We got hooked up with a few drinks then went to hang at this cigar bar for awhile before we stumbled into the Shamrock again. I met this one guy from Minnesota and he had the coolest accent! I swear - at one point I kinda didn't know what he was saying but that just didn't matter - his accent was fascinating and kept me drooling!! So that night Humberto was getting hooked up with drinks left and right (yes the boys loved him ;) and I had to drive the 2 hours to Chicago. You think "hmmm, 2 hours not so bad" right? But at 3 am after a few drinks it was kinda torturous and harder than the 9 hour drives - sheesh!

So we got to Chicago at 5 am. Lugged our asses out of the car - slept for 4 hours (you know my cheap ass has to take advantage of the free breakfast!) and explored a rainy Chicago. Cute shops and an insane sales tax of 10.25% kept me from purchasing anything!! Ate some great Chicago pizza at this place called Giordiano's. They totally made me a great cheese-less pizza that was scrumptious! Since it was constantly pouring that day it was hard to really do anything - kinda sucked but we still wandered around like wet rats anyway. I also got to meet Kelly Maron (gal I am working on greeting cards with) from Paper Stories. I got to meet her hubby, adorable baby Jackson and see her cool letterpress machine along with her studio. She was great and I was siked to finally meet her in person :D

Our next stop was Cleveland, Ohio to see the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I was completely smitten! From the gorgeous building designed by I.M Pei (photos here) to the massive amounts of music you can submerge yourself into - we were there for 4 hours! We got to see great installations, costumes, Janis Joplin's car, etc. I also discovered how much music that we hear today are actually covers by old school blues and motown artists! So fascinating! Also I loved viewing all the record and poster designs! Droolable material! :D

After Cleveland - we headed for NJ and arrived at 2 am. My family was thrilled and zombie like at the same time (I don't how they pulled that emotion off but they did). I was delirious as well and stuffed my face with my mom's homemade potato salad (yay more potatoes!) and passed out! ZZZZzzzZZZzz.....

Check out photos from my trip below. Some of the photos from Rock & Roll Hall of Fame were dark cause photography was actually prohibited so no flash. 

Enjoy! :D

Road Trip 10/08

According to Plan

Hey there ya'll! 

Ok well it has definitely been an interesting couple days that's fo sho! :D

I did leave LA on October 1st but I left at 130 am -well I guess I actually left on October 2nd then. It was a day filled with madness - packing and getting my life together is always a fun and simple task ;). Our 1st stop was the Grand Canyon in Arizona. SO we actually drove through the night and arrived at 8am. My pal Humberto and I were deliriously tired but it was ok cause we were exploring new grounds. We then spent the day at the Grand Canyon and got ambitious and headed out to Denver at 2pm. Yeahhhhhh that was an insane trip! Mapquest said that Denver was 12 hours from the Grand Canyon but too bad Mapquest freakin sucks and makes me want to stab myself every time I use it (and yet I always do)!! On our drive we ended up getting lost on this Indian reservation for 3 hours and still in AZ! It was pitch black and were constantly warned about cattle, wild horses and coyotes roaming the narrow 2 lane highway we needed to get on to get outta there! We drove kinda slow and luckily saw most of the animals on the side of the road. Just rabbits were on the freeway and they are soopa fast and made it across. 

We realized at 4am we would never make it to Denver. Humberto and I were soo tired we both started seeing imaginary cattle and strange cartoon characters cross the highway. Funny what lack of sleep does to the mind! I kept on falling asleep while driving and started having detailed conversations with no one (says Humberto). Example: Humberto says I said exactly this - "Man, that man was so fucked up. I mean why would someone do something like that - you know shoes are there for a freakin reason!! Man if I had a sock...." Humberto said "Um who are you talking to and about?" AT that point we both knew we needed to look for a hotel and we made it to Blanding Utah. YUP - and let me tell you, the town definitely lives up to the name! It was fine and I saw a cool abandoned tractor that made my day - hahahha.

We left Blanding and continued our drive to Denver and holy turds it was an amazing view. Canyons and the reddest rocks I have ever seen! We hiked up through some spots and the view was so beautiful I just lost my breath. This country is so gorgeous and I'm so siked I got to see what I have seen so far! The photo up top was taken in Utah. We hiked this crazy boulder and boy was it so worth it!! 

Right now I am in Denver at a fancy Motel 8 after a night of bar hoping downtown. I have to say I really love Colorado . I stopped at a few spots in CO and the people we so friendly and it has such a great energy. I look forward to exploring Denver in the daylight tomorrow. 

Our stop after Denver is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.  It's only a 6 hour drive so not as long as the Grand Canyon to Denver. Im really happy we got to Utah though. Hopefully we will have some other unexpected pleasant surprises along the way!

Ok well I will try to post when I am in SD tomorrow night! Ahhh now sleep! :D