Walking into the PSU campus yesterday morning, I felt like I was 10 again, trudging through the snow-covered sidewalks in Minnesota to reach the bus stop. Having lived out of the snow for several years, I’m enjoying some of the gorgeous, quiet winter moments I had forgotten.
The still silence of a snowfall.
The sparkling flakes falling [...]
Post from January 2009
Feels like -11 with the strong possibility of late afternoon time under the covers
January 16th, 2009 by imnotahipster, No Comments
Tags: Outdoors
Portland art and skies
January 13th, 2009 by imnotahipster, 1 Comment
I went into Backspace while I was in Portland in December to look for hipsters I could sneakily take pictures of. Apparently, 9 a.m. is too early for the usual hipster scene at Backspace. I did get a photo of the awesome art that was up.
“What do you think?” the barista asked me.
“I think the [...]
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Bedford, PA: The Real America
January 11th, 2009 by imnotahipster, 1 Comment
After finishing my second round with the GRE, I headed toward Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for a tango festival and stopped for the night in Bedford, PA.
Driving into the town (pop. 3,000) off I-76, a roller rink’s old-fashioned sign beckoned for a photo op. A bit further, I spotted Judy’s Motel, where I would be staying, but [...]
Tags: U.S. travel
Who was that making out with Dick Clark?
January 2nd, 2009 by imnotahipster, No Comments
Seconds after the NYC ball dropped for the third time in the States for Denver’s New Year’s Eve, some lady came on the screen and started getting hot n’ heavy with Dick Clark. Who was the mystery woman? we wondered — albeit, a bit unclearly after a couple hours of champagne-vodka-wine-beer. Charo? His wife? It [...]
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