Category Archives: california

Jun
01
2010

30 days on the road …

The trip starts for me tomorrow … and the way it’s scheduled, I’m on the road for 30 days straight.
The official road trip doesn’t start until the 11th … look for updates starting around then …
In the meantime, enjoy this tip of the day:
Things You Can Slice With An Egg Slicer
Eggs
Mushrooms
Strawberries
Pieces of Banana
Boiled Potatoes
Things You [...]

By zoobroker | Also posted in food, i wonder, musings | Tagged | Comments (0)
Dec
10
2008

Most Definitely Road Trip Worthy: Eddie’s Famous Cafe In Los Banos, CA

Eddie’s should have been one of my first Road Trip Worthy posts.  This place serves the best breakfast in California, hands down.  The homemade sausage is very nearly the best sausage I’ve had anywhere in my life.  The service is impeccable.  This is a local’s place, and city slickers and their Priuses (What’s the plural [...]

By zoobroker | Also posted in breakfast, good eats, on the road | Tagged | Comments (0)
Feb
20
2007

Day 3 Road Stories – Mojave, java and hangovering

Woke up with hell ringing red, cracked bells in my ears, furry monsters using my tonsils for trampolines and foreshadowing deserts of thought, flat and hot in my mind, waving in the distance like unreachable oasis. Also, our mirror was satanic. I swear. Fogged after showers, it made one’s own eyes look like pitiless halcyonic [...]

By Matt | Also posted in nevada | Tagged , , | Comments (0)
Feb
20
2007

I’m so glad Zoo was driving

First off, it rained a lot on our journey:

And there was traffic. We fought through an 11-mile backup because of an accident by the NV border and flew into Nevada. Why do they have casinos so far away from Vegas? Is it for the elderly? They are so silly, standing alone out there ont he highway…

And [...]

By Matt | Also posted in nevada | Tagged , , | Comments (0)
Feb
19
2007

Somewhere near Zzyzx Road. For Reals.

The man in action:

Spammer says: Someone should have told me the back of my head looked like a careworn teddy bear.
Storm in the distance:

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By zoobroker | Tagged | Comments (0)
Feb
18
2007

RT1, Day 1-2, New Beginnings

I flew in from the East Coast the previous day to LA to experience something new and happy on the heels of a long, drawn-out confusing unhappy situation. I had made it over the hump and this was my first day to relax, start to feel human again and just plain let off some damn [...]

By Matt | Also posted in on the road | Tagged , | Comments (0)