Category Archives: on the road

BBQ 2: Jim & Nick’s Barbecue

A little time on Yelp yielded this walking-distance meatariffic gem of an establishment.
Um, it’s bawls hot here and 9,000% humidity. “Walking distance” is relative and this was the limit, albeit worth it ;)

Popular, $2 domestic beers, $3 Margaritas. Say no more.

Zoo pays homage to the meat prior to digging in. Right after this, he bet [...]

Liftoff!

Well, after a little drama where my friend’s honeymoon in Bora Bora got cancelled due to a strike in Tahiti and I had to reroute their whole trip to Ixtapa, we’re headed down south. Check in regularly and hopefully we’ll have some gems for you soon…

Not Nearly Enough Data

I was thinking about shit the last few days — mostly about how much people suck — but I realized that one aspect of me (ever since we killed the pushup chart and the cigarette chart) that isn’t well reflected here on lifeisaroadtrip.com is my obsession with “the numbers”.
Forget the whole “truth, lies, statistics” [...]

Mara’s mom

Now, I have to say, all of the parents were great. We got to speak at length to both Kevin and Mara’s mothers, but Mara’s Mom, Deb, invited us to sit next to her at the reception. What a wonderful, loving woman. If Mara is half as lovely as her mom is, [...]

Neither Vince Vaughn or Owen Wilson …

… but not too shabby.
For those just joining us, these are your wedding crashers du jour …
Phaux in the ‘Always Slimming All Black’:

Zoobroker in the trey:

The Wedding Is On …

Really. We. Are. Here.  Ok, for those who haven’t been following the story along the way, here’s the deal.  We met Mara a few weeks ago — on the night of her bachelorette party.  She was winding down the night with her possibly nymphomaniac neighbor, Vicky, by having pizza at Two Boots.  At Midnight.  Sober.  [...]

Almost there …

We put the hammer down, and for legal purposes we can’t say exactly how fast we were going, but we suspect it may involve time travel.  In fact, we found time to take a wrong turn and end up on Lake Michigan .. which is more impressive than one might think, but still not impressive [...]

RT4.3333333 begins

Hey folks, we’re back after a few months of silence — glad you’re still with us.
We started a mini road trip today, we’re going to call this RT4.333 for the moment …  we’d planned to go from NYC to Toronto (AKA TorTonto) to Detroit To Glen Arbor, but someone, who shall not be named here, [...]

Phaux’s Closing Thoughts, Part 1

I am sitting in seatac airport with five’ish hours to go until I liftoff for home, and want to record some thoughts while they are fresh and juicy.
First off, Zoo is a GREAT road mate. Words cannot express his huge contribution to the road trips being extraordinary, but I’ll give it a shot..
He is unflinching [...]

The universe exploded at the Doug Fir in Portland, OR

If you read wikipedia as much as I do, you’ll know that the tallest tree ever to exist was not a Giant Sequoia, but rather a Douglas-Fir.   After dinner, Phaux pointed us towards this arboronymous bar, in the Jupiter Hotel, which is also a semi-legendary music venue.  

Shortly after arriving, three blondes from Seattle [...]