LA!
07.30.10
new drawings and more!
07.29.10
Hey Hey! Just passed through border patrol into California and we're zipping through some mountain roads! Despite the nauseating effects of drawing in the car I've started to draw some cool dudes and interesting events from our travels. So far we haven't spent very much time in any one place. It's a little hard to get the feel of a town when you only see its gas stations and rest stops, but it's kind of cool seeing other road weary travelers that also have weird food stains and whack hair from car naps. Although yesterday we got a chance to hike around a little at the Sunset Crater Volcano National Park where saw some crazy ancient lava flow as well as some really amazing Anasazi ruins. 
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07.27.10
For those of you who don't know: 2 dudes, Spencer and me, Paul, and some newlyweds, Garrett and Whitney, are on a road trip from Texas and up to west coast and we're making zines about the places we visit and the adventures we have there! We're also holding zine workshops and drawing parties along the way. The first workshop is will be held in LA at Public Fiction (49 Avenue 50) on July 30 at 6 p.m. There's also going to be a movie screening of 'Ladies & Gentlemen the Fabulous Stains.' Our other workshop is in Oakland at Rock Paper Scissors Collective (2278 Telegraph Avenue) on August 2 at 6 pm. So if you've in those places during those times you should come! But I'm not your mom, do whatever you want. Bye. Adventures coming soon.
Back Home!
8.10.10
After staying in San Francisco, checking out bookstores and gallery stuff. We loaded up to Oakland. Garrett magically produced quarters for every parking meter. So we had some coffee while we got ready for the workshop. Everyone from Rock Paper Scissors Collective was especially great, and we had a blast. Check our flickr soon for photos of the events. The zine we made was loosely about relatives. So everyone drew their third cousin's new octo-baby. Everything was top notch! San Francisco has awesome summer weather, not hot at all. On our way out of San Francisco we swung by Philz Coffee. Which, not surprisingly, was the best coffee I've had. That night we camped in the Mammoth Lakes area, which was super fun. Possible bear situations? Not for us. The SVEA stove was mighty useful as always. Then we made quick departure for Flagstaff, Followed by driving a full day from 5:30 to 11:00pm. I've already got my bags packed for the next trip. Thanks for everyones support, and kindness. We are planning to do a workshop here in Arlington before the Gallery show, which will be February 7th-11th. Our resident photogs Whitney & Garrett are now on their way to Galveston. Or are already there... or haven't left North Texas yet.
Workshop Was Awesome!
7.30.10
Howdy howdy howdy! The L.A. Workshop was tons of fun, thanks to everyone who came out and made cool stuff. We had a great time. We're now in San Francisco. We got to check out Renegade Craft Fair today, and met many awesome people. More Cool updates will be online soon that we have internet.
L.A. Workshop Today!
7.30.10
Hey! if you are in Los Angeles today, make sure to stop by Public Fiction between 6pm and Midnight. We will be hosting a zine workshop, drawing party, Live music (Sean Solomon & the Dining Dead), and a screening of Ladies and Gentlemen the Fabulous Stains. If you're not in Los Angeles make sure to keep your eye on this blog, we will be updating with pictures of the event and the zines that we make.
Knife City
7.28.10
Yesterday we stopped in a little town called Knife City. Knife City! Check out this awesome scorpion made of knives:
And the under-appreciated 'Great Sword'
Camp'd in New Mexico
7.27.10 - Pre 1937 route 66
After a long drive we camped in Bernalillo. It was a scenic night, and the weather was great. We had expected to get rained out after driving through a (sort of) torrential downpour. New Mexico has a lot of casinos, plateaus, and is real atmospheric. We're on our way to Flagstaff to stay with my friend Russell. And I figures out how to update the blog from my phone!
Packin' fer the road
7.25.10 - Arlington, TX
We're leaving tomorrow around 5 AM, and making our way to Albuquerque for our first night of camping. I have a sneaking suspicion that i will be eating a lot of funyuns in the near future.
day 11
08.06.3020 - flagstaff - arlington
so... i didn't take any photos today. after san francisco, i realized how tiring it is to be a tourist. so.. i deeply apologize. if it is any consolation, we did spend about 16 hours in the car this day with no detours or interesting stops... so the pictures wouldn't be of much. literally i think we only stopped three or four times.
LETS GO ZINESCAPES LETS GO.
now we get to prep for the show in february!!! so if you have been keeping up, you should really think about coming to check it out! more details coming soon.
love you for life mean it!
day 10
08.05.2010 - mammoth lakes - flagstaff
4:43 pm pacific : las vegas during the day. ...beautiful.
day 9
08.04.2010 - san francisco - mammoth lakes
10:54 am pacific : bye bye monarch hotel.
4:25 pm pacific : driving through yosemite... no bears but i guess it was still cool.
5:04 pm pacific : lakes next to mountains have been a dream of mine for a long time...
9:29 pm pacific : @camp high sierra... stars rule.
9:33 pm pacific : 3 part gang... eyes closed all the way.
9:38 pm pacific : we are so excited to be in the trees!
9:40 pm pacific : hahahahaha.
day 7
08.02.10 - san francisco
12:15 pm pacific : @the contemporary jewish museum music room. ..what are you doing spencer??
12:14 pm pacific : seriously, what are you doing?
12:17 pm pacific : family pic!!!
5:58 pm pacific : @rock paper scissors collective in oakland! getting ready for the workshop! oakland is so sunny!
6:23 pm pacific : brainstorming for zine themes.
6:45 pm pacific : everyone is working hard and hardly working at the same time.
8:24 pm pacific : birds eye shot from the zine library!
day 6
08.01.10 - santa cruz - san francisco
10:06 pm pacific : the best part of waking up.
1:11 pm pacific : fillin up the juices.
1:14 pm pacific : garrett took this photo, but i really liked it so i took that.
2:48 pm pacific : golden gate bridge! with some completely intentional things in front of it.. for scale.... not because it was too cold for me to walk somewhere for a better shot-- i wouldn't do that to you!
4:31 pm pacific : a.l.c.a.t.r.a.z. , the rock. swam there and back no big deal.
4:37 pm pacific : renegade craft fair!!!
5:45 pm pacific : cold summer picnic.. obvs. garrett took this... took that!
8:32 pm pacific : paul interveiwing amir fallah - founder of BEAUTIFUL DECAY - for good for grasshopper. ...and spencer filming. and me breathing with my mouth closed because it smelled like urine!
8:20 pm pacific : fairmont hotel!!! spencer's mom hooked us up with a free night at this swanky little place on top of nob hill. ps- san francisco is stupid... if a hill is that steep you just shouldn't build crap on it. seriously. no one is going to want to walk up your 30 mile, 90 degree incline streets.
8:54 pm pacific : jump jump jump jump jump jump
day 6
07.31.10 - los angeles - santa cruz
4:24 pm pacific : a beautiful section of highway 1 that is probably never talked about.. south of the part that is always talked about. yeah, thats right.. we got a late start driving.. so what?
5:18 pm pacific : paul is getting tired of seeing his photos in my blog. sry paul, i guess my camera has a crush on you? acutally i think everyone else just ducks out of the pictures.
5:26 pm pacific : spotted- california cows.. all looking just the same.
5:46 pm pacific : water windshield. ...pacific coast highway (highway 1)..on our way to drive through big sur.
5:59 pm pacific : fake mountains got cold and asked the sky for a blanket. as the nice man in a chef's costume told us when we stopped at a gas station to use the bathroom-- the 1 mile wide stretch of land on the coast stays cold and foggy until mid august because the hot air inland rises and brings in cold wet air from the pacific ocean. then he bought his wine and drove away in his small mercades.. i wanted to follow him because he was an extremely nice friend.. and he also knew the owner of la hacienda in frisco, tx WEIRD.
6:04 pm pacific : fake mountains still wanting blankets.
6:45 pm pacific : sun patches over water.
7:00 pm pacific : "briiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiidge"
day 5
07.30.10 - los angeles
11:20 am pacific : so... maybe we didn't totally plan our trip out 100% and had to sit at starbucks for the free wifi for a while???
4:36 pm pacific : shingles of the snack shack @ public fiction!
4:38 pm pacific : the most amazing wall ever-- @ public fiction. pasted fake fur on that painting.. and mirror mosaics are always golden.
4:39 pm pacific : public fiction bathroom.. the best green on the floor, and the cutest baby sink.
4:47 pm pacific : some of the snack loot, mixed with lauren's own foods.
5:21 pm pacific : shopping cart art posters!
6:27 pm pacific : the snack shack in full businesssss.
6:46 pm pacific : 749 ave 50, la, ca. -- aka public fiction.
zinescapes tour poster.. these are just screaming to be split fountains... we should work on that.
7:14 pm pacific : some of the first zinescapers to come through-- talking intently about zines probably. because that is all anyone talked about ALL NIGHT LONG! ..it was awesome.
7:54 pm pacific : some other fine zinescapers, talkin zines surely.
7:55 pm pacific : zinescapes tour blanket! srsly!
9:25 pm pacific : finally this party was kicked into full hear -- sean solomon singing, playing, but not dancing very much.
9:51 pm pacific : the dining dead rocking the house.
11:40 pm pacific : the party chilled out when we watched "ladies and gentlemen, the fabulous stains" and finished printing the zines!
not pictured: the cock roach that found its way onto the collar of my jacket when it was on the floor... then crawled up my neck.. and onto my hand when i itched... and got flung on the floor... and later sprayed to death. me: still having nightmares. EW.
day 4
07.29.10 - san diego : los angeles
10:08 am pacific : ocean beach!!!!
10:17 am pacific : bay watch or whatever
10:50 am pacific : mussels, just chillin with us.
11:01 am pacific : this guy caught a sting ray instead of a fish. it made me extremely sad, probably because of his ridiculously cute face and they way his little body moved when he was trying to breathe.
10:41 pm pacific : group pic at pehr space
day 3
07.28.10 - flagstaff : san diego
9:01 am mountain : cooler milk at russell's. even the dog: why are you outside??
10:59 am mountain : "how many times is this?!" "show your phone please." ....paul lost his phone for the 12th time.
11:01 am mountain : when it rains, water gets inside the car because of the way we had to strap the roof rack bag to the roof. some smart boyscouts thought to cut bottles in half to collect the water.. then the technique was perfected with duct tape. note that they can be drained when full...PROS..
1:24 pm mountain : arm cactus!! all over a hill!! this was taken on one of the most beautiful stretches of our drive. thx arizona!
2:20 pm mountain : caught paul making drawings in the car. this is the one about the kid we were going to interview, but didn't.. check out his column to see it!
3:13 pm mountain : group pic yall.
4:21 pm mountain : we got this truck driver to honk! it ruled x 1998!
5:12 pm pacific : when we crossed the border into CA there were some awesome sand dunes..
5:14 pm pacific : the other side of that black fence is mexico!!!!!
6:10 pm pacific : middle . of . nowhere.
9:15 pm pacific : super awesome pizza in san diego. pizza always tastes good!
day2
07.27.10 - alburquerque : flagstaff
10:24 am mountain : clouds look weird when you are almost at their elevation. really weird.
10:38 am mountain : paul + rainbow + desert mountains
10:49 am mountain : psych.
11:18 am mountain : KNIFE CITY!!! that tractor is available for sitting on. they sell shivs inside.
11:33 am mountain : sunshine is the worst.
1:25 pm mountain : we drove to sunset crater ntl prk, and realized we didn't really have enough gas to see the whole thing. So we had to turn around and visit this man.
2:05 pm mountain : "ADVENTURE TRAIL HIKING DOT COM"
2:15 pm mountain : view from the top of the cinder-ful summit. worth the climb????...
day1
07.26.10 - arlington : alburquerque
4:30am central : packin up the car, almost getting left because I was trying to take this picture.
9:40 am central : paul got peeled! garrett, spencer, and paul think they will be sick of eating clementines and goldfish after this trip, but I think they get better with every bite. Goldfish also taste better when thrown.
8:14 pm mountain : garrett "sup"
8:17 pm moutnain : paul won the last round of "presidents" and got to wear the headlamp for a while. FYI if we were playing by points, I WON.
8:23 pm mountain : full moon lighting up our lives. I have no idea what that mountain/hill is called, but we had a great view of it from our campsite. This photo was not even taken from our campsite, though.. so I guess we really didn't have that great of a view because I moved to another site to take this photo. OOPSIES.
8:27 pm mountain : WEINNERS PRESS.
L.A. to San Francisco
08.01.10 - San Francisco, CA
Sorry for the delay in blog entries! We have been either too busy to write or without an internet connection. LA was great and I think the workshop went really well. Thanks to Lauren from Public Fiction for letting us have the workshop at her place. The drive up highway 1 between LA and San Francisco was better than I thought it would be. We took photographs, but they are not the same as seeing it in person. We went to the Renegade Craft Fair in San Francisco today, saw a lot of awesome stuff, and met some cool people. The workshop in Oakland is tomorrow, so I will have another post soon! I will also be uploading some photos from LA and San Francisco soon.
California!
07.29.10 - San Diego, CA
We have made it to San Diego! The drive through the desert was interesting, but I am happy to be back into cooler temperatures. California has a checkpoint to take your produce, which is bad because they took an apple I wanted to eat. The first workshop is tomorrow in LA and I am really excited! I have some photos of the Wupatki ruins in Flagstaff from the other day...
The view from outside
Hangin' out inside the ruins or whatever
Hi Whitney!
hello!
07.28.10 - Flagstaff, AZ
The road trip has been great so far and I am not sick of being in the car yet! I have never been to the southwestern US and I am really loving the weather and the scenery. The Coconino National Forest in Flagstaff was really cool. There were volcanic craters that which were really fun to walk around. We are about to leave for San Diego.