RoadTwip Pics from Jolie

jolie — Sun, 17 May 2009 21:18:07 +0000

Granted, I’m not the official photog of our little nomadic tribe, but I did snap a few pics along the way. And now that I’m home and well-rested for the first time in two weeks, I’ve uploaded a whole bunch of stills to Flickr – still working on getting all the videos up!

Here’s what we’ve got so far:

The RoadTwip Set: All the pics fit to print. This is the monster set with pics from every city AND the in-the-car, on-the-road shots. Feel free to browse and tag.

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RoadTwip: Blacskburg

Fish tacos and my sister, the environmentalist. Bonus: A video where KurtyD improvises a riff about hokies, the Virginia Tech mascot:

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RoadTwip: Nashville

The land of amazing coffee shops, nice people, and spectacular barebecue.

And the infamous “We’re in Tennesseeeeeee now!” song:

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RoadTwip: St. Louis

A flavorful visit – this city is where we met up with local food (STLBites.com) and beer (STLHops.com) bloggers at a farmer’s market that was an organic localvore’s heaven. Also, Reem Abeidoh took us out for Ted Drewes Frozen Custard, which completely ruined ice cream for us forever.

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RoadTwip: Kansas City

This is where the Brightkite magic really made it all happen! A quick lunchtime stop for burnt ends at Arthur Bryant’s Barbecue turned into video interviews and an afternoon of coworking at Scooter’s downtown.

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RoadTwip: BIGOmaha

This was a predetermined high point of the trip, which meant lots of work and not too many photos. The music just keeps playing on, however, in the ReadWriteWeb coverage of the show.

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RoadTwip: Chicago

The photos are few, but the YouTube videos put the proof in the pudding.

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RoadTwip: Toledo

This was the city that touched my heart the most, and I can’t wait to go back. We’ll never forget all the awesomesauce that the Toledo crew poured all over us. Many thanks to Damian, Mark, Josh, Gene, and the rest. We had an amazing meetup with a whole crew of local folks, and Dingman and I got to have lunch at Tony Packo’s the next day. Plus, this was the town where the RoadTwip gang made the news:

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RoadTwip: Pittsburgh

This is where we met up with @Sloane and @OzSultan. At this juncture, I was behind on ReadWriteWeb work and didn’t have much time to play/screw around, there are no photos from me for this part of the ‘Twip. All I have are a couple highly suspect videos that just scream “shenanigans!”

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RoadTwip: New York City

The final stop on our long journey was a busy, sad, emotionally rollercoasterish time. It was my first time in NYC; believe it or not, I’m usually rather anxious about new people and places, and this visit was no exception. I spent a lot of time working from Oz Sultan’s apartment on the upper east side, but we all did venture out on the last day for a meetup with Baratunde Thurston. And the tour of Dylan’s Candy Bar was nothing short of magical.

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And that be the end of my tale. Stay tuned for more photojournalistic awesomesauce from everybody’s favorite @Dingman!

Dingman Digs the St. Louis Vibe

jolie — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:11:09 +0000

In St. Louis, MO, I interviewed our own Dingman about his thoughts and perceptions.

Big Things Happen in Small Towns: St. Louis

jolie — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:09:44 +0000

In a farmer’s market in St. Louis, I ran into an actual farmer. Jason runs a produce co-op, and Ivan, with whom he shared a market booth, runs a solar-powered greenhouse where he grows winter figs and tomatoes.

As I found in several conversations this particular afternoon, St. Louis is part of a growing number of communities trying to be intentionally local and sustainable in their commercial choices.

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RoadTwip Pics from Jolie

Dingman Digs the St. Louis Vibe

Big Things Happen in Small Towns: St. Louis