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combo of yesterday and today.  dude at group house gets mad at another dude and decides he gonna burn the house down.  dude's also got some mental issues.  but that's how it goes.  

 

 

i see this often.  these peeps are called scrapers.

 

 

view from my office

 

 

have you ever seen the rain?

 

 

various items

 

 

 

 

 

time to do this bit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

misery-

 

 

got back to the work crib and chatted w my co-worker about her new ink on the inside of her elbow

 

 

i like this Ganesh she got on her upper arm too

 

 

on way home had to pick up some Izzy food and a few ingredients for my Chick Parm I made for dinner.  chilled for the rest of the night.

 

 

 

sup Ig! that spot is on Indian River rd across from the bowling alley, near Military Hwy.  called Mobile PigNic or something.  check it, you won't be disappointed. 

 

so the weather gods are not being very nice to the tour.  today (and yesterday) was pure yuck.  had to bail out a co-worker first thing.  he got stuck.  afterwards i needed a bite for breakfast.  stopped by the chic filet again.

 

 

been wearing this alot.  double Trophy

 

 

 

drove back and pretty much did nothing till lunch time.  one of my assignments fell thru so i had plenty of time to kill.

 

 

hit up this joint for lunch. felt like the perfect day to go get some Caribbean dreamin on.  place is a hidden gem.  $6.95 all u can eat lunch buffet.  rocks man.  

 

 

first plate

 

 

second plate

 

 

there was a third plate but i forgot to take a pic.  dessert was two of these coco loco muffins.  tastes like pineapple upsidedown cake.

 

 

Big hats off (or on) to this dude, the Chef.  he has hairnet n a hat the size of the stay puft marshmallow man.  man can cook up a feast!  all i needed was a corona and the beach.

 

 

they even have table side tv.  watched a show about some guy hunting down coffee farms in Nepal.  the music, the food, the tv made my day feel much better.

 

 

 

gah!!! please someone fix my accidental neg rep on Meg's family pic above!  sorry Gav.    family is looking great, btw!

 

not much updates this weekend.  there was the big annual St. Patty's Day parade yesterday.  i wasn't feeling well so i slept in  and we got there towards the end, which is just madness.  we're also getting ready to move to a diff place next weekend so we had to tie up so loose ends with that.  later in the afternoon we hit the playground

 

 

 

 

 

saw this awesome looking bird up in the tree

 

 

 

today was our usual Sunday routine.  weather got all nasty again so I took Quinn to see a movie. that was pretty much it.  look for more crazier stuff coming this week.  hope ya'll had a nice weekend!

this band called the Deloreans played.  they do 80's covers and they do it pretty well.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

more shamrock sticker-ing

 

 

 

 

 

girl on right gave Q. a bunch of shamrock stickers which came in handy later.

 

 

 

that's my friend Elizabeth rocking out all blurry

 

 

she loves some Quinn

 

 

 

Quinn started working the crowd by sticking those shamrocks on peoples faces.

 

 

 

started to get a good crowd!

 

 

thanks guys i appreciate all the positive comments!  today i had a presser to go to.  that's short for a press conference.  had something to do with transportation. . .

 

 

this is my friend Bono.  he works at the other station, but we watch UFC fights together.  he was great wrestler in high school.

 

 

this woman, with the state road agency, sat on my Trophy Jacket.     really?

 

 

this was def a highlight today.  been wanting to check this place out for awhile.  it's pretty much take out cause they mostly do catering, but they have one table.  the owner was stoked that we came by and hooked us up, free lunch!   why i haven't been here sooner i don't know, food was great!

 

 

Hi Seul!!!!!  sorry i'm eating your friends.  :-/

 

 

 

i wish i took a pic of my partners food.  he got the smoked brisket.  i got the pulled pork w slaw on top.  the sauces were excellent too.  

 

 

i left nothing!

 

 

later n the day we went to the Greening of Ghent.  St. Patty's day celebration in the Ghent area of Norfolk.  they close down the street to party.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trophy 

Flathead

Trophy

RW

 

 

 

 

 

 

speaking of church's,  I went to a funeral today for a friend who's dad passed away.  also, it was pretty uneventful day workwise.  i did return another tours stuff.

 

 

then chewed on some of this-

 

 

crossed the tracks

 

 

and took some waywt's

 

Good thing you mentioned that Church HC.  I drive past it everyday going to work. Saint Paul's Church.  It's in downtown Norfolk. Stopped by on my way home.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's the Cannonball Wall!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

trying to lure people to come back and live down here.  most folks come to work at the shipyard.  many are civilians but there's also Navy folks assigned to a ship that work at the yard too.

 

 

one of the greasy spoons near the shipyard

 

 

new

 

 

directly behind me from the above pic

 

 

new shipyard apprentice school.  

 

 

Newport News Victory Arch.  Built in 1919 and rebuilt in 1962, it's a memorial to those that served during Wars.

 

 

 

i love this Post Office.  wish it wasn't so tucked away in a lousy part of town.  really needs to be seen more by the public.

 

 

and proof that I'm still rockin the tour jeans!

 

went on a stroll again.  i was stuck covering a court case all day so I didn't have much to do.  this is the "downtown" or the lower area of Newport News.  most of this area consist of the Newport News Shipyard, coal shipping facilities and city administration buildings.  

 

 

 

 

the shipyard is where our aircraft carriers are built along with nuclear submarines.  the  ship in the foreground (tower to the left) is the decommissioned USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.  They are taking that apart. The tower to the left is the Gerald R. Ford which is still unde

r construction.

 

 

 

 

 

almost fell over this cliff going to take pic's of the ships

 

 

scouted this pool nearby.  needs some skaters!

 

 

this is the old library which is still in use.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

good ole George

 

 

not sure who wrote this but it's how i approach denim tours.  ok, not really.  (google'd it.  Calvin Coolidge)

 

 

 

we opted to do curbside dining

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

two bbq sandwiches, grilled cheese, fries, choc shake and a sweet tea.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

great day today.  awesome weather.  work was a breeze.  didn't really do anything exciting but i did get off a little early so i went and picked up the Quinnster for dinner.  took the tour jeans to a Norfolk landmark.  one of those places you just have to do if you ever visit this little town.

 

 

 

i stole this off their website- 

 

At the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, Abe Doumar was struck by great inspiration. A traveling salesman, Abe spent his days selling paperweights to fairgoers. One evening, he noticed that an ice cream stand had to close when they ran out of paper dishes, the primary way of selling ice cream to go. Nearby, another salesman was cooking up waffles on single-iron waffle maker and selling his creations, garnished with a dollop of whip cream.  On a whim, Abe bought a waffle, rolled it into a cone and topped it with ice cream. The result: the delicious and unforgettable combination of the warm sweetness of a fresh waffle and smooth ice cream. Abe diplomatically proposed that the ice cream vendor and waffle salesman collaborate so that the ice cream stand could continue operating. For the rest of the fair, Abe sold ice cream in the world’s first waffle cones.

 

you can read the rest here-  http://www.doumars.com/history/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

on the way outta town passed by a few old motels.  the kind my parents would crash at back in the late 70's when we would drive down to see my crazy relatives in Florida.

 

 

 

i hear there might be more snow again later this week?!  at this point, yeah, just bring it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

gang disrespect

 

 

 

think someone lives in this alleyway

 

 

just as i was finishing my walk i hear this thumpin and roaring...looked up and this sick whip was blazin down main street.  my daydreaming was abruptly over.

 

 

 

Hey CS, those are PBJ005's.  

 

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went down to a small North Carolina town today.  the kind that has a three/four block main street that has decayed to almost nothing.  lots of cool old buildings and stuff and such.  i walked around after lunch imagining what the town must have been like 50 years ago, before strip malls came along.  talked to one business owner who said basically the local politicians suck.  people from outside the area purchased the buildings years ago with no intention of restoring them, just use them as a tax write off.

 

 

 

 

 

then i crossed the tracks

 

 

 

 

i wonder what buildings like this were used for

 

 

 

 

 

 

we're a denim family

 

 

 

yup it had to happen

 

 

and i wound down this awesome weekend down with Opus X

 

 

sunday morning routine.  coffee.  games.  reading.

 

 

nice face kid

 

 

 

they roast their own coffee, yeah yeah

 

 

since we turned the clocks ahead today (thank goodness) I was able to enjoy a beer at noon.

 

 

maybe next time

 

 

playtime

 

 

 

 

 

Nice Mega!

 

typical sunday stuff.  we changed up the order tho.  usually we do coffee first

 

 

spotted this jabroni outside

 

 

this place is a gem. usually has the best produce prices and seafood around.  

 

 

stocking up on kiwi

 

 

 

dinner tonight

 

 

not really sure why i took a pic of this

 

 

Ultimate Fighting Hot Sauce!

 

 

seriously, this little mom and pop kitchen has the best Korean food ever (bibimbap and spicy seafood noodles, yum).  next time I'll try to have lunch there. 

 

 

 

 

Real McCoys

Trophy

Thorogood

dedicated to all my German Denim peeps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

that pretty much sums up how i feel about the weather too

 

 

 

 

 

 

bradl- that was for a segment.  well, what a diff a day can make!  yesterday was basically a nor'easter.  just nasty.

 

 

 

Double Dirt again!

 

 

Lunch again...eat fresh, eat health!

 

 

 

 

 

 

SO, that was yesterday.  Today was a complete 180.  that's how the weather rolls here in VA!

 

 

 

this is the Chesapeake Bay.  it's called Chix Beach.  you can see here, it's Iz's favorite spot.