welcome to the city that shoves you back

here are a couple photos i took in philly while attending 'this is hardcore'.


that was hardcore.


blacklisted.


grey area.


kid dynamite.


beemer.


mike ski.

this is birthday

i celebrated my twenty-sixth birthday in philadelphia at 'this is hardcore'.
if you missed it, feel free to live vicariously through this video.

MUGMUGMUG

Happy 200th Post!

++ playlist
MIDLAKE: the courage of others.
MICAH SCHNABEL: when the stage lights go dim.
THE CURE: disintegration.
DEFEATER: trvaels.
SMOKING POPES: destination failure.
BRENDAN RIVERA: body of land.

++ watching
MADMEN: season three.
GREYS ANATOMY: season six.
30 ROCK: season four.
THE DARJEELING LIMITED w/ HOTEL CHEVALIER.

it's been a summer

i still have photos from warped tour and alaska to go through, but i finally went through the last of my summer photos otherwise, and found a handful of them i really enjoyed.

i liked this one of brooks a whole lot.


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but the wind blew me back, via chicago

i drove to chicago two weekends ago, went to see a couple hot water music shows, met up with linney, stayed with behm, ate tons of amazing food, hung out with jason, sarah, jordan, stephanie, abby, (the following not photographed) rick, tichey, jonah, scott & aubrey. here are some photos!

vegan beef 'n' cheddar at chicago diner! (it tasted just like arby's!)

linney got some sort of grilled mock chicken sandwich.

a warm brownie with vegan cookie dough ice cream!

getting mean with a pal on his birthday.

behm and nich.

behm at pick me up cafe. (round two!)

jordan, jason and sarah at delilah's.

stephanie!

city streets.

east coast roast at soul veg!

the best french fries i've had in years!

the remains of my inhaled bbq east coast roast.

soft serve strawberry vegan ice cream!

sweet potato pie.

the birth of the cool.

90/94.

skyline.

be a winner.

reckless records.

this is where the outdoor scenes of the record store in 'high fidelity' were filmed. linney is saying "charlie! you fucking bitch, let's work it out!"

abby and stephanie at american apparel.

intelligentsia coffee: downtown location.

clover pressed intelligentsia! (i think it was some sort of kenya blend that tasted like cherries and chocolate)

linney at intelligentsia.

mugmugmug!

chicago sign downtown.

kuma burger menu, the "metal" burger bar with burgers named after metal bands.

pig destroyer sandwich?! brutal in so many different ways!

aside from burgers named after metal bands, and tons of strange micro brewed beers, they also have inspiring quotes on the menus.

i got this neat micro brew rootbeer!

nothing was vegan except for these waffle fries, not even the veggie burger! it's a good thing these fries were delicious.

linney meals.

sunday brunch at chicago dinner, tempeh hash and tofu scram for me.

oh! i also got these vegan biscuits with sausage gravy, mmmmm.

linney got this vegan monte cristo (a french toast sandwich with cheese and ham inside) and i ate half of it on the way home in the parking lot of the esso service station on the 401.

glasses.

drake hotel on lakeshore blvd.

i think this is a museum.