Exploring

Oh you think it’s that easy?! Here’s the challenge in two parts.

Part 1.  Take This blank map template. And fill in all the countries you know.  You can either print it out and do it at your leisure (a’la Crossword Puzzle), or open it in photoshop and color code your right and wrongs.

Part 2.  Post your results online, mine’s linked in the image here. This is the “are you willing to admit you don’t know” part of the fun. I am supremely embarrassed by my results, but I figure it should at least motivate me to pay less time looking at my house on Google street view, and more time wandering the globe.

Much thanks to my Muddy-buddy for thinking up this bit of fun (Jerk).

UPDATE: Mud wanted me to post HIS map, just to rub it in my fizz-ace.  (Even though I rock his Photoshop Skills)

On a recent search for Papel Picado through this city of our Aunt Jane, I realized what a great place Tijuana actually is. No! I’m not being factitious! Here’s a list of 10 reasons why you should make a visit to Zebra-Donkey town. (more…)

Preparing for our summer honeymoon/vacation in Thailand, Me and Rach went to the annual Thai New Year festival in the Thaitown area of Hollywood this Sunday. The event, apparently sponsored by every asian beer company every past and present, was very full, exciting and surprisingly comfortable despite the blazing heat. (more…)

You wake up sleepily on a Saturday morning and feel like getting the day started right. It’s too early for the beach and too late for a morning hike. You’re somewhere in LA and have $3-$10 at your disposal. How’s about a Swap Meet. You think of Cypress, too far, Rose Bowl, only once a month. Let me help you out. Get on the 5 freeway and exit Alondra. Pay your $.75 entry fee, grab yourself a beer and come see the wonder that is the Santa Fe Springs Swap meet. (more…)

Those of you who aren’t constant Flickr people, might not know about Flickr’s map service. This service let’s you place your photos on a global map and set locations to your photos. I’ve been doing this since I first started Flickr, and all of my photos are “Geotagged”. Here’s a couple of interesting things I’ve found about geotagging (more…)

On this day Elvino decided to open up to us. He would reveal one of his childhood hangouts. Here is a place where he would run around in the buff and tease the other kids on their Johnsons. Except the kids named Johnson, these received a far worse verbal assault. (more…)

Doing it a bit differently this week, we started out in Monrovia instead of the ghetto, and we had the meal before the trip. Our leader decided to throw tradition to the wind and mix things up a bit. What resulted was a great trip that left everyone involved satisfied. (more…)

This particular trip was a classic beach and burritos trip. New people had joined us for this trip and some older people were no longer coming along. We ran into a couple of legal problems and found a bootleg Mexican food place that seemed to not be able to afford many letters on their sign. (more…)

Me n’ Mocherz are pretty into the future. We both like Terminator and have more wires than Johnny 5 when he got his back busted open. We enjoy showing each other S-video cables with earphone jacks on the other side. So, when I saw a billboard explaining that the future was coming to Los Angeles squished into the LA Convention Center, I knew we couldn’t miss our chance. (more…)

Gather round to hear the tale of Nomad trip #2. On a nice evening, four strangers embarked on a journey which would change the very fiber of their lives. In the beginning things go a bit strange. Elvis is starting to get tired of not knowing where we’re going and I don’t blame the guy. We sets up in front of homebase and commence the pretrip festivitations. People are drinking and shrugging their shoulders. (more…)

Our first Nomad trip would change everything we ever thought about being Nomads. The name wasn’t even existent until the final meal at the end of this day. Rolling deep as a muhfuh, we set out to explore the landscape of Long Beach. (more…)