Adventures of the Antirider Rider

Gotta love the expression Lipstick on a Pig Of course, where else would Lipstick on a Pig be playing besides at the Thirsty Beaver?     Ron is hanging with his crew. For the record, the Thirsty Beaver does serve white wine. I hang out with Ron and his pal Alexis and Jen Which one [...]

J is the master chef and shows how to make these Indian flat bread deals.   Watch her in action! Cooking Indian food T and Russell pose This whole Bumper Buddy thing is new to me.  I saw these on older model cars like this one to higher end cars pushing $100k price tags.  I [...]

After a sleepless night, I wake early to fetch a pastry from the local Chinese bakery.  I think I’m standing line but it turns out there is no line.  It’s push your way to the front or bust.  I can never survive in NYC. Second stop for this early Saturday morning is the yard sale. [...]

What’s the big thing I always want to do when I fly out of this great city?  Once I get over to the ticketed side, Jamba Juice is a must! Bye bye Charlotte! Interesting old school lack-of-jetway method of debarkation. We experience great frustration in ordering drinks at this NYC Starbucks.  How difficult is it [...]

The rents make the trip to watch their offspring. Julie is waits on the bench before practice. She consults with a teammate.   They start to skate. The practice is set up with chairs in the middle of the skating track which is taped off on a basketball court. Lenny and me I practice my [...]

Home sweet camping home… at least for a few days. Check out my new high efficiency green dryer. These folks mean business when it comes to cooking — chicken with some kicking marinade.   The boys tend to the fire.   Russell decides that we need a five person tent for the two of us and boy [...]

I remember Russell bringing that little camp stove heater thing to the house.  It actually seems much more appropriate in this setting than sitting on my kitchen counter… right next to a regular working stove! This is what camping looks like.       Bacon always make life a little bit better.     Russell [...]

Camping is about getting away from it all, right?  How does it work when you bring it all with you? First things first: set up tents.   Russell decides that since I’m not a regular camper, he’ll make sure that he gets a tent big enough for me to feel comfortable.  We end up in a [...]

This picture doesn’t mean much so let me explain what’s going on. I walk up to the train station and just when I’m about to cross the tracks, a train comes along so I wait. The train crosses in front of me (as pictured) and I wait some more. then the train starts slowing down… [...]

I miss hanging out will Bill on bike nights at Mac’s.  It’s so awesome to see him again! Same goes for Rob – we had some good times at Myrtle Beach Bike Week when it used to be cool and fun : ) The company is definitely awesome at Mac’s but the food just as [...]

The girls enjoy their Tervis Tumblers. We check out the local spot at Angry Ale’s. There is some mass confusion here but I don’t know what it’s about.   Ben and his buddies Kendra gets down and dirty in the mud hole and Meggie joins her.   We get back to the house and everyone [...]

I didn’t do a very good job of this photo but this is primo rock star parking right in front of the building. Some might say the view is nice except for the power plant.  Just look at the second photo and the power plant isn’t really there.   We go on the nickel tour [...]

We arrive a tiny bit late but Ben does not disappoint us with tickets and we shuffle right up to the pit area in front of the stage. We get  a very nice up close view of Ke$ha in her many elaborate outfits.  ‘ We call this patriotic with a side of hand.    There [...]

We make it back over to the Music Factory this time for a visit to the Fillmore. As we wait in line, we make a couple of feeble yet painfully unsuccessful attempts at getting a photo.   The band starts and my eye is drawn to the brightly lit chandeliers in the venue.   They [...]