I could argue why The Who isn't great, but there's no reason. Glad you like them.
For years my favorite Genesis song I would hear on the radio was Eminence Front. Then one day I found out the truth.
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For years my favorite Genesis song I would hear on the radio was Eminence Front. Then one day I found out the truth.
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I agree. I dont think the Who belong on the same list as the other 3. As for the Beatles, Zepplin and the Stones=- top of the list. I would put Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Nirvana, Queen, Aerosmith, Eagles and Jethro Tull before the Who, but thats just my listening preferences.
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Please return my Dylan CD's, you're OUT!
Dylan? My grandmother listened to Dylan. Tell me your over 80 without telling me.
I need an eye roll emoji for this
Savannah Sojourn Day 1: Setting Sail
Summer is a unique opportunity to bring our family of 5 together for a family vacation. In theory, this sounds like a good idea. On paper, it might work. In reality, when you add a surgery, a car accident, work, summer camp, a bike vacation, and any other number of factors – not to mention the cost – it’s nothing more than a pipe dream to make this happen.This year we will be taking 4 separate trips with 4 different sets of people on 4 different kinds of vacations. This is the first of those, as Julia and I set off on a road trip to Savannah, Georgia. And of course, back again. This is the start of that journey.
Full post here...
Savannah Sojourn Day 2: The Nationals
"The drive from DC to Richmond takes 3 hours, and is probably the worst stretch of road I have ever driven in my life. DC traffic is almost always the worst in the country, and today does not change my opinion on that. This area of the country is hard to enjoy at any level. Driving in this hellscape only reinforces this idea. It is truly terrible."
I stand by these words. Everything north of Richmond is total and complete garbage from a driving perspective.
Full blog post here.
"The drive from DC to Richmond takes 3 hours, and is probably the worst stretch of road I have ever driven in my life. DC traffic is almost always the worst in the country, and today does not change my opinion on that. This area of the country is hard to enjoy at any level. Driving in this hellscape only reinforces this idea. It is truly terrible."
I stand by these words. Everything north of Richmond is total and complete garbage from a driving perspective.
Full blog post here.
rjr44
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We've taken enough road trips that when they see the "Welcome to Virginia" signs or the navi says "you've entered Virginia, "the kids outright groan and in unison belt out an "oh no, not Virginia."
Savannah Sojourn Day 2: The Nationals
"The drive from DC to Richmond takes 3 hours, and is probably the worst stretch of road I have ever driven in my life. DC traffic is almost always the worst in the country, and today does not change my opinion on that. This area of the country is hard to enjoy at any level. Driving in this hellscape only reinforces this idea. It is truly terrible."
I stand by these words. Everything north of Richmond is total and complete garbage from a driving perspective.
Full blog post here.
If you're not under a time constraint, the US-301 bypass is nice. Newark, DE to like 20 miles north of Richmond. Bypasses the whole Baltimore/DC metro area and the Eastern shore of MD is quite nice. Motorcycle tourers told me about it.
iman29
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We’ve done this back in the days of driving back and forth to FL. Works well when google maps shows like 2 hours of traffic delays.
rjr44
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Google Nav has saved my arse many times by taking us on that alt route when it sensed 95 was a shite show. Of course, if something happens on 95 while you're in the middle of it and everyone is trying to exit at once, it doesn't always work.
Did you see the Richmen north of Richmond? AFAFSavannah Sojourn Day 2: The Nationals
"The drive from DC to Richmond takes 3 hours, and is probably the worst stretch of road I have ever driven in my life. DC traffic is almost always the worst in the country, and today does not change my opinion on that. This area of the country is hard to enjoy at any level. Driving in this hellscape only reinforces this idea. It is truly terrible."
I stand by these words. Everything north of Richmond is total and complete garbage from a driving perspective.
Full blog post here.
Cole
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First thing that popped in my head after reading!
Savannah Sojourn Day 3: Savannah, Actually
"We park the car and walk over to Treylor Park, a place D and I had lunch a few months ago. This is one of the “hot” places, and while the food is pretty good, this is certainly Deep South-style food that doesn’t work well if you’re watching the scale, or particularly interested in living long. I get the same chicken & biscuit meal I had last time; Julia gets fish & chips. It is, as expected, entirely gluttonous."
I read my Google review of this place, in which I said that I would some day return and eat this exact meal again. I guess I was true to my word.
Full post here.
"We park the car and walk over to Treylor Park, a place D and I had lunch a few months ago. This is one of the “hot” places, and while the food is pretty good, this is certainly Deep South-style food that doesn’t work well if you’re watching the scale, or particularly interested in living long. I get the same chicken & biscuit meal I had last time; Julia gets fish & chips. It is, as expected, entirely gluttonous."
I read my Google review of this place, in which I said that I would some day return and eat this exact meal again. I guess I was true to my word.
Full post here.
Savannah Sojourn Day 4: Out & On to Richmond
"We get to the Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters at 12:15 for our 12:30 tour. This is where the investment in the Telfair Academy gets good. This is where we learn more about what it was like to be an urban slave. We get to learn this story from a black woman, which I think is fitting. We learn we really don’t know much about these slaves, save for a handful of names, as the slave owners basically never mentioned them in any written correspondence and kept very little records of the people that ran their house."
I will say the 2 tours we did in Savannah were nothing short of excellent. I now look forward to visiting Charleston one day.
Full blog post here.
"We get to the Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters at 12:15 for our 12:30 tour. This is where the investment in the Telfair Academy gets good. This is where we learn more about what it was like to be an urban slave. We get to learn this story from a black woman, which I think is fitting. We learn we really don’t know much about these slaves, save for a handful of names, as the slave owners basically never mentioned them in any written correspondence and kept very little records of the people that ran their house."
I will say the 2 tours we did in Savannah were nothing short of excellent. I now look forward to visiting Charleston one day.
Full blog post here.
Savannah Sojourn Day 5: Bringing It Home Through Philly
"We go to Skinny Joey’s Cheesesteaks about a mile from the stadium and the line looks big. In practice, the line is huge. It seems reasonable but it takes us almost an hour to get our food. We get there at 5:30 and sit down to eat at almost exactly 6:30. The sandwich is good, not great. I would say Wario’s in Columbus is far better than this. The quality of the ingredients is just fine but there’s not enough cheese so the sandwich is dry. IDK about you but I don’t really want to stand in line for an hour to get a “fine” sandwich."
This wraps up my 5 days on the road with Julia, to Savannah & back. And that concluds my current blogging streak. I will take a hiatus between now and when my next trip starts, which is about 15 hours from now.
Full post here.
"We go to Skinny Joey’s Cheesesteaks about a mile from the stadium and the line looks big. In practice, the line is huge. It seems reasonable but it takes us almost an hour to get our food. We get there at 5:30 and sit down to eat at almost exactly 6:30. The sandwich is good, not great. I would say Wario’s in Columbus is far better than this. The quality of the ingredients is just fine but there’s not enough cheese so the sandwich is dry. IDK about you but I don’t really want to stand in line for an hour to get a “fine” sandwich."
This wraps up my 5 days on the road with Julia, to Savannah & back. And that concluds my current blogging streak. I will take a hiatus between now and when my next trip starts, which is about 15 hours from now.
Full post here.
JDurk
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Guess Skinny Joey's recovered well.
6abc.com
Arson investigation underway at Philadelphia cheesesteak shop co-owned by former reputed mob boss
It's unclear why the restaurant was targeted and the motive remains under investigation.
6abc.com
Canadian Road Show '25 - Day 1: Vermont Borders Canada
"Every summer we go away on a week-long mountain bike trip somewhere. The previous 10 years have all been to Vermont, the vast majority of which were Kingdom Trails-focused. This year we break that trend and head up to Quebec City. Since Covid, there’s been so much trail building there that we finally decided to cross the border and check it out. But before we do that, we’ll take a quick stop in Vermont as a mid-point to the long drive north."
Full post here.
"Every summer we go away on a week-long mountain bike trip somewhere. The previous 10 years have all been to Vermont, the vast majority of which were Kingdom Trails-focused. This year we break that trend and head up to Quebec City. Since Covid, there’s been so much trail building there that we finally decided to cross the border and check it out. But before we do that, we’ll take a quick stop in Vermont as a mid-point to the long drive north."
Full post here.
Canadian Road Show '25 - Day 2: Into Quebec
"Today is a day that will start in Vermont and end in Quebec City. This assumes, of course, they let us across the border. With a Canadian passport, that’s usually a safe bet but in the year 2025, one never knows. In between those 2 things we hit up the Sherburne trails in Killington, and we drive a bunch of miles to set up camp where we’ll be spending the next 6 nights."
Full post here.
"Today is a day that will start in Vermont and end in Quebec City. This assumes, of course, they let us across the border. With a Canadian passport, that’s usually a safe bet but in the year 2025, one never knows. In between those 2 things we hit up the Sherburne trails in Killington, and we drive a bunch of miles to set up camp where we’ll be spending the next 6 nights."
Full post here.