Blog entries tagged Elizabeth Reynolds

The upper midwest is effectively devoid of off-roading and overlanding opportunities. Most people in the scene are settling for camping in parks, getting invites to a handful of events on private land, or making long hauls to get our fix outside of the midwest.

We'd been planning a fall overlanding escape to the Ozark National Forest with our cousins, who have a very similar setup as ours (Ford Broncos and off-road teardrops). We scouted out some campsites that we could drop our campers at while we wheeled through the forest. Ideally, we'd pull the teardrops through the trails, but some of the water crossings can get pretty high, and no one wants a wet mattress...

The week before we were set to leave, the forecast predicted temps in the …

And I.. am.. ready to... rock.

Alright to finalize the trip... Tuesday night, Kari and I went to a place called "Beauty Bar" in Hollywood. The description we found of it was "80s 'sexwave, proto hair metal, dirty electro sleazy pop.'" Which is obviously a sure shot at a place that I wanted to be. So Beauty Bar had sparkly pink walls, old salon chairs with the hair dryers still on them, lots of beauty artwork, etc. The DJs were really really good (spinning 80s, electronic, etc). Plus, halfway through the night, I saw randomly Chris Holmes standing at the end of the bar, haha. So we hung out for a bit, which was cool. ...Umm, fountains of Alize!

Then on Wednesday, Kari and I went back to neighborhoodies to finally get my …

Alright, so yeah. We're staying in East Hollywood with Kari's cousin, liz. Right near the Church of Scientology, hehe. So here's sort of what's been going on...

Saturday Night we ordered in Thai food then went to go see Bryndon at work... sometimes I really want to do video work for a living. Ok, then I really really wanted to go out to club avalon, but instead I fell asleep.

Sunday we ate pho for lunch. It was my first pho experience... good stuff. Then we went rollerblading at Venice Beach and drove around Beverly Hills and all that. Every street is lined with a different kind of trees, it's pretty dope. Then we went out for pizza and lounged at a bar.

Yesterday Liz's sister, Stephanie flew into town to hang out. We all went to …