and that's all folks! join me next time, when i go... someplace else!
Monday, June 30, 2008
Shawn and ME!
well, it's almost time to head back home, so i figured i better pose with my new friends shawn and daniela, too. they sure were nice to me. i'd definitely come back to st. louis to visit again!
Do you think they'll notice?
i had such a good time at the show i was thinking about stowing away in these cases. but after thinking about it for a minute, i realized that i already miss my mom after just 2 days. i could never go on tour with a rock band.
Rancid ROCKS!
here i am watching the rancid show from backstage, cause i was a V.I.P.!! shawn had to hold me up so i could see better, but it was good. and LOUD! good thing i don't have ears.
Vocabulary lessons.
i learned a couple new verbs while hanging out with the rancid guys. first was "green-day-ed". which i gathered meant something along the lines of "destroyed a given backstage room, hotel room, etc. in some way". the second was "taz-ed" (like tasmanian devil?). as in "the band was on the crew bus for like 10 minutes and it got totally taz-ed." anyhow, here's me after i totally green-day-ed and/or taz-ed the food table backstage! wooooooo, cheezits!
The Bastards' Bus.
lars told me that the bus we were on was the bastards' bus on their last tour, which he remembered because of this awesome etched bird mirror thing.
The Cupcakery!
apparently the rancid crew expects phoebe to arrive with delicious treats when she comes to visit. so, we all had to run off to this amazing place daniela recommended, called the cupcakery. we got a dozen amazing cupcakes and brought them back to the bus. matt only wanted half of one, so i got to eat the other half of this delicious peanut butter anc chocolate one! A-MAZING!!
The BUDWEISER plant!
st. louis is pretty much all about beer. here's the budweiser brewery. i INSISTED we go drive by so i could get a picture of it!
They I.D.ed me!
when the bartender saw me with the red stripe, she came over and asked me for an i.d. unable to produce such a thing, my beer was taken away and replaced with a coke. boo.
Mmmm, Red Stripe!
what better to wash down some jamaican jerk chicken than a delicious jamaican beer. mm mm mm!
Sorry, Mom!
i know my mother would be diusgusted with me, but i just couldn't get enough of that jerk chicken! phoebe yelled at me for being a bit gross and washed my mouth out because she KNOWS how mom feels about chicken bones! ooooops!
Oh, deer!
Seems like our food took forever to arrive, so i asked this lovely guy to take me for a little ride. He was quite festive looking!
You're TILE-in' me!
there was a lot of mosaic stuff around the venice. this was my favorite, though.
My new pal, Juan!
wandering around the venice cafe's patio while waiting for our food to arrive, i met this gentleman. i'm calling him juan. he gave me a ride in his bucket! woohoo!
No Pooping!
this little cubbyhole lead to the men's room, where, apparently, the phrase "no pooping" is painted on the toilet. interesting!
Jamaican Me Crazy!
all of the walls around the patio at the venice cafe are just COVERED in STUFF! i think the only place i've ever seen more license plates was in phoebe and ryan's dining room when mom dropped me off there.
The Venice Cafe
we finally decided on a dinner location - the venice cafe. i guess phoebe and ryan ahd been here for drinks the last time they were in town, and they loved the wacky patio. and wow - so did i! just wait til you see some of the stuff out there!
How CUTE!
we were driving around trying to figure out where to take ryan to get some dinner, and he was just sitting there quietly with his hand on phoebe's knee. it was kinda cute. look!
Me and The ARCH!
this was as close as we could get for me to pose by the arch. we're still several blocks away from it and it is just B-I-G!
The Arch and the Mississippi!
here we are crossing back over into missouri to get some dinner with ryan! the mississippi is SO flooded. i couldn't get a good photo of it, but the water came up to the leafy parts of the trees that were down on the boardwalk area. crazy!
Me and Lars!
what do you mean? i don't even know what this "photoshop" thing you are talking about IS! yeah, ok. i'm lying. see, as it turned out, things got a little wacky before the show, and i missed my photo op with the band. so, i doctored up these images so you could get an idea of what it WOULD HAVE looked like, if i'd had the chance to get my picture taken with the guys...
A closer look!
i had to step outside for a closer look at this "dream girls" place. i still don't quite know what it is...
Sauget, IL: Land of Dreams.
I was looking out the bus window, and there was a place right behind the club called "Dream Girls". i wonder what THAT is...
Look at me! I'm a ROCK STAR!!!
yeah, that's right, kids. that's me. chillaxin' on a tour bus. i look pretty at home here, don't i? i could totally go on tour. (also - just to my right is tim armstrong, who is neat-o! he didn't want to take a picture with me now, but said that before the show, i could get my picture taken with the WHOLE BAND - right as the go on stage! i can't wait!!)
This is Ryan.
here i am with phoebe's boyfriend, ryan. he doesn't say much, but seems pretty alright to me.
My chariot.
this is where i spent a lot of my trip. i fit quite comfortably into phoebe's handbag and she was able to sneak me onto the TOUR BUS! woohoo!
Another state!!
here i am crossing the mighty mississip! we're on our way to sauget, illinois, which is where ryan is. it's just across the river from st. louis, and i was told it has a population of like 300 people, and is home to a dance club, two strip clubs, a 24 hour bar, a gas station with off track betting, and several factories! sounds classy!!
Looks like home!
after our food-fest, we swung back by the house to collect shawn and headed out to pick up phoebe's boyfriend. driving down the highway in st. louis looks a lot like my hometown of cleveland.
But I can't resist!
not me, though. i'll take it! daniela was nice enough to share her concrete with me. there was apple pie in there. it was ok, but i can't help thinking it would have been better if there were, i dunno... COOKIES in there?
Ted Drewe's Custard!
so, this place is supposedly a st. louis institution. and i love me some sweets, so daniela offered to take us all to ted drewe's frozen custard stand. i was a little disappointed to discover that this sorry shack only has vanilla, though. what the hell is that about? phoebe flat out refused to eat anything, calling bullshit on the entire enterprise.
Unlike the girl in the bad Flaming Lips song, I DO use jelly!
here i am waiting for the toast i ordered to arrive. i'm protecting all the jelly so no one else uses it all before i get a chance.
Fruity breakfast.
once it was FINALLY time to go, daniela took phoebe and i to the City Diner for breakfast, but i think they were trying to trick me into eating this basket of plastic fruit! bitches!
I hate waiting...
but i sure like this chair! these people take way too long to get ready to go. don't they know i want to go explore OUTSIDE of the house??(ps - i have no idea why this image decided to upload sideways. i tried to fix it and i can't. stupid blogger.)
I get my kicks...
well, of course i got busted in the bra bin. so i decided to get my proverbial kicks elsewhere. and i overheard someone say that the infamous Route 66 does indeed go through missouri someplace, so this sign for sure had to go into my photo blog here!
Sticking my nose where it doesn't belong?
well, knowing i had a big guy with wings on my side, i got a little more brazen, i guess, in my explorations of the house. and i discovered that our hostess, daniela, has a big-ass tub full of big-ass bras! teehee. i'm terrible!
New friend!
when the dog thing finally left me alone and i could take off my disguise, i met THIS fellow. he told me to climb aboard and that if anything fishy went down, he'd fly me outta there. i felt a lot safer with a big dude like this on my side and started to relax a little more.
Incognito!!
i woke up before everyone else did on saturday morning, so i decided to roam around the house and check out some stuff. that so-called "dog" kept following me with it's enormous tongue out, though, so i decided to hide out for a while. i figured even HE wouldn't recognize me in this mask i found!
@!#& that ?*%... PABST BLUE RIBBON!
local outmeal stout, or whatever the hell, is all well and good, but i know my pal phoebe, and i did a little exploring and pointed this out to her. she was way happier!
Schlafly = St. Louis microbrew.
well, once i felt safe enough to venture out from behind my pillow, daniela and shawn were offering phoebe some sort of local microbrew. she poo-poo-ed it (requesting, instead, a "beer-flavored- beer", but i figured i'd get a picture, since it's a st. louis kind of a thing.
Imposter Muppets are not to be trusted.
After my saliva-laden assault, I was feeling a bit nervous Drokeston Manor, so I decided to hide out behind this sweet day of the dead pillow until it went away.
You're not the "Grover" I remember!
upon our (delayed) arrival in st. louis, phoebe's friend daniela came to pick us up and brought us back to the very cute house she recently bought. i was feeling very cozy and relaxed when suddenly... this BEAST, who claimed to be called "Grover" came over and LICKED me. blechhh! first of all, no licking. and secondly - you don't look like the "Grover" I know. hrmph. weird, fuzzy imposter!
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