Sugarcubes, Matching Bikes and Pastel Water Towers
The last few weeks have been rather exciting for us. After being here in Merrimack feeling stuck, we now have an idea as to when we will leave NH, and we've planned a little getaway as our last chance to take off to another country before we are bound to the silver trailer for an extended amount of time. I had received an email from Icelandair.com informing me of off season low rates as well as packages specially priced for those wishing to attend the Sugarcubes reunion concert being held Nov. 17th in Reykjavik, Iceland...Whaa??? Yeah, so after I was done having my heart attack I got Bill in the room with me, and showed him the email and that next morning we got ourselves tickets! Yeah! It's 10 years exactly since my last visit to Iceland. That was my first trip ever out of the United States. That trip changed my life. Naturally, I am due to renew my passport, and I find that having to renew my passport for a trip to Iceland is only appropriate considering that's reason why I got one in the first place. Another strange thing, is that when I went in '96 I flew out of Boston, hmmmm.
You can read more about this show, and if you want to get a ticket too. click below. It priced out to be cheaper for us with a RT to London instead of direct to Iceland, so we will be in London for 2 days (Nov. 11-13) before arriving in Iceland (Nov. 13-19). This will be the best birthday ever!
www.smekkleysa.net
www.icelandair.com
www.quik-auctions.com/iceland/fws2003/pkg/index2.asp?package=276
The Airstream "Ferlin" is still gutted and being worked on. Today we replaced some of the lights, and I drew out the plans for the new dining room area. We plan on having an area for the animals, and a platform which can double as an extra bed or a seating area which is covered with pillows and can still be used for an eating area. "Ferlin" the airstream is parked in Bill's parents yard, where we have access to his Dad's tools, and an electrical hook up while we test out our connections. Here is our most recent photo of the trailer.
We have been on a search for some good bicycles to take with us on our airstream adventure (one more thing done, on our long list of to-do's) and we came across a guy on Craigslist in Derry, NH who restores old banana seat bikes and sells them at banana seat bike fairs. He happened to have a few older bikes, (pre-banana seat) and we went by to check them out, and ended up bringing the matching pair home with us. Mine has a name plate attached to the frame which reads "Donald" so naturally we named the other one "Rumsfeld". They are beautiful, and we can't wait to ride them. They will compliment the Suburban and Airstream perfectly!
We are happy to announce our first plan of action with living on the road with the Airstream. We are tentatively planning to live in Talking Rock, Georgia with an anticipated arrival date of Dec. 1st. We have been sorting out the details with a lovely couple who own the Riseland Llama Farm. They are looking for two farmhands to help out with the opening of the farm two days a week and general llama farm maintenance. Our work week will consist of 10 hours a week, and in exchange we get free hook ups and a free and safe place to park Ferlin. Talking Rock is a small town of 49 people located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, an hour north of Atlanta, and just south of Chattanooga, TN and close driving distance to Memphis, Nashville, Birmingham, AL, South Carolina, and more. What we find most appealing is that we can take extended periods of time off, The location is very central to the Southern states and we can work part time jobs to cover our asses. Um, not to mention we get to play with llamas. Nothing will be finalized until early Nov. so there is that possibility the farm could change their mind on us, but from our end, we are very excited about this plan. Our commitment would be approximately 1 year to the llamas. We are planning on staying here in New Hampshire for Thanksgiving and later that night we plan on setting out for the South. We will give ourselves one week to get to Talking Rock with stops in Pittsburgh, PA and Richmond, VA along the way.
www.riselandllamafarm.com
I've been driving around Manchester, NH trying to keep myself occupied while Bill is working. Unfortunately my job doesn't begin until my background check is completed, which is taking a while. They are aggressively blaming the hold up on the fact that "you've lived in so many counties, so it's just taking a while". So, I take photos of pastel colored water towers, which I find to be beautiful, but really are no match to the landscape of Mill Town Manchester. Also known as Manch Vegas to the locals. Why they call it that is beyond me, but I'll try to get to the bottom of it.
This past weekend we went down to Boston to visit with Jeff Alulis and his band the Dead Kennedy's. They did a show at this bar called Axis right across the street from Fenway Stadium. It is in a rather "Strip" like part of town, with lots of flashy themed bars. Here I am with Jeff, always nice seeing old friends away from home. By the way, these days I refer to "home" as Los Angeles.
One bar in particular really knocked our red socks off. HA! I fucking hate the red socks.. anyways.. It's next door to Axis and it's called Jake Ivory's Rock and Roll Piano Bar. Everybody was trashed, there are two dueling pianos that played the hits non-stop. This place was awesome in a strange kind of way. Here is a clip of one guy playing rock and roll piano in the style of The Darkness.
www.jakeivorys.com
One of our favorite social hours thus far living in New England has been our night spent with Bill's Grandma, Clara Day. She's 85, as sharp as one of Bill's brother's swords and provides plenty of good conversation. She has the ladies over twice a week for Dominos, so we got her to teach us how to play Mexican Train style. We are hooked. I always wanted to learn, now we have this gained skill to take on the road to challenge the old timers we meet along the way.
You can read more about this show, and if you want to get a ticket too. click below. It priced out to be cheaper for us with a RT to London instead of direct to Iceland, so we will be in London for 2 days (Nov. 11-13) before arriving in Iceland (Nov. 13-19). This will be the best birthday ever!
www.smekkleysa.net
www.icelandair.com
www.quik-auctions.com/iceland/fws2003/pkg/index2.asp?package=276
The Airstream "Ferlin" is still gutted and being worked on. Today we replaced some of the lights, and I drew out the plans for the new dining room area. We plan on having an area for the animals, and a platform which can double as an extra bed or a seating area which is covered with pillows and can still be used for an eating area. "Ferlin" the airstream is parked in Bill's parents yard, where we have access to his Dad's tools, and an electrical hook up while we test out our connections. Here is our most recent photo of the trailer.
We have been on a search for some good bicycles to take with us on our airstream adventure (one more thing done, on our long list of to-do's) and we came across a guy on Craigslist in Derry, NH who restores old banana seat bikes and sells them at banana seat bike fairs. He happened to have a few older bikes, (pre-banana seat) and we went by to check them out, and ended up bringing the matching pair home with us. Mine has a name plate attached to the frame which reads "Donald" so naturally we named the other one "Rumsfeld". They are beautiful, and we can't wait to ride them. They will compliment the Suburban and Airstream perfectly!
We are happy to announce our first plan of action with living on the road with the Airstream. We are tentatively planning to live in Talking Rock, Georgia with an anticipated arrival date of Dec. 1st. We have been sorting out the details with a lovely couple who own the Riseland Llama Farm. They are looking for two farmhands to help out with the opening of the farm two days a week and general llama farm maintenance. Our work week will consist of 10 hours a week, and in exchange we get free hook ups and a free and safe place to park Ferlin. Talking Rock is a small town of 49 people located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, an hour north of Atlanta, and just south of Chattanooga, TN and close driving distance to Memphis, Nashville, Birmingham, AL, South Carolina, and more. What we find most appealing is that we can take extended periods of time off, The location is very central to the Southern states and we can work part time jobs to cover our asses. Um, not to mention we get to play with llamas. Nothing will be finalized until early Nov. so there is that possibility the farm could change their mind on us, but from our end, we are very excited about this plan. Our commitment would be approximately 1 year to the llamas. We are planning on staying here in New Hampshire for Thanksgiving and later that night we plan on setting out for the South. We will give ourselves one week to get to Talking Rock with stops in Pittsburgh, PA and Richmond, VA along the way.
I've been driving around Manchester, NH trying to keep myself occupied while Bill is working. Unfortunately my job doesn't begin until my background check is completed, which is taking a while. They are aggressively blaming the hold up on the fact that "you've lived in so many counties, so it's just taking a while". So, I take photos of pastel colored water towers, which I find to be beautiful, but really are no match to the landscape of Mill Town Manchester. Also known as Manch Vegas to the locals. Why they call it that is beyond me, but I'll try to get to the bottom of it.
This past weekend we went down to Boston to visit with Jeff Alulis and his band the Dead Kennedy's. They did a show at this bar called Axis right across the street from Fenway Stadium. It is in a rather "Strip" like part of town, with lots of flashy themed bars. Here I am with Jeff, always nice seeing old friends away from home. By the way, these days I refer to "home" as Los Angeles.
One bar in particular really knocked our red socks off. HA! I fucking hate the red socks.. anyways.. It's next door to Axis and it's called Jake Ivory's Rock and Roll Piano Bar. Everybody was trashed, there are two dueling pianos that played the hits non-stop. This place was awesome in a strange kind of way. Here is a clip of one guy playing rock and roll piano in the style of The Darkness.
www.jakeivorys.com
One of our favorite social hours thus far living in New England has been our night spent with Bill's Grandma, Clara Day. She's 85, as sharp as one of Bill's brother's swords and provides plenty of good conversation. She has the ladies over twice a week for Dominos, so we got her to teach us how to play Mexican Train style. We are hooked. I always wanted to learn, now we have this gained skill to take on the road to challenge the old timers we meet along the way.
posted by Kelly + Bill | 2:35 PM
1 Comments:
I'm so happy for all your travelin' news. I love Iceland, even though i've only been to the airport. I think i took icelandair for my first trip because you told me too. It sounds like you're moving around so get me a current address and i'll mail you a Local:Park Slope book!!
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