Introduction
Skip the foreplay, and get right to the lode like a one-pump-chump:
What’s the magic number?
The thought pervades skulls of anyone with the itch to head west. It’s not the first to bud, not while you’re California Dreaming in upstate New York or Kalamazoo, Michigan. Surfing, or California Gurls carves that notch in the bed post. [...]
There’s this image of Will I can’t get out of my bed.
Perched on a ledge, his legs and fashionably plaid shorts dangling over the edge; below them, a 12-foot drop into sand. His brown Hollister shirt sopping in his perspiration, like he just pulled it from a bath drawn from his own sweat. Water beads [...]
Introduction
Below is the lay, from the constraints faced, to budgets versus actual, and the route:
Constraints
The trip was completed in a 2006 Corolla-S sedan with manual transmission. Two people were moving out to Los Angeles permanently, the third was traveling out with six weeks worth of belongings. The fit was tight in the car, but not [...]
Introduction
Planning a road trip can be an overwhelming process. Below, the process is broken down into digestible chunks. Take one piece at a time, and don’t rush or stress. It’s fun – if anxiety doesn’t overcome your enthusiasm.
First: buy a large, updated road atlas. Combined with online mapping services like Google Maps or Bing!, you [...]
“It’s all about who you know.”
Not that truth isn’t buried in this concept, but it’s disheartening to hear the divide between success and failure glossed over with a cliché and wave of a snooty hand. Is “who you know” really what it comes down to? Are talent and ambition just the side ponies accompanying the [...]
About
Chris moved from NY to Los Angeles to build his entertainment background and create content. He writes about that here. [more...]
