August 24, 2008 - This is an intense, amazing, wild film. This text from Farmer John's website about his forthcoming autobiography sums things up about the film, as much as a situation like this is possible to sum up, which really isn't very much at all: "Clean-cut John Peterson encounters an array of city-born hippies and artists in the late '6...
August 24, 2008 - Sept. 27 will see the second running if a nifty new Chicago race: the Shoreline Marathon. For the first time, the lovely local emerald waters are host to an easy-to-enter boat race. A lot of boat culture is relatively elite. Paddlesport is affordable and simple. I suppose the only simpler local water event would be an open water s...
August 24, 2008 - Sorry to be a bummer. Cultural heritage is always neat to be aware of. It hurts far less, though, when a functional new culture has replaced what once was, when there's some continuity. See my other post about other celebrations of the good things this area has lost and not replaced: http://outyourbackdoor.com/article.ph...
August 24, 2008 - I've really enjoyed exploring Indian heritage the past few years. I could hop right to the punchline for this book, but really there's a lot of background here, so first things first... I've had a strong connection to the Straits area of Michigan for decades, mostly via the backways. A couple years ago I finally went in thr...
August 24, 2008 - How I Learned to Swim, Finally: The Everyday Helpful Lessons of Self-Taught Swimming by Jeff Potter [This is an old OYB story that had a lot of typos. So I cleaned em up and repost it now.] Swimming is one of those things that you can do for years without really knowing how. You can learn to do it without feeling all th...
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Yes well when I head to America I want to check out a nice mix of cultural and natural elements. God knows where I will start/finish... I do tend to want to stray into the art world so New York for sure. I guess as a foreigner you hear a lot about the Southwest, those gorgeous massive lakes and the protected parks etc. Personally as much fun as nature is I love to be amongst it. Its people that make my trips memorable :o)