demise.

well, if my intention was to roll straight through this northeast megalopolis, i am doing well. one night in boston, one night in new haven, two nights in bronxville, one night in brooklyn, one night in philadelphia, one night in wilmington, and now i am in baltimore.

i havent been taking pictures because it all seems so boring and similar. big buildings here, and expressway there, some water, etc. i do wish that i had taken some photos in philadelphia because that was a great night. i just didnt those people well enough to start snapping photos, or maybe i was having too good of a time to really care about posterity.

wilmington wasnt that much fun. delaware is where many of the fortune 500 companies make their headquarters because the state has very lax corporate tax or something. because of that there is probably the greatest disparity of super rich and super poor in the city. i mostly just walked around the downtown. i did try to sneak into the dupont theatre to catch the production of "the wizard of oz." i spent about two hours trying to find a way in through the dupont hotel, but no luck.

i was able to get some food though. not great food. a couple pieces of cake, some of those philadlephia special pretzels, and some fruit. i felt like shit the next morning because i had ingested so much salt and sugar. but i went back there for breakfast of bagels and coffee. i wouldve spent more time there if they had free internet as well, but i guess the world isnt perfect that way.

i have never really been to baltimore before. i think i drove through it once or twice and maybe picked up a chinatown bus on the outskirts but i cannot be sure of that. so i walked around for a fair amount of time yesterday. unfortunately the number one person i wanted to see here is playing coy.

that person is ryan harvey, a friend since 2003. he has visited portland and stayed at my home a number of times in the years and i thought i was sharing by visiting his home. but he isnt opening his doors to me and thats disappointing. i especially would like to take a shower. i have another friend here that i will try to see tonight.

tomorrow ryan will have no way out of seeing me. he is playing a show with eric peterson (awesome!) that i plan to attend. i planned my visit so that i would be here a couple day before the show (to hang out?!?) and then leave after the show. even if i dont get to the hang out time i was expecting i still plan to leave after the show. not directly after, but the next morning.

then i will go to dc for a day or two and on to richmond. initially this trip was planned as a beeline from portland to richmond. and then randomnes from there. that didnt pan out. the last time i was in richmond was in 2004 and it was a spectacular time. i am hoping for nothing less this time around.