Tag Archives: road trips

On the road with my 13 yer old daughter… marching for stricter gun laws in DC, learning about the holocaust, and getting to know one another as adults

By Mark | March 26, 2018

In an attempt to further radicalize my 13 year old daughter, I whisked her away on a last-minute road trip to D.C. Friday afternoon so that we could attend the big March for Our Lives demonstration. Having spent much of the past few days behind the wheel, I’m pretty exhausted at the moment, but I […]

Posted in Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged "We could have bought a lot of guillotines for $700 billion", #MarchForOurLivesDC, Abraham Lincoln, assault weapons, assault weapons ban, Barbara Kruger, Brand New: Art and Commodity in the 1980s, Chicago, Clementine, country ham, crying, Dorothy Avery, Elie Wiesel, Florida, guillotines, Guillotines Not Guns, gun control, gun laws, gun violence, Hirshhorn, holocaust, Lincoln Memorial, MAGA, Make America Great Again, March for our Lives, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mark Bradford, Martha Mitchell, Morgantown, NRA, parenting, parenting advice, Parkland, Pickett's Charge, Ron Mueck, tears, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, Watergate, West Virginia | 21 Comments

7 days, 10 states, 2,0000 miles… Yee Haw!

By Mark | July 26, 2009

I’d like to tell you all about this summer’s big road trip with Linette and Clementine, but right now I just need to sleep. Check back tomorrow for details on Pittsburgh, Savannah and Knoxville… In the meantime, leave a comment and let me know if I missed anything interesting. (I seem to recall having heard […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Locally Owned Business, Observations, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Austin without the hype, Knoxville, Pittsburgh, Real Simple, Savannah, St Oliver, the future of Ypsilanti, Tomato Head, VG Kids, Yee Haw Industries, Yelp | 11 Comments

So, what do you recommend we do in Pittsburgh?

By Mark | June 8, 2009

Linette and I have been wanting to go to Pittsburgh ever since the Warhol Museum opened fifteen years ago, and I think we might actually do it this summer. Right now, we’re in the information gathering phase. We’re reading up on things like the Mattress Factory, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, and a little hipster bar […]