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Instigator Road Trip Over : It's good to be back home
Hi everyone. Hope all had a wonderful past ten days or so.
My trip was fun as fuck. We left Houston and picked up Donald Instigator in dallas, (from left to right. Jean I., Donald I., Willord I., my brother Xavier I., and Donald's lady Christa) ![]() ![]() we toured the farm, visited his lady's parent's house and checked out the massive barns! chock full o stuff! (That's Claudio in the gray T) ![]() ![]() |
Welcome back:
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we checked out an apartment that Claudio and his lady had built for her grandpa, attached to the barn
![]() ![]() ![]() That afternoon we drove into Philly and ate a cheesesteak ![]() |
Of course I was reppin the SONIC YOUTH
![]() The Italian Markets in south philly are amazing ![]() we also visited our friend Enrique's new bar LOCALS 44 in Philly. great place. ![]() ![]() |
whoa. welcome back!
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hoagies FTW
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The next day we took the train into Philly. here is us at the train station
![]() we then hopped on the $12 chinatown Philly to chinatown NYC bus ![]() this was the apartment we sublet for two nights, in Manhattan, on 91st street between 1st and 2nd avenue. (we paid $400 for two nights. to rent a 650 square foot apartment in this building was 1650 a month, a two bedroom 850 square foot apartment was 1900/month. damn!) ![]() it was a nice neighborhood. doormen everywhere. No A/C though! good thing it was 65 degrees! ![]() |
we went all over NYC, visited central park, and the Dakota where Lennon was murdered. we walked maybe 10 miles that first day
![]() We visited the Museum of Modern Art the next day. ![]() and we ate cheap from the Halal Guys stand ![]() They sure park cars crazy in NYC. ![]() |
Times Square was full of dorks.
![]() we stayed that night, after going to the WTC area, and visiting Murray street and riding the subway ![]() I regret one thing. we were next to letterman's theatre and I did not make a stink about stopping by because everyone was tired, and I missed out on sonic youth!!!!!!! I had no idea they were gonna be on letterman! FUCK!@!!!! watched it in the room that night though. the next day we rode the chinatown NYC to chinatown Philly bus again, and then took the SEPTA train to Glenmoore ![]() the next morning we took off very early, ![]() drove 16 hours, got to Memphis only to fine 90% of the city in a black out due to crazy storms and shit, and had to sleep in a seedy super 8 motel. |
all in all it was an amazing trip. The MoMA is CHOCK FULL of the most beautiful women wearing glasses I have ever ever seen. just ridiculous amounts of hot hot women.
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Wow, these photos look great, Rob. It looks like you had a real kick-ass time on your trip.
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Wow, $12 Chinatown to Chinatown bus. I'm definitely going to have to check that out.
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excellent, well done
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thanks atsonic , bzoooty, and !#@$%!
hope all are well! |
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watch out! bytor peltor works for you know who!! ![]() |
that looks like it was a lot of fun!
so....I know yr best friends and all...but with that long in the car...how long til you started fighting? |
we had 5 dudes in the rented van. we each put $100 cash in a till for gas, drove 1750 miles to philly and 1750 back. we ended up with $20 each after getting home, from the till.
gas was fairly the same everywhere. the most we paid was maybe 2.89/gallon in virginia. |
we split a $90 room in memphis on the way thre, and a $75 room on the way back.
the place in NYc was $420 divided by 5. two nights, not bad at all! food in NYC is expensive as all fuck. a can of bumblebee tuna was $1.95 They are three for a dollar in Houston. my bro says the city "will rape your wallet dry." all in all, including gifts and subways and chinatown buses and cab fare and admission to museums and food, I spent around $450 for the 8 day trip. |
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hahaha! good question. we were all on our best behaviour, trying to not start too much shit, but there were flareups by the second day! ha! |
welcome back, good buddy.
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Yahaha, you missed Sonic Youth @ Letterman while you were in NY.
That car pack is insane! I havent seen anything like it. You always look like you're having a good time. Nice pictures! |
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^^^ maybe it's just me, but I'm not too keen on women that go by "the stallion".
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it would have been disappointing if a bunch of guys with the last name of Instigator behaved themselves the entire way. I'm fairly certain that if I were the one driving into a blacked-out Memphis, my road rage would manifest (I once screamed "SHUT THE FUCK UP, BITCH" to girlgun while stuck in LA traffic with my mother in the back seat). that said, yr group of friends is like the bizarro version of mine. WE all go by last names because our first is the same (mostly). |
we had driven 16 hours by the time we reached memphis, and to find our planned hotel blacked out was just fucked. we drove another hour to the shitty super 8.
that was the worst though. |
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it will haunt me forever.... |
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Welcome back, road warrior. |
the show was great but we only stayed for one set. trying to keep it on the cheap a bit. economy and all.
I forgot my camera but a friend took some pics which he should be sending me soon. |
looks awesome rob! jealous of farmhouse, markets, and moma!!!
glad you had heaps of fun :D |
I'd love to do that sometime. Nice one!
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hi there, i see that you are approximately across the street from my house. too bad i wasn't home :( i would have come outside and said hey |
Lucky you. I wish I can drive for 17 hours.....
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I wish it did not take 6+ hours to get out of TEXAS!
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L.A is more confusing now than anywhere i've ever been to...
I'm from New York City. |
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i thought you were french. |
ha yeah.
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