Is it Happy Hour yet, Ben Roe?: July 2009

Monday, July 27, 2009

may 14, 2009.

Ed Siegel and Tim Cindric. Tim, a former basketball player for Ed at Pike High School, is now the President of Penske Racing and the man in charge of Helio Castroneves victorious car at the Indianapolis 500 this year.

This was a practice day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

May 11, 2009.

Jimmy Morales and his very large can of root beer.

may 10, 2009.

i have an idea of doing a series of photographs based on some of my old toys. These are some test shots I did.

My mom's house had always been the repository of older or childhood items that I liked knowing were still around somewhere... but that I happily didn't to have to lug around with me personally in my somewhat nomadic existence since graduating from college 20 years ago and that, in a weaker moment, might have been discarded along the way. Baseball cards, old artwork, lp's, certain books, and my Hotwheels and toy military vehicles all fall into this category...

April 26, 2009.

Susan Slavik Khan and her husband, Tarik.

this photo was taken on my late mother's back deck. It is one of the last photos taken there before we sold the house...

Thursday, July 23, 2009

April 22, 2009. DAY 33.

i had one more day of travel to get back to Indianapolis...but these are effectively the last photographs from my roadtrip. And, to paraphrase, what a long strange trip it had been...and I can't wait to begin another one!

images from the Tupelo-Baldcypress Swamp... off the Trace Parkway around mile 122...

April 21, 2009. DAY 32.

after driving a few hours north on the Natchez Trace Parkway, it was getting late and I wanted a place to stay near the Parkway...so, I found the, uh..., Rainbow Motel in Jackson, MS...oh, my:

my receipt was written on a post-it note; it cost an extra $5 to actually get a key; cash only (naturally, right...); my room came with a mirrored wall and a black light; pink sheets; a handpainted "starscape" on the ceiling that glowed when the black light was on; no lamp by the bed; and, finally, when you turned on the tv to the Cartoon Network, porn came on instead...

But it WAS near the Parkway... easy on, easy off (that's what she said)...

images taken from the grounds of the Natchez Trace Parkway visitor center. This was the beginning of the roadway I wanted to take from Natchez, MS up to Nashville, TN...