Fri, 24 May 2013 15:09:07 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=49695#Comment_49695 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=49695#Comment_49695 Mon, 12 May 2008 05:43:03 -0700 Stoffer
In the start of June i'm going with 4 young people from the capital of Denmark.
We're going coast too coast from NY to Burningman this summer and would really like some pointers on where to go.

We're around 25 years old, from the alternative culture underground in Denmark, Scandinavia, and like music that makes you dance the nigth away, over the edge experiences and cosy secret spots everywhere.
On the way we're looking for places, people, music, food and whater ever else can give us an idea of what makes America what it is. On all levels.
We drive in a huge ass RV and bring our cameras, videogear and our blog.

On our website EAGLEKIDS.ORG you can see where we're going when. If you have anything that we NEED to see in your area or city we would really love to hear from you. It would be fantastic if some of you could drop us tips on your special places.

What we give back is a roadblog with your spot on it and if we ever should meet i'll bring a beer and a big smile!

With the hope to hear from you...
-Kristoffer ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=49971#Comment_49971 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=49971#Comment_49971 Tue, 13 May 2008 04:32:22 -0700 Jade
Country Pancake House
12 reviews – Review Country Pancake House
201-444-8395
140 E Ridgewood Ave
Ridgewood, NJ 07450

Cafe Eclectic
444 Bloomfield Ave
Montclair, NJ 07042

Last but not least is

Pacem in Terris

89 Covered Bridge Rd
Warwick, NY 10990

(845) 987-9968?

The Last place is an out door zen like art gallery, of a famous artist. Beautiful Place to go. Good Luck and I hope you enjoy. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=50057#Comment_50057 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=50057#Comment_50057 Tue, 13 May 2008 11:13:29 -0700 munin218 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=50064#Comment_50064 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=50064#Comment_50064 Tue, 13 May 2008 11:28:19 -0700 CCosker
But if you come to Brooklyn, have dinner at Maggie Brown on Myrtle Ave. It's my local pub. Get their mac&cheese. It's to die for. I kid you not. If America is anywhere, it's in a bowl of their mac&cheese. Go to the indoor ferris wheel at the Toys'r'Us in Times Square. It's touristy, but it's cheaper than outher tourist stuff, and it's a good date. Go to the promenade at Brooklyn Heights. Sit there or walk. It's just a nice place to be. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=50068#Comment_50068 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=50068#Comment_50068 Tue, 13 May 2008 11:45:33 -0700 Stoffer Keep them comming on full speed...

Our plan is to go south from NY and take the coastride to mexico and then go through the desert to Las Vegas and LA. So I'm afraid we wont go by NJ or Detroit.
Hopefully we'll return another time and take the northern parts to get the full view of America :)

CCosker: Hurray for the Brooklyn guide! - Mac&Cheese is one of the things i'm looking forward to get my mouth at. Do you find anything more American then a bowl of cheese with macaroni somewhere at the bottom? ;) ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=50079#Comment_50079 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=50079#Comment_50079 Tue, 13 May 2008 12:15:54 -0700 KitsuneCaligari
As far as places in LA/SF, there was this thread:
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1736
I still stand by my entry.

As for Burning Man, I recommend the Booby Bar and the Bad Idea Theater at the 3:00 keyhole, and the Black Sabbath Pancake Breakfast on Sunday at Carp Camp. I also know a guy who likes to cook kebab at three in the morning and pass it out to wandering passers-by at Tribal Thunder off at Esplanade and 9:00. I'll be the one in the black utilikilt carrying the cherrywood staff with which I beat back the hippies.... ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=50197#Comment_50197 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=50197#Comment_50197 Tue, 13 May 2008 22:21:13 -0700 CamyLuna
Be sure to stop in The Dungeon (opens @ midnight), and remember St. Louis Cathedral is beautiful and cold inside. Port Of Call on Esplanade Ave (at the edge of the Quarter) has great burgers, and usually locals. Try Mandina’s on Canal St. (you may need to get a taxi) for really great New Orleans food. In New Orleans, America is found in its food.

I think that the streetcars are running again. If so, take the one down St. Charles Avenue toward Uptown/Garden District. Watch for the Mardi Gras beads in the oak trees. I used to be able to spot some of them in the sunlight months after the parades had ended. Get off when it starts to turn onto S. Carrollton (after Tulane’s campus), there is a French Pastry Shop and Hana Sushi in that little neighborhood across the street. Be careful, and have fun. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=50246#Comment_50246 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=50246#Comment_50246 Wed, 14 May 2008 07:59:04 -0700 Brendan McGinley
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jstark@nonsensenyc.com ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=50266#Comment_50266 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=50266#Comment_50266 Wed, 14 May 2008 09:13:43 -0700 Willow Bl00 BierGarden for dinner over in Portsmouth. Take a cab home, and leave hours for this adventure - they have hundreds of delicious beers.If you do end up in south-central Indiana for some reason, hit up The Runcible Spoon in Bloomington without a doubt. In Santa Fe check out the Loretto Chapel. In Tucson check out Grill. The high desert between Santa Fe and Tucson is some of the most beautiful space I have ever been in. Drive the coastal road from LA to SF. Hit up Powell's in Portland. Go to the Can-Can on a night that The Castaways are performing in Seattle.

That's all I can think of off the top of my head. It was a fairly recent trip for me, though it was mostly for the people, not the places. I could rant at you about Imagined Community and all that, but I don't think it's what you're going for. Any chance you're Twittering all this?

Best of luck. I'll try to keep up with where you're at and take you out for a night when/if you're in Seattle. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=50314#Comment_50314 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=50314#Comment_50314 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:42:18 -0700 Linsterg Geocaching site for cool places to stop along the way. Just input some of your GPS coordinates and find nifty little tidbits of America.

If you go north from New York on the west side of the Hudson, you'll find the sole surviving New Netherland fort village is Kingston, New York. The palisade wall is gone but you can trace the route of much of it. Parts of the town square area contain very early colonial architecture. Woodstock is right up the road, and there are many hippies still in residence.

Along the east coast I-95 corridor going south, some things you might want to do include:

• The "Mexican Charles Lindbergh" Emilio Carranza was ill-fated, but his monument still stands in New Jersey.


• Check out Swedesboro, New Jersey, which is probably the only place in the territory of the 17th century colony of New Sweden that retains any sense of that identity. (Yes, the Swedes colonized North America. Poorly.)


• Delaware is a bad place. Drive quickly.


• Maryland is a bad place, too. Drive slowly or you'll get a ticket. (In fairness, Annapolis is very beautiful and has terrific food.)


• Lots to do in Washington, DC. You can spend several days in the museums on the National Mall, but there are a lot of very cool smaller museums. My fave is the Walter Reed National Museum of Health and Medicine, which may or may not still be open. Call to be sure. There are many disgusting exhibits there, including parts of Abraham Lincoln's head and a row of mutant fetuses in jars. (Teenagers will love it.)


• In Virginia you should definitely check out the Stonewall Jackson Shrine. Thomas Jackson was a man of great ability and intellect and probably would be horrified that fetishists of the Confederacy had made a shrine of his deathplace, still functioning almost 150 years after the fact. (But it's kinda funny.)


• Other options in Virginia include Thomas Jefferson's Monticello and George Washington's Mt. Vernon, both of which are fairly amazing.

Below Richmond, are you planning to take Interstate 85 or 95 south? 95 is the quickest to Miami, but 85 will put you in range of the North Carolina piedmont, which has some amazing parks. The Last of the Mohicans was filmed there - much of it is wilderness. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=50455#Comment_50455 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=50455#Comment_50455 Wed, 14 May 2008 20:53:13 -0700 glukkake Mutter Museum. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=50482#Comment_50482 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=50482#Comment_50482 Wed, 14 May 2008 22:03:24 -0700 vian
says a young white dude gentifying the area. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=50674#Comment_50674 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=50674#Comment_50674 Thu, 15 May 2008 12:36:29 -0700 Setesh
Anywho! That's my two cents. I've been through a lot of America in the decades I've lived here, and it's never really been the human stuff that interested me. It's fun, sure, but the real experience is in the wilderness. Nothing like having to hang all your food in a cooler from a tree away from camp. Otherwise it can attract bears.

Hope ya have fun, whatever you do.

~Seth~

P.S. Seriously think about gonig to Kingston, Montreal, or Toronto. Those're somewhat like the U.S. cities, but way hipper. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=51319#Comment_51319 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=51319#Comment_51319 Sat, 17 May 2008 15:01:11 -0700 Verissimus
And the Smithsonian air and space museum was the pinnacle. A childhood's dream come true in a way. Nothing exemplifies America like seeing the command module from the Apollo 11. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=51345#Comment_51345 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=51345#Comment_51345 Sat, 17 May 2008 15:53:47 -0700 Scribe The Alley on North Clark Street and do a little shopping. Take a little trip down to West Belmont and and get some new body art from the Chicago tattooing company, or just browse the art. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=51667#Comment_51667 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=51667#Comment_51667 Sun, 18 May 2008 14:08:07 -0700 Stoffer Finding America? It's always the last place you look....
Kitsune: In that case it's gonna be somewhere at Burningman :) - this years theme is The American Dream...

Willow Bl00: I'm affraid we won't be going to Seattle. But thanks for your NY guide!
Lingster: Perfect with your historical journey-guide. I'll remember to step on it through Delaware and behave in Maryland!

Thanks to all of you contributing to this! You'll be with us in our secret planning.
And thanks to Warren for the "mad group of Danes"... just be happy we're not dropping by the shores of England! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=51674#Comment_51674 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=51674#Comment_51674 Sun, 18 May 2008 14:41:48 -0700 stsparky ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=51901#Comment_51901 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=51901#Comment_51901 Mon, 19 May 2008 11:22:35 -0700 CamyLuna
Art Car Museum
It's got both art and art cars and is free.

The Orange Show
It's really hard to describe. You just have to see it. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=51920#Comment_51920 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=51920#Comment_51920 Mon, 19 May 2008 12:59:15 -0700 epalicki http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=51927#Comment_51927 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=51927#Comment_51927 Mon, 19 May 2008 13:23:15 -0700 vrbtm
If you're passing through the Old South, stop by Maryland. Baltimore has exceptional crabs, if you're into that (I'm not), but they will put a lot of Old Bay seasoning on it and perhaps everything else you eat. The city is in a particularly horrible crime rut, but it's almost completely insular, so please don't fret over that. If you're a hipster, go to the Sonar Lounge, I guess.

Maryland has a lot of great racial history, and there's a lot to explore if that interests you. You can go to Antietam, a beautiful swath of countryside where, in a single day, more Americans died than any other day. It's beautiful in summertime, but it's hot! You can learn an awful lot about the nitty gritty details of the war and its battles here.

If you're in that neighborhood, it's a 30-minute drive to Harper's Ferry-- the intersection of Maryland and the Virginias, and the nexus of the Cumberland wind gap, a big cut through the Appalachian mountains which stretch across our east coast. Harper's Ferry is where John Brown staged a rebellion to end slavery. It didn't go well. There are museums and a few stunning vistas.

20 minutes north of there is my hometown, Frederick, Maryland, home of Roger B. Taney, author of the Dred Scott decision. He was a dick and there is very little to learn here. Avoid this place. Unless you're looking for moonshine. If you are, look me up and I'll point you in the right direction.

If you go to D.C., do the tourist thing for a half day. We have some wonderful museums. But then head down to the Potomac River and take a walk.

I can't help you with the nightlife stuff much. D.C. has a thriving gay scene around Dupont Circle. Georgetown is full of trust-fund kids, and rich college kids. If you're looking for politics, stay near Foggy Bottom. (and then kill yourself). The 930 club is one of the best rock clubs in the world. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=51929#Comment_51929 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=51929#Comment_51929 Mon, 19 May 2008 13:29:31 -0700 stsparky San Diego Comic Con by driving down from Vegas to San Diego via Highway 15. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=51930#Comment_51930 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=51930#Comment_51930 Mon, 19 May 2008 13:31:54 -0700 Casey Moore Central Grocery with beignets at Cafe Du Monde afterwards. Street Car line is back open and where The St. Charles line meets with Carrolton there is a great bar called Cooter Brown's and some other good places to eat such as Camelia Grill. I would recommend hitting St. Louis Cathedral as well as the Cabildo (Louisiana History Museum). Also check out the D-Day Museum in the Warehouse District.

Also while here, keep a lookout for yellow signs with arrows. Those would be location signs pointing the way to the various films going on here.

And if you can wrangle it, its worth it to get a drive through either the Lakeview area or the lower 9th Ward to see the two ares where the levees failed and had the most damage from Katrina.

In Austin I am more fan of Chuey's and their Mexican/Texas martini's. Hit up a movie at the Alamo Drafthouse as well, especially if you can get into the downtown one. And definately go to Antone's. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=51938#Comment_51938 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=51938#Comment_51938 Mon, 19 May 2008 14:07:43 -0700 pi8you Stone Arch Bridge where you can see the only waterfall along its course). Coming to the Cities will also give you opportunity to check out the monster known as the Mall of America, catch a concert at the historic First Avenue, or a show at The Guthrie (or one of the downtown theatres). We've also got the Walker Art Museum and the Minneapolis Institute of Art(next to Ryan Kelly's day job at MCAD), among others, that are well worth checking out. If you feel so inclined, wandering the skyway system in downtown Minneapolis might be a novel exercise, just for the sake of how ridiculously interconnected it is. Spending a day or three in the wilds of Northern Minnesota could be something else to do, I'd recommend traveling up the North Shore of Lake Superior to Trail's End on the Gunflint Trail in Grand Marais if you do.

Having been there twice, I'm heartily seconding Arjan's sentiments on DC as well, some phenomenal architecture and it absolutely oozes history. The Science Nerd in me says Air & Space, but the History Nerd says the National Mall area, with the Vietnam and Lincoln Memorials, as the places to go, but really, its all good. The National Cathedral is also quite well worth the time, even being the dirty pagan that I am. It also puts you reasonably close to the aforementioned Antietam and Gettysburg battlefields for a good does of US Civil War history. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=51956#Comment_51956 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=51956#Comment_51956 Mon, 19 May 2008 15:35:13 -0700 Lani (First, please note that Austin is extremely different from the rest of Texas - it's quite liberal and weird.)

The bats at Congress Bridge - every night, 1.5 million bats fly out from under the bridge. I believe it's the largest urban bat colony. It's worth seeing (unless bats creep you out).

Texas BBQ is amazing, and the best place to get it is The Salt Lick. It's about 45 outside of Austin and absolutely worth the drive.

Flip Happy Crepes: Eating French crepes outdoors, served to you from a vintage Airstream-style trailer by a small army of cute women who own and operate the place.

If there are any movies you want to see while in the states, go to the Alamo Drafthouse - it's considered one of the best theaters in America for all the events they put on (and you can drink beer while watching movies!).

Austin has tons of live music. Certainly check out Antones if you can, as someone mentioned. If you want some to hear some amazing gospel during Hippy Church, go to Maria's Taco Xpress on a Sunday morning.

I've never been, but I hear the Cathedral of Junk is pretty amazing.

Also, try to meet Leslie if you can. He usually hangs around downtown.

And, if you are going through Tucson, AZ, stay to watch the sunset. It is absolutely breathtaking. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=52002#Comment_52002 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=52002#Comment_52002 Mon, 19 May 2008 18:35:27 -0700 ctanguis City Grocery bar and sit on the porch to watch the people go by on The Square. Take a break from drinking there to walk across the street to the Blind Pig and have a drink or a sandwich. Then, walk down the block a ways to Ajax Diner and hang out at the bar, have a shrimp po-boy or some meatloaf and veggies. If you hit there around dinner, make sure you get the Catfish Carly. If you're lucky, Carly herself will serve it to you.

Sorry, but the best bar in Oxford, the Longshot, closed. The Jubilee will have to do. It's around the corner and down the block from Ajax, and you can have a Jubilee Jack (the perfect combination of coffee and booze) and perk yourself up for the live music, and of course, tomfoolery in the photo booth that was relocated from the Longshot.

Oh, and some guy named Faulkner wrote some books...you can visit his grave in St. Peter's cemetery, or swing by his house, Rowan Oak. (Please keep in mind the map and images on this link are very old).

If you don't make it there, you can go to some of my favorite bars in New Orleans: Snake & Jakes (7612 Oak St, I think you can tell when it's open because the christmas lights come on. This is the epitome of a dark, dingy, hole-in-the wall. The beer's cold, the bartenders only look mean, and I have never made it any further into the place than the front corner of the bar) and The Saint (961 St. Mary St -- they also have a great photo booth, and really nice bartenders). You could also go by Parasol's at Constance and Third for a roast beef po-boy the size of your head and really cold beer. St. Joe's bar makes a good Mojito, but it's been really crowded every time I've gone.
There's ridiculously good food all over New Orleans, so eat up, drink up, have fun. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=52046#Comment_52046 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=52046#Comment_52046 Tue, 20 May 2008 03:00:42 -0700 rough night A. Schwab's store. It's the oldest continuous establishment on Beale Street; they sell voodoo oil among many, many other things, and you will find more interesting souvenirs there than could be found in any of the more touristy shops in town. The place is a genuine old style southern dry goods store, and the same family's run it since 1876 (which is ancient history here in the land of short memories). We also have the rest of Beale Street, the Civil Rights Museum and Sun Studio, of course, which need no elaboration. I'm certainly forgetting things, but each of these came readily to mind.

For barbeque, people will tell you to go to The Rendezvous and that's fine, but The Bar-B-Que Shop (1782 Madison Ave) is better for a good old pulled pork (or beef if you prefer) sandwich and fries. Put your cole slaw on top of the meat in your sandwich, by the way. That's how it's done round here, and it's real tasty (though a little messy). For beer, go to Boscos (2120 Madison). It's a good microbrewery, and you can get barbeque pizza, one of the most brilliant culinary combinations ever. Get your catfish at Soulfish Cafe (862 South Cooper).

Go ahead and ride a riverboat if you're here, too. Yeah, it's a little touristy, but it's on those boats that Mark Twain built a mind for writing, and as far as Finding America, the Mississippi River is not a bad place to look.

And if you absolutely must, Graceland's around here somewhere, too. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=52442#Comment_52442 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=52442#Comment_52442 Wed, 21 May 2008 13:25:24 -0700 vrbtm
I'd complain about gas prices here, but Warren is English and would slap me the eff down. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=55581#Comment_55581 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2200&Focus=55581#Comment_55581 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:17:36 -0700 Stoffer ctanguis: Snake & Jakes it is then... can't argue with that description

This thread is fantastic - a big thanks to all of you who took your time to scrape through your minds and picked out that american feeling.
Our homepage is now online but not with much content yet - the video and blog will be in danish and sounds like clown language but the photos hopefully will give you some idea of where we went.

EAGLEKIDS.ORG

Ægte kærlighed from the group of traveling danes ]]>