Shir, Route 66, built in 1926, was the first highway to the west and acquired legendary status [link]
Get Your Kicks (On Route 66) - Bobby Troup, 1946
If you ever plan to motor west:
Travel my way, the highway that's the best.
Get your kicks on Route 66!
It winds from Chicago to L.A.,
More than 2,000 miles all the way,
Get your kicks on Route 66!
Now you go thru St. Looey...Joplin, Missouri!
And Oklahoma City looks mighty pretty.
You'll see Amarillo...Gallup, New Mexico.
Flagstaff, Arizona: don't forget Winona,
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino.
Won't you..get hip to this timely tip:
when you..make that California trip.
Get your kicks on Route 66!
Dude, your IKEA (the one in Renton, yeah?) has lattes for $1. Seriously. Premilked coffee.
It's maybe a damn good thing it's far away from me. And that I have one here finally.
Also I love deserts. Especially when you drive through them because you can see how they really do change. It's also partly why I find Joshua Tree fascinating - it is where two deserts meet.
I just moved to Astoria (about 70 miles west of Portland) and have spent an amazing amount of time and money in Ikea in the past few weeks but have to marvel at their ability to provide basics at good prices. I've promised my daughter regular trips to Portland for her shopping trifecta - Ikea, TJs and Sonic
I don't know if it qualifies as true desert, but the high plains of Wyoming are amazing. So empty, so wide open. You can see how they acquired their mythic reputation.
Deserts are fascinating to me because of that remarkable clarity that an arid environment provides, and the sheer amount of life that such a seemingly inhospitable environment can support, but having grown up as a flatlander, I find mountains even more stunning. I still marvel, driving around here, that I can just round a corner and all of a sudden, a mountain vista pops up, seemingly out of nowhere.
Dude, your IKEA (the one in Renton, yeah?) has lattes for $1. Seriously. Premilked coffee.
Dude, the SOFT SERVE is what I live for. 110 calories a serving, btw. Also? Made of nom.
I love my IKEA. Even if it is on the Eastern Edge of the Hellmouth.
The center of the Hellmouth, btw, is Southcenter Mall.
Note to self - not eating turns you into a rageful monster bitch from hell. Next time, when you go to open your mouth to say something mean, try putting a Snickers in first.
Aims, I think that's the basis of Snickers' current marketing campaign.
Oh, man, that soft-serve. I can't believe I forgot about that.
I love my IKEA. Even if it is on the Eastern Edge of the Hellmouth.
I love your IKEA too. Even if shopping there before I got an IKEA of my own led to candle mockage. I needed to stock up!
