Reporting from middle-of-nowhere, Connecticut: Have the Gay Highwaymen stumbled upon a Mr. S outpost, or perhaps a dungeon surrounded by tobacco fields and cows? Or is it a disappointing but optimistically-named retail space filled handbags and wallets?
Didn’t have time to investigate this store, just caught a glimpse of the “HOT LEATHERS” sign as we drove by seen in rural CT near Ellington. What’s inside? It’s a mystery, unless a CT reader of this site can enlighten us.
-AidanAbroad
Posted in Connecticut, GAY GAZE: Visual Culture, Photos, Art, Comics, Film, Objects, etc..., Leather, Road Trips, Signage, Subcultures, Travel
Tagged BDSM, Connecticut, Hot, Leather, mystery, Rural, store
One of the many brain-shaped rocks I saw along the shore of Pyramid Lake (Nixon, NV, Paiute Nation).
-AidanAbroad
Posted in iPhone, Nevada, Photography, Road Trips
Come to Dada. Come to Pop! Jam the giant red poodle meets Shrek. And his Donkey sidekick. Hee Haw! Redwood tree chainsaw art is a major minor industry up the Cali coast. Like the Giant Red poodle? Jam meets Bigfoot here. Jam the Boot Poodle here. A Versatile Gay Companion here. Woof!
Posted in Comics, DIY and Maker Culture, Dogs, Film, Gardening, iPhone, Mendocino County, Northern California, Road Trips, Street Art, Grafitti, etc.
Tagged California, Cartoons, Comics, Dada, Dogs, iPhone, Jam the Giant Poodle, Mendocino, Photography, Pop Art
Seen outside a Black Bear diner in Washington state… Looks like this bear forgot to put on the bottom half of his fur suit this morning.
-AidanAbroad
Unidentified roadside berries. They look good, but also possibly poisonous… Lots in bloom this time of year, but best not to try any unidentified forest fruit.
About to cross the Canadian border…going up to BC for the International Two Spirit Gathering. I don’t want to pay roaming charges, so this may be my last post for a few days.
-AidanAbroad
Embellished sign, outside a highway rest stop toilet in northern WA… incidentally, the shortest, skimpiest restroom walls I’ve ever seen. Anti-cruising measure?
-AidanAbroad
Posted in Men, Road Trips, Signage, Washington state
Unknown berries in the far north of Washington state.
-AidanAbroad
Bug splats. Seen about 45 min north of Seattle on the 5. I have to say, their drawings aren’t terribly accurate…
-AidanAbroad
Posted in Road Trips, Signage, Washington state
Tagged 76 station, Bug splat, Road Trip, Washington
With all of the amazing local berries we’ve been eating, we set out in search of a blackberry milkshake. A friend tipped us off to Burgerville, a Pacific Norhwest chain of local, sustainable fast food. Sure beats California’s In-N-Out Burger! Pictured here is Natoyiniinastumiik and with a colossal Walla Walla onion ring. I had a wild smoked salmon and local hazelnut salad, and a berry shake – amazing. Only downside: the receipt gave a calorie breakdown of our food, informing us that this one meal represented 90% of our recommended daily caloric intake. Still, I’m excited to hit this place again on the way back down.
-AidanAbroad
Posted in Food, Road Trips, Washington state
Tagged Burgerville, fast food, Local, sustainable, Walla Walla onion, Washington
Should People Receiving Entitlements Be Allowed to Vote? I get the sense that whoever made this sign doesn’t think so. Seen on the side of I-5 in Washington state.
-AidanAbroad
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