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Date of Roadtrip
06/24/2009 to 08/05/2009
Start
Costa Mesa, CA
End
Kitty Hawk, NC
# of Interviews
29
Total Miles Logged
5600

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Who We Interviewed
Director
Machine Project

President
University of the People

Co-founder
Couchsurfing.com

Owner
Cycle Werks

Executive Editor
YES! Magazine
Roadtrip Nation Blog
July 31, 2009
Motown Philly Back Again....Sing along if you feel me!
My name is Calvin and I'm "holla'in" at you from the city of brotherly love!
I can't believe that great historical occurrences that shaped our nation occurred on the same street, maybe in the same building that I am eating a Philly cheese steak at. The cheese whiz at Jim's looks creepy as they scoop it out of a can and spread it haphazardly across your hoagie, but I promise that it tastes better than real cheese...it tastes realer than... (more)
July 31, 2009
From D.C. with Love
Do you want to live in a nice neighborhood but worry you can‘t afford it?
Do you value culture and diversity and want your neighbors to speak other languages? Buy an RV. In D.C. I can personally recommend the 2400 block of California St NW where your neighbors will be the Brazilian, Slovenian, and Venezuelan Embassies among other folks dealing in international business, politics, and high paying professions that keep our world... (more)
July 28, 2009
En route to D.C.
Hello from I-81 East to Washington D.C.
After our long haul across the middle of the United States, we arrived to Asheville, the city that would be our stomping grounds for three whole days.
The first evening in Asheville we met with Kitty Love who is a tattoo artist in the area as well as the executive director of Arts to People, an NGO that promotes the discovery of the community’s and each individual’s creative potential in... (more)
July 24, 2009
Wyoming!
So after coming back from Bainbridge Island outside of Seattle, we made our way south to Kent, Washington To meet with Jordin Kare and after finding the location of his side project LaserMotive we moseyed over to Shake n’go... no it’s not sushi, it’s an amazing burger joint... after refueling, we came back to interview Jordin Kare, and it was interesting to find out his passion with lasers came when he was a child building a... (more)
July 24, 2009
Two interviews later
SO two interviews later... On Sunday the sole prerogative was finding a practice interview and after a breakfast burrito at Wavos in Newport we were on a search for a good interview. After a couple internet searches and two failed phone calls we decided to go to the camp in Costa mesa to talk to an owner of a bike shop. The Camp is a very cool modern art complex that to me is reminiscent of a post Dystopic era. We saw a Birkram yoga... (more)
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