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see this: boston +cambridge in an american car. part one.

I arrived back in Boston after dark. Just enough time to explore a bit of the city.  The hotel that had been booked for me in Cambridge was a giant leap above the horror-story lodgings that I dealt with in Hadley … Continue reading

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see this: maine in an american car.

After spending almost 700 miles in the Impala, I escaped the smoky chokehold of Worcester, Mass. bound for the purity I expected to find in the quaint vanilla charm of the state of Maine.  The state had always been a mystery … Continue reading

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see this: mass in an american car.

The quaint colloquial charm of Vermont chewed me up and spit me out in western Massachusetts. This would have been the perfect time in my trip to get all Hunter S. Thompson and go Gonzo through the state – and … Continue reading

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see this: vermont in an american car.

It had been snowing in Foxboro.  I knew this because I saw the steady snowfall on TV as Tom Brady used his Jesus-like skills to pick apart an embarrassed Titans team on Sunday Night Football.  The snow eventually delayed my … Continue reading

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see this: blurry minneapolis in an american car.

I drove north from Northfield past the Malt-o-Meal factory – through a cloud thick with the aroma of generic cereals.  The Hold Steady blasted from the speakers of my Focus as the imposing gloom of Minneapolis appeared on the horizon.  … Continue reading

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see this: blurry pink america in an american car.

Part 1: Northfield, MN Editor’s Note: Pictures blurry on purpose to simulate motion and/or acid trip When I first stepped off the plane at the Humphrey Terminal at the Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport, I became instantly aware of just how serious … Continue reading

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