Summer Trip No 2- The Drive-In

Okay, okay, so technically I went on trek before I went to the movies, but I've got all the pics from my movie escapade right here in my hot little hands, something I can't exactly say for the trek pictures.

So here's the deal. My best friend leaves for Europe a week from when this post is published (Today), so I told her "We HAVE to do something before you jet off to Europe." I think that was actually my exact quote. So we did! Here's how it turned out:

The original plan called for an authentic Vietnamese dinner at an authentic Vietnamese noodle house, brought over to downtown Salt Lake City piece by piece from a village in Vietnam. This legit restraunt is known in these parts as Mi La Cai.

Delicious food at Mi La Cai

There was, however, a snag. All of the wonderful Vietnamese people who make the wonderful food at this wonderful restraunt had, in fact, run off on vacation until the twelfth of July. So Mi La Cai was not a dining option. Lame

So, In true Joe Huston fashion, I turned to my date, who happened to be riding in the same car as I was, and told her, "Quinci, we're going on an adventure." (once again, another direct quote.) So, thinking fast, as I always do, we proceeded to a little place I know of in Sugarhouse known as "The Blue Plate Diner"

Obviously the Blue Plate Diner

Dinner, though a little more of an adventure than I had anticipated, was delicious, and we continued on with our 50s style theme and went to Iceberg for milkshakes. Yum. Then proceeded to the drive in theaters (also fitting in nicely with this newfound theme) on Redwood road to see a movie known as Toy Story.

However, there was another snag. We were too early: the gates hadn't even opened. So in true adventuring manner, we cracked open my camera case and began to take pictures!

It was exciting! The movie was great, and after Quinci had apologized for hitting the poor little girl in the head with a Frisbee, the rest of the evening went slightly more smoothly, despite the fact that I couldn't get my lights to turn off, and my radio would not pick up the audio for the movie. 

All in all, it was a great hurrah for bigger and better adventures, and I hope we'll be able to do it again before the summer's through

Summer Trip No. 1- Boise Idaho

Okay, to kick off the summer, I embarked on a voyage to the far off land of Boise, Idaho. En route, I took the new header/title picture/jigger deal you see as you enter my newly titled blog. I also snapped a few pics of stuff I saw, like this window of wonder seen above. The hotel was called "Modern." No obnoxious 'the's to get in the way here, just "MODERN." I digress. Anyway the next few pics are random smidgens and snapshots of the trip. Exciting huh?

My traveling companion and sidekick, also known as my dad, looking like a boss before a day of location scouting.

Your lovable host, hero and fellow blogga looking even more like a boss in his aviators, also before a day of scouting locations

 .The Beast that brought us to this magical land of Idaho, created specially for this trip by the fine people at Chevrolet

I had time to play with some perspective shots, so I did. This is one of the modern tables at Modern

A tree in the courtyard. Unfortunately this particular tree isn't bearing plastic fruit hung from fishing line.

My room was up there!

Not actually my room, but it was one of our locations. Pretty sweet

And here's me looking like a G on the bleachers at the Boise State football field

Other Highlights of my Voyage to Boise

> Throwing a frisbee from the top of Boise State Football Stadium

>Playing frisbee on the blue turf of the Boise State Football Field

>Ripping a gaping hole in my shorts while playing frisbee on the Boise State Football Field

>Breaking my camera on the FIRST DAY (not actually a highlight but it happened)

>eating a 'Free range, grass fed, hand ground beef hamburger.' Did I mention the place was a bit yuppie?

>Romping around rooms cleaner than operating rooms, rooms full of equipment worth millions of dollars, playing with lasers more expensive than said equipment, and doing all of this no questions asked

>Being an extra (if this puppy ever airs, I'm walking through a shot somewhere by the Student Union Building)

>Visiting a legit record shop, and just about buying four new vinyl albums for my collection

>Eating at Mollie's for breakfast

>But not eating at Mollie's for lunch