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Robby

The world don't move to the beat of just one drum.

About Me

I like baked spaghetti, tiramisu cake, coffee, Oreo Blizzards, Nashville, music, mp3 players, clothing that fits, Canada, and hockey.
I hate when people will circle a parking lot for thirty minutes to look for a parking space that’s ten-feet closer to the building than the one they’ve passed twenty times.

My Interests

My interests include music, food, hockey, photography, trips to Canada, Nashville, and San Francisco.

I'd like to meet:

Oprah

Music:

Rock (60's to present), jazz, country (the old stuff), Celtic, bluegrass, punk, ska, indie.Byrds, Left Banke, Donavan, Honey Bus, Montage, T Rex, David Bowie, Lemon Pipers, Monkees, Carole King, Dave Clark Five, Buckinghams, Lovin Spoonful, Hollies, Herman's Hermits, Guess Who, Grateful Dead, CCR, Stevie Wonder, and The Crykle.Nick Drake. Probably my favorite.Dave Brubeck, Bill Evens, Charlie Byrd, Ella Fitzgerald, and Nat King Cole.Buck Owens, Dwight Yoakam, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Don Williams, Merle Haggard, Gram Parsons, Flying Burrito Brothers, and Pee Wee King.
I like bluegrass in general.Sloan, Calexico, Andrew Bird, Old Crow Medicine Show, Norah Jones, Belle and Sebastian, Ben Folds Five, Cake, Of Montreal, Uncle Tupalo, Son Volt, Wilco, Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet, Violent Femmes, White Stripes, Beck, Sondre Lerche, The Pogues, Guns N Roses, Rancid, Skatalites, Skankin Pickle, and Wesley Willis.I'm also getting into some classical music, but I'm still new to it.

Movies:

Weekend at Bernie's, What About Bob?, and Slap Shot

Television:

MASH, Kids in the Hall, Dave Letterman, the local news, Mr. Ed, Small Wonder, 321 Contact, and Mama's Family

Books:

Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream
Cities Back from the Edge: New Life for Downtown
Intown Living
There Goes the Hood: Views of Gentrification from the Ground Up

Heroes:

Mr. Ed, Mr. Clean and Mr. T!

My Blog

West Side Story: The Pics.

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Posted by Robby on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 06:47:00 PST

West Side Story: Loonie Toonie.

The weather in Vancouver took a slight change overnight. There were some rain showers but nothing too bad. However, it was bad enough to keep us from doing some of the outdoor things we had planned. T...
Posted by Robby on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 06:21:00 PST

West Side Story: The Asian Invasion!

It was time to visit our friendly neighbors to the north, but first we made a stop in Bellingham, WA.  For a small town, it seemed to have a lot of interesting things. While we were there, we to...
Posted by Robby on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:57:00 PST

West Side Story: Seattles Best?

Early in the morning, I was awoken several times by what felt like a small earthquake. We checked on the net to see if there was an actual earthquake in Portland, but there were not any reported for t...
Posted by Robby on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:29:00 PST

West Side Story: Joe and Robby Meet the Boy in the Plastic Bubble.

Day four of my big adventure started out with me waking up at five in the morning to get ready for the shuttle bus to pick us up to take us to the airport. When we arrived at the airport, the lady at ...
Posted by Robby on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 11:35:00 PST

West Side Story: Damn the Fog!

For my final day in San Francisco I decided to do the touristy things. The plan was to go to China Beach, Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, Ghirardelli Square, and Fisherman's Wharf. I planned on taking...
Posted by Robby on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:27:00 PST

West Side Story: This is My Last Stop!

After getting some rest from day one of my trip, I was all prepared to conquer the day ahead. After getting some coffee, I headed down to Golden Gate Park where I spent a big chunk of the day.  ...
Posted by Robby on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:46:00 PST

West Side Story: Do You Know the Way to San Jose?

While preparing for my trip to the West Coast, I got this bright idea to stay up late a few days prior to flying out, thinking it would help me adjust to the time change. I figured I would stay up lat...
Posted by Robby on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:22:00 PST

Size Really Matters

I guess when women say size doesnt matter, they are lying. I recently saw a news clip about the ongoing debate on whether or not Pluto should be classified as a planet. Pluto meets all the classificat...
Posted by Robby on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 05:27:00 PST

My 9-11 trip to Florida

I flew down to Florida on September 11th to visit my friend Adrian for vacation. People thought I was crazy for flying on 9-11, plus I was going down there when one of the hurricanes was suppose to h...
Posted by Robby on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST