01.24.2012
From the OTIS Blog
Not only have I somehow never been to Texas, I don’t even think I’ve ever said the name of the state aloud. But there’s so much in this gigantic hind leg of the continental U.S. that I want to see. After some shallow soul-searching, and taking into account my current level of ignorance on the matter, I came up with a list of ten sites in the Lonely Star state that, had I a chance to visit, would be top on my list...
Yellow Brick Road Trip
Yellow Brick Road Trip
01.22.2012
From the OTIS Blog
Minus a few obstinate contrarians, Stanley Kubrick, and probably three quarters of the residents of Kansas, we’re all fans of The Wizard of Oz, whether it's the 1900 L. Frank Baum book or the 1939 movie adaption. I recently realized that I’ve been to or heard about enough Oz-related sites in the northeast that I could put together a road trip themed accordingly...
Paper House
Paper House
01.20.2012
Rockport, MA
In Rockport, MA, just northwest of Gloucester and right on the end of the peninsula that is Cape Ann, sits a full-sized 90-year-old house made of paper. End of article.
Bad-Ass Poe Is All Out of Bubble Gum
01.17.2012
From the OTIS Blog
Boston's finally getting a Poe monument, and with any luck it'll be this one, toting a satchel full of his work like a machine gun, strutting down the street unleashing nightmares and quoting Rowdy Roddy Piper. This is the second coming of Poe, the one we never saw, the one who has finally realized the recognition he deserved in his lifetime. And he’s a cocky bastard...
L. Frank Baum's Yellow Brick Road
Bad-Ass Poe Is All Out of Bubble Gum
01.17.2012From the OTIS Blog
Boston's finally getting a Poe monument, and with any luck it'll be this one, toting a satchel full of his work like a machine gun, strutting down the street unleashing nightmares and quoting Rowdy Roddy Piper. This is the second coming of Poe, the one we never saw, the one who has finally realized the recognition he deserved in his lifetime. And he’s a cocky bastard...
L. Frank Baum's Yellow Brick Road
01.16.2012
Peekskill, NY
Dorothy might’ve went over a rainbow, but her feet landed solidly on yellow. And while we may never know the reason that L. Frank Baum chose green for the Emerald City or silver for the magic slippers, we may know exactly why the road that leads to the wizard is a yellow brick one. And the hypothesis is extremely visitable....
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
01.12.2012
Los Angeles, CA
Celebrity does a lot for a person. Doesn't keep you alive, though. Exhibit A: Hollywood Forever Cemetery...
A Long Day on Long Island
01.10.2012
From the OTIS Blog
From the time I pulled out of my driveway pre-dawn to the point I rolled back into it post-prime time, my road trip to Long Island this past Saturday ended up eating about 17 hours of my precious allotment on this Earth...
The Absinthe Is Always Greener
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
01.12.2012Los Angeles, CA
Celebrity does a lot for a person. Doesn't keep you alive, though. Exhibit A: Hollywood Forever Cemetery...
A Long Day on Long Island
01.10.2012From the OTIS Blog
From the time I pulled out of my driveway pre-dawn to the point I rolled back into it post-prime time, my road trip to Long Island this past Saturday ended up eating about 17 hours of my precious allotment on this Earth...
The Absinthe Is Always Greener
Ever since I saw Marilyn Manson bragging to Andy Dick in front of Jon Favreau on the brilliant series Dinner for Five how he liked to drink absinthe, I’ve felt like a complete jerk for wanting to do the same...
Cloud Gate
01.04.2012
Chicago, IL
Sometimes I really feel like posting content to OTIS, but don't want to put any work into it. So here are pictures of Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago's Millennium Park...
Benson Park
Benson Park
01.01.2012
Hudson, NH
January 1st is usually a day for recovery, and it should have been for us. Instead, we found ourselves staring through the bars of a gorilla cage that had been empty for at least a quarter of a century...
