Iron Heart IH-634S - World Tour 2010 - 2013

[emceeQ]

One of my roommates moved out today to head to Maine for the rest of the summer.  We grabbed lunch at the Traveler's Club, a local bar/ tuba museum, on her way out of town…

The walls are lined with old tuba's and sousaphones

Had myself a patty melt and a Short's Brewery Humalupalicious.  Super Hoppy, super tastey…

After I took off the WT's  for a bit and went out to Grand Ledge to be taught how to rock climb by one of my other roommates.

Headin out to the ledges…

At the bottom of the ledges…

Climbers already there…

Makin my way up…

Getting closer…

My roommate Aaron tackling some much harder stuff…

and conquering it…

Put the WT's back on and now I'm enjoying a nice beer, a yoyo, and Lord of the Rings before heading back out on the town…

[TheTrooper]

@501/IH:

Hooray! Feels exciting to see it finalised.

Can I repeat my appeal for the unknown May 2013 leg host to turn up in Berlin for a hand-over? You'd be coming to the German capital at one of the best times in the entire year!

I could do that I guess

I may spend two weeks holiday in Israel in may, soak that jeans in dead sea water, rub it on Golgatha, stuff like that.

[Morose_Penguin]

This might (will) sound quite sad but, which edition of The Lord of the Rings is that??

[Seul]

Aaaah Israel!.. Lotsa pics of Jewish girls whilst at it ey!.. 

[emceeQ]

@Morose_Penguin:

This might (will) sound quite sad but, which edition of The Lord of the Rings is that??

It's from the 6th impression (1978) of the Allen and Unwin De luxe edition (1969).  It used to be my Dad's copy until he gave it to me however many years ago.  It's a beautiful book.  It contains the whole tail, appendices, some large fold out maps, and still only measures about an inch thick.  Not to mention the binding and cover are just gorgeous.

I'm currently trying to track down a matching copy of The Hobbit…

As for the WT...

Spent most of my Sunday out at one of the local pools that's easy to sneak into...

and that's about it.  After rock climbing a truly lazy Sunday was just what I needed…

[emceeQ]

Finally getting some proper summer storms.  Haven't had a good one since I've been back in Michigan.

Here's a nice picture my friend grabbed of the front moving in over some of the green houses on campus…

[Giles]

That's definitely a front….

[derivative666]

^insanity awesome photo

[injunjack]

@Seul:

Aaaah Israel!.. Lotsa pics of Jewish girls whilst at it ey!.. 

ay, but you gotta consume them young before they eat too much hummus and stuff…. been there seen them. not gonna tell you more

[TheTrooper]

@Seul:

Aaaah Israel!.. Lotsa pics of Jewish girls whilst at it ey!.. 

You make it sound, like I am going there for the chicks!

which is, of course totally true

[Chris]

No shame in that…

[Deebo]

@emceeQ:

I've yet to have a dog in Chicago that can match these guys…

Emcee, you need to give HOT DOUGS a try. The best dog I've ever had. Doug is a super cool guy who was at the forefront against Chicago's war on foie gras.

This picture is terrible, but they are a thing of beauty.

[Dirty Denim]

EmceeQ I don't think there is a better person to do WT's than u buddy

[emceeQ]

@Deebo:

Emcee, you need to give HOT DOUGS a try. The best dog I've ever had. Doug is a super cool guy who was at the forefront against Chicago's war on foie gras.

Hot Doug's has been on my list for a while.  Last few times I've been in Chicago I haven't had the time to make it out there.  If I make it out this summer Hot Doug's will be a definite stop.  Just the idea of that foie gras dog has me all hot and bothered…

and thanks DD!

Plans for the weekend have been decided too. Colorado and the U.P. were both just tossed out the window (for the time being anyway).  I'm headed to Ephraim, WI to visit a friend.  It's supposed to be one of the nicest areas on that side of Lake Michigan...

[Friday]

Lovely reporting on the tour emcee, you're my inspiration for the TW-WT 

[Dirty Denim]

Friday if u add EmceeQ's passion and ur demographic that equals EPIC FEKKIN WT

[emceeQ]

@Friday:

Lovely reporting on the tour emcee, you're my inspiration for the TW-WT 

Thanks Friday!  Can't see what your leg of that tour, and Ghana for that matter, have to offer 

[Dirty Denim]

@emceeQ:

@Friday:

Lovely reporting on the tour emcee, you're my inspiration for the TW-WT 

Thanks Friday!  Can't wait to see what your leg of that tour, and Ghana for that matter, have to offer 

[emceeQ]

Had an impromptu trip to Ann Arbor last night to see one of my friends off to Maine for the rest of the summer.

Tried to grab a bunch of pics for you FurattoHeddo, but I didn't make it around to much of the town so there will be more next time I'm there!

Rollin in…

Is that what I think it is?

Why yes, that is the wiener mobile…

Grabbed dinner at Blimpy Burger, an Ann Arbor institution…

You can just feel the greese inside this place…

Had this monster.  4 patties, salami, bacon, egg, pepper, onion, mushroom, and tomato.  My life may be a few years shorter now…

South Quad, one of the University of Michigan dorms…

The law school…

One of the Museums on campus.  There are so many trees in Ann Arbor that it's sometimes hard to get pictures of the shorter buildings…

I believe this is the UM Presidents office

More of campus…

Working our way through town…

Passing a stretch of bars that we hit up later in the evening…

My friend's apartment…

and his neighbors…

Hung out at my friends for a bit tryin to contemplate ways to beat the heat.  The low last night was 80°F (26°C)…

Left Ann Arbor this morning at 6:30 in a state of hungover exhaustion to make it back in time for work.  It's gonna be a long day…

[FurattoHeddo]

Thanks mate, did that burger come with complimentary triple bypass, yowsa!

{feeling hungry now    }