CALIFORNIA
I spent the better part of three years of my life living in California. Not a day goes by that I don't think or wish I still live in California. And then I come out here to visit family and within fifteen minutes I hate the state. There is no rational reason to live in California. The state is ridiculously expensive and the salaries are not reflective of that high cost of living. There's forty million people living in California and I believe that every...single...one...is...crazy. That said, I've never met a Californian I didn't like. For as ignorant and self absorbed as I think California's collectively are, I've never met one that fits that stereotype. Maybe I need to meet every forty million Californians. I look at that video of In-N-Out and I wish, if only California ran that smoothly, I'd move out here again.
SAN FRANCISCO
The preeminent U.S. city - as of 2017 it's accurate to say it's left NYC in the dust.
THE EAST BAY
Oakland, Berkeley - is there life on the other side of the bay?
THE SILICON VALLEY
Steve Jobs and crew.
LOS ANGELES
It boils down to one word and one word only: weather.
SAN DIEGO MICROBREWERIES
Lots of warehouses.
THE INLAND EMPIRE
The 13th Largest Metropolitan Area in the U.S. - and no one has ever heard of it.
THE SALTON SEA
Forget the cable cars.  Forget Hollywood.  It's all about Slab City.
OCEANSIDE
Highway to the Danger Zone. Danger Zone. Ride into the Danger Zooooooone.
TEMECULA
​Panama City for 50 and 60 year olds - at least while I was there.
PALM SPRINGS
Desert escape.
CROSS COUNTRY VIDEOS
​Videos from a 2003 Cross Country trip.