A Quick Trip to the East Coast

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Justin Scott

I’ll be jetting off to Washington DC and New York City in a couple of weeks. I’ll be in NYC for work and in Washington DC for fun. It’s been years since I saw Landon, which is crazy. I actually cannot really remember the last time I saw him only that I think it was for a mutual friend’s graduation back in 2009. I sure hope it hasn’t been that long!

October 11th I fly from San Francisco to Washington DC. I hang out there for a few days and then take Amtrak on the 13th to New York City. The morning of the 14th I’ll be around Times Square to hit up the Today Show and Fox and Friends for work. I might have to make another trip to the area on Saturday but otherwise I’ll be pretty free. While in the Big Appel I’ll be staying with my friend Ian.

Having friends in cities like New York, Chicago, Washington DC, etc is great. They all know they can stay with me anytime here in San Francisco and in exchange, there is a chance I can stay with them while in their city. It’s like the ultimate in couch surfing, only no worries about being the victim of organ theft in your sleep. Nothing like waking up in a bathtub full of ice to ruin a trip to NYC.

It will be nice to visit the east coast for a while. Sometimes I wonder if living on the Left Coast is changing me. Not nearly as much hustle and bustle out here. It’s substituted with hoodies, web-startup parties and wine. The last time I was in New York (besides flights connecting to Europe) was with Ryan back in 2009!

During the limited free time I’ll have, I’d love to meetup with my Twitter friends. Let me know if anyone is up for it! I’d love to meet some more of my East Coasters.

Time for an Update?

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Justin Scott

Wow, life has changed a lot for me in the last few weeks. New home, new job, friends moved away, friends moving closer, new responsibilities, letting go of the past…

You’d think I would have filled up the Internet with posts in my usual tell-all style. Unfortunately, all this change has me so busy I haven’t found the time to make a post!

So, while I try to get myself together, why not enjoy this totally relevant cartoon and then click it to view the entire archive of Toothpaste For Dinner, one of the best online stick figure blogs out there. 😛

The Farmers’ Market

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Justin Scott

It was just a few months ago as I walked through the Farmers’ Market with my Washington DC friends. The sun was high in the sky this Sunday, just an hour before we would head to brunch. One of my friends, Christina, was starting her site Christina’s Table. Christina is one of these people that seem to be successful at everything. She’s hilarious, knowledgeable, talented and a blast to hang out with. Imagine Karen Walker with the vodka minus the pills (well, some).

Christina asked me to walk through the market and shoot some quick, candid, shots of the foods for her site. Basically a whiz-bam stock photography shoot.

So here’s what we ended up with. All said and done, this took less than 20 minutes. That’s pretty impressive, to me at least!

I thought I’d share the photos, make everyone hungry. 😀

Always Busy

Posted on July 5, 2008 by Justin Scott

It seems like every week I’m flying out somewhere or otherwise taking a trip out of town.

Texas, Birmingham, Chicago, Kansas City, Saint Louis, San Francisco… This Monday I’m flying out to Raleigh North Carolina and giving a presentation to the North Carolina Sweet Potato Commission and then Ryan will join me in Texas to spend a long weekend with my grandmother and grandfather at their home there outside of Austin.

I am really excited/nervous about the trip to Texas. This is the first time that I have really integrated a boyfriend in my family life. I have always wanted to do so with my past boyfriends (namely, only, Landon and Geoffrey) but a mixture of my fear and my family’s obvious distaste for that quelched any chances of something like this.

However, my family seems to just love Ryan, a lot. I mean, why not? He’s smart, funny, loving, cute, incredibly diligent, charming and so kind. He has helped me grow and feel comfortable in my skin. He is such a light in my life and my family must see that. He emails back and forth with my grandmother and my parents ask about him everytime we talk on the phone. How great is that?

So anyways, going to be busy traveling but it will be a lot of fun and let’s be honest, getting out of Columbia is about the best thing one can do in the summer!

How I Celebrated my Independence

Posted on July 5, 2008 by Justin Scott

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So yesterday was the fourth of July. Or rather, it was the Fourth of July. The day we celebrate our independence, here in America. Last year I was in Washington DC for the Fourth of July with best friend Landon. We had a nearly missed the show, and in the capitol city, but it was a wonderful time. This year was different, being in Missouri and not anywhere all that exciting.

We celebrate this by cooking out with friends and family, grilling some burgers and brats, enjoying the outdoor weather, drinking and setting off fireworks followed by watching a professional fireworks show later in the evening.

I accidentally didn’t do any of those things. I had the intention of grilling out with Ryan at his work. I had this idea that I’d hang out with my friend Beau and his guests for a Bar-B-Que. I thought I’d pick up some sparklers for a photo I wanted to take. I thought later I would go to Jefferson City or to Faruot Field and watch the fireworks show.

What happened was totally different but still a lot of fun. I went to Harpo’s where I hung out with Colin, Kevin, Brittany, Ashley and a couple of other friendly people. We had the idea of being on a roof equaling a great view of the fireworks. Not so much. The trees around the building blocked any site of the show. But that was ok, we had our drinks and our conversation. I had not seen Kevin in about a year so it was wonderful catching up with him. Plus, we totally matched.

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Later we went to the trainwreck of a gay bar out here called, Arches and Columns. I hear it used to be a real deal pub, and then it was a leather daddy bar and now it’s just a dive. But always fun.

Bumped into more people I hadn’t seen in quite some time, had a drink, had a good time. We hung out a bit more at Kevin’s before I went home and crashed.

On a Mission (in the Mission)

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Justin Scott

Our last day in San Francisco was a busy day. Ryan had a lot of paperwork to get processed and needed a few LiveScans for a job application and ambulance license so we marched down Powell to the Bart station.

Wow, I guess I forgot all about the Pride Parade. Thousands of people met us at the Bart station, completely hiding it from our field of vision. We hung out, watched a few floats go by, reveled in the fun, friendly good times and took a few pictures.

As with any gay event, not everyone there was there to celebrate equality. Some religious zealots where protesting the parade, the weekend, the gay marriages in California and just whatever popped into their heads.

They blamed the fires on the gays. They blamed the terrorist attacks in 2001 on the gays. They blamed the salmonella on the gays. They blamed the storms on the gays. Apparently it’s our fault. Sorry guys. Our bad.

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The kicker was when he said, “If you guys are such a loving, kind and friendly people, why do you need all of these police officers? It’s because you cause hate and destruction that they are here” and then went onto something about paying good Californian’s tax dollars for us to celebrate our heresy…

I guess what he was missing was this. The police are there not to protect us from ourselves but from people like him. Pride is about as safest I have ever felt in a city, day or night. The only thing one gay guy wants to do to another gay guy is fuck him (excuse my vulgarity and obvious exaggeration).

Well anyway, we finally made it to the UPS Store for Ryan’s LiveScan only to find it had closed for Pride. Haha, a UPS closed for Pride, how awesome. We took a seat at Squat & Gobble for lunch while we figured out a Plan B.

Squat & Gobble is the perfect little brunch place. I always think of Landon when I go there. I’m pretty sure you would love it Landon, reminds me of The Café in Washington DC only… better. It was delicious. While there we found another LiveScan place, hopped on a bus and back to the Mission we go.

LiveScan went easy enough, then back to the hotel. I’m leaving Ryan here to go to Pride for a bit. Catch you guys later!

I love Birmingham Alabama

Posted on May 21, 2008 by Justin Scott

I am here in Birmingham Alabama to do a photoshoot with the Taste of the South Magazine and the National Sweet Potato Commission. Right now I am sitting at a two story Starbucks in their old downtown.

As the plane made its rough, really rough, landing, and as I looked out of the window to what would surely be the city I would die in (I swear we all thought the plane was going down) and took a look at my final destination, I had a revelation.

I love Birmingham. Right now, after spending a few hours in the old downtown and just really falling in love with the old downtown, I am just certain that I need to live here. I even picked out an apartment for Ryan and I with it’s own Bar/Restaurant on the ground floor. How sexy is that? I have even planned out our lives here. Oh my!

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I had dinner at this awesome restaurant/bar that had all sorts of fun food and lots of veggie foods… Great wine selection of which I had the Bacarro Pinot Grigio. I also passed probably 10 gay people so far, which is not what I expected for a city in Alabama. They rank 47th in hate crimes based on sexual orientation and 50th in overall hate crimes! Awesome (unless I’m reading the statistics backwards…

Look at that adorable fountain. Oh this is lust at first visit. Below is my new church… haha, well it is a Methodist church!

I’m sorry that I’m stuck using my iPhone to take the pics, with it’s new broken camera. I didn’t want to walk around town with my camera bag, but if the weather is nice tomorrow, I certainly will.

What do you think about Birmingham? hmm? Can I convince Ryan to move here? haha, not likely. Cost of living is 4.8% lower and income is 2.5% higher. How awesome is that?

So far Chase, Ryan and Landon think I’m crazy.

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