YO! Sushi is a sushi restaurant in Liverpool, UK. It’s one of those places where the sushi moves around on a little conveyor belt allowing you to pick the dishes you like the look of, and avoid the scary ones. I absolutely LOVE sushi, and so I was real pleased to hear that my city got a sushi place at long last. It’s situated in the new ‘Liverpool One’ shopping area.

The White Hart is more of a pub atmosphere than a coffee shop, despite the sign in the back proclaiming coffee to be the drink of intellectuals. I like the earthy feel of the place.

Billings Farm & Museum was established in 1871 and is still a working dairy farm today. As a kid I must have taken five of six school trips there. When Meg and I went we got to see border collies herding sheep, baby cows, some giant horses and the restored farm house.

This is the first from a few places I visited when making a trip home to where I grew up in VT. This shot is from Who Is Sylvia, a vintage and antique clothing, linens and lace shop in Woodstock. Who Is Sylvia has been serving individuals, theaters, museums, photographers and collectors since 1980. Meg and I biked around downtown and checked out a few shops which explains my garb. I’m sporting some great contrapposto as well as some love for Sylvia’s shop coming out of my head. I wish Sylvia had a website but unfortunately the best I can give you is this link to the address and contact info.

My wife and I went looking for small storage boxes. When you have something in mind that you want but can’t find it anywhere it can be really frustrating. With a last ditch effort we tried the Christmas Tree Shops. It was fruitless as well. We lost the battle that day. But the storage box war rages on.

Free parking?

My  wife and I were chosen to volunteer for Extreme Makeover Home Edition. Even though there wasn’t much for us volunteers to do during our shift, it was great to see the house being built. I think the episode is airing September 27.  See more photos here (the first photo on this page shows my wife, the other volunteers and I watching the build).

We went to the beach for the day yesterday. It was sunny (for a change). My legs are a bit burnt but what’s summer without a least a mild sun burn. The bathrooms had recycled waist toilets and this “sea breezed” mirror.

I love the tree surrounding the urinal. Makes for a unique office.

As many of you know, my wife and I just bought a new house. For curiosities’ sake we stopped in to Raymore & Flanigan, a furniture store, to see if they had anything in the realm of modern design. Talking to a sales person I soon realized they did not. The first clue was that they didn’t know the difference between modern and contemporary. That’s not a put down for R&F or the sales person. Just a signal that R&F isn’t our type of store.

After a great weekend at Art All State my wife and I went to the Flying Rhino in Worcester, MA. I got clam chowder and a burger that had prosciutto on it.  The Bathroom was surrounded by a snake painted on the walls.

The bathrooms in Ikea are not as nice as one would expect. They are dark and plain. Pretty much like a Home Depot or Walmart Bathroom.

I took this before seeing Star Trek which I really enjoyed.

A shot in a public restroom at a private high school.

First post to Public Rest… taken at work with my cell phone, so it’s pretty grainy.