Making a shirt from scratch is hard. Like always, I bit off more than i could chew. To get the fabric, I went to 4th Street in South Philly. As depicted in the mural, 4th Street houses many leather and fabric shops. If you're ever in the area, swing by a couple shops.
Right now, moral is low after messing up a sleeve and the neck. I am running low on fabric. Tomorrow, I will continue to the trek.
Today I set out on a quest to make my first article of clothing, a long sleeve t shirt inspired by a Filson Alaskan Guide shirt made out of heavy weight cotton flannel. I am going around to fabric stores today to find suitable materials. I am sure a lot of trial and error will ensue and I will keep the blog updated. Here is a rough design that i drew up last night.
Pea coat laden yuppies cruised by typing on their Blackberry's and iPhone's, avoiding these phone booths like a half frozen puddle or a homeless person. It dawned on me; who uses pay phones? With cell phone penetration over 85% in 2007, they are merely taking space and I assume cost more to remove than to maintain. Out of the fifty or so photos I took in my stint at the Coffee shop, I like this one because it shows life passing by the phone booths. Like any transitional technology, these phone booths will soon be relics, like laserdiscs or fax machines. Look for phone booths next time you're out and about and you will be surprised at how many you see.
For the next nine days i will be on Thanksgiving break. I plan on spending a couple days in Boston, and then hopping on a flight down to Philadelphia for a couple days, and then up to Manhattan for a night or two and then back to Philadelphia for Thanksgiving and then finally back to Maine. I plan taking a lot of photos and hope to find some cool things for the blog.
I left my job in New York in the summer of 2011 and moved into a camper. Since then, I have driven 100,000 miles around the west, surfing and camping. During the summer of 2014, I set up a home base in the Columbia River Gorge. These are some of my stories and photos.
