Pretty good list but missing the best one IMHO http://www.2ndshiftbrewing.com and the runner up http://cathedralsquarebrewery.com/
If you are into beer and in St. Louis, just go here http://thebridgestl.com they will sort you out
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Seth C Travels - 6 Month Road Trip Giving $500 Tips
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Pretty good list but missing the best one IMHO http://www.2ndshiftbrewing.com and the runner up http://cathedralsquarebrewery.com/
If you are into beer and in St. Louis, just go here http://thebridgestl.com they will sort you out
B For Bendetta
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2nd Shift is like an hour and a half outside of the city and Cathedral Square doesn't have a tasting room. Same reason I didn't include O'Fallon, Charleville, Augusta, Crown Valley, etc.
Been several times, and given 2 $500 tips there already. Love New Orleans, always love going back, and would love to go to Voodoo Fest this year, but time is limited and as this isn't just a list of places I want to visit, New Orleans got cut. But hey, I was just there 8 months ago so it's okay. I've personally visited 32 states already, I believe, including everything east of the Mississippi. Of those places, New Orleans is one of my favorites.
Seth are you still in for Saturday? Check the Pittsburgh Gaf thread for updates.
I am! I'll actually be in Pittsburgh from June 20 through June 23. I'll post something in that thread later today, to hopefully organize a dinner for some of us before the main meetup.
The first tip of the road trip went up the other day, from Charleston, WV. You can watch it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IOzvjG-EDA
Ryan was an awesome guy who had just lost his mother. Later that night we hung out and had beers. He took me to some of his local spots. It was a really good night.
Yesterday I made my way up to Pittsburgh. I had a couch surfing host lined up but she disappeared (and still hasn't reappeared, in fact). After a day of searching for a new host, a friend of a friend reached out to me and offered to let me stay with he and his wife in Lawrenceville. Awesome!
They have been great hosts. He took me all around the city today, and they shared home cooked meals with me. Tonight we are all going to a summer solstice party and then I'm switching over to a Couchsurfer's place Oakland for the rest of my stay.
Tomorrow night I'm taking some GAFers with me to give a $500 tip here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IOzvjG-EDA
Ryan was an awesome guy who had just lost his mother. Later that night we hung out and had beers. He took me to some of his local spots. It was a really good night.
Yesterday I made my way up to Pittsburgh. I had a couch surfing host lined up but she disappeared (and still hasn't reappeared, in fact). After a day of searching for a new host, a friend of a friend reached out to me and offered to let me stay with he and his wife in Lawrenceville. Awesome!
They have been great hosts. He took me all around the city today, and they shared home cooked meals with me. Tonight we are all going to a summer solstice party and then I'm switching over to a Couchsurfer's place Oakland for the rest of my stay.
Tomorrow night I'm taking some GAFers with me to give a $500 tip here.
PhoenixSFT
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Lawrenceville is awesome, did you go to Franktuary? Burgatory?
Colonel Mustard
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Sorry I missed this thread. You could have crashed at my place while you were in Charleston if needed.
Somehow I went to neither! Not sure how that happened but oh well.
So, my time in Pittsburgh went something like this. My Couch Surfing host vanished so on Thursday night I was stranded at Starbucks, killing time, frantically searching for somewhere to stay. Friendly NeoGAFers offered to help but at the last minute a couple in Lawrenceville offered to let me stay there, so I rolled in late that evening.
Friday I went for a walk down the river with Vijay and his dog. We went down to the "button" and walked along the river to the strip. I took some photos.
After the walk we had lunch. Vijay shared some pasta salad he'd made the day before. Then we headed out to Mt. Washington so I could get a view of the city.
Afterward we picked his wife and headed down to campus. We walked through the cathedral of learning and over to a farmer's market.
Later in the evening we went to a huge summer solstice party on a plateau in a park on the south side. It was a bit crazy, and moreso as the night wore on. With most women dressed as elves, five bonfires, and lots of drums.
As Vijay and his wife were heading to a weekend of camping the next morning, I met up with my next host, Chriss, at Bites and Brews for a beer then on to a house party before retiring for the night.
Saturday I went to Tamarind with Chriss for lunch, then mostly sat around during the afternoon. She had work and then I met up with the local NeoGAF crew at The Library and did this:
http://youtu.be/jrtwZWkN-D4
Afterward Chriss and I went to some of her friends' place and late at night (4am or so) decided it was way to hot to not have air conditioning in her apartment. So, we made a drive out to Carnegie to pick up a window unit which I installed and was sound asleep at around 7am.
Sunday saw us heading out to Raccoon Creek Park with some of her friends. That was on interesting experience. A "beach" on a lake, with some odd mix of western Pennsylvanians and sunbathers and hot dogs and...who knows. Either way, I hadn't brought anything to swim in for this part of the trip so I merely waded out in to the murky water. The rest of the day was mostly spent editing video.
Now my host has decided to join me on my adventure to Cedar Point! Then on Tuesday I'll be in Lasning, Michigan.
PotatoeMasher
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I made her a little dress as the lack of contrast between her skin and the white shirt was making me uncomfortable:
LOLI made her a little dress as the lack of contrast between her skin and the white shirt was making me uncomfortable:
I made her a little dress as the lack of contrast between her skin and the white shirt was making me uncomfortable:
That's fantastic.
I made her a little dress as the lack of contrast between her skin and the white shirt was making me uncomfortable:
Thank you, kind sir.
Seth, would you replace all originals with this one? Thanks.
See it's funny as hell because one the guys that was on of my supervisors during the NYC Wizard World Comic Con is from Lexington, KY as well. I didn't ask him if he'd heard of your adventures since I'd only discovered this on Monday on Facebook. Oh well. Maybe I'll shoot him a message and ask him.
Any way fantastic pictures. I saw the last video with Pittsburgh GAF in tow. I had a good laugh when you turned your head to the camera as you told name dropped NeoGAF.
I'm gonna a good deed myself in which I'm sending a New York Comic Con volunteer a Bat Man novel that I got for free, paying for the shipping (he offered to pay it back to me), handwrote him a letter, and did a drawing of him, his wife and his baby daughter. He only knows that I'm sending him the book so I can't wait to see what happens when he gets it.
Any way fantastic pictures. I saw the last video with Pittsburgh GAF in tow. I had a good laugh when you turned your head to the camera as you told name dropped NeoGAF.
I'm gonna a good deed myself in which I'm sending a New York Comic Con volunteer a Bat Man novel that I got for free, paying for the shipping (he offered to pay it back to me), handwrote him a letter, and did a drawing of him, his wife and his baby daughter. He only knows that I'm sending him the book so I can't wait to see what happens when he gets it.
Wish I'd seen that! I've been watching WGN since I was a boy. They called today and may be interested in having me in the studio when I come through Chicago next week. That would be like a dream come true.
After Pittsburgh I made my way to Cedar Point for a day. Many roller coasters were ridden. So far I've only gone through the footage from one, so here is my POV video of Mantis with some 25% slow motion during inversions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teuk0Y5_ltY
While I'm here, the video from Lansing, MI:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtTJhvFeoxs
Today marks exactly one year since Aaron passed away. I was home and spent most of the day with family, relaxing and having a Fosters for Aaron. Even after a year, you just keep feeling like tomorrow he will show up again. I think that's how the mind copes with it. Tomorrow I head back out, with the next stop being St. Louis.
talisayNon
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heard you on NPR....again!
But did you hear my cat? Haha
So who lives in Saint Louis? Anyone want to be on Inside Edition with me?
What are your plans tomorrow?
Lee Chaolan
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Aaron will definitely never be forgotten. Sounded like a great guy. Thanks for all the wonderful videos. I'm enjoying all of them on youtube, it just never gets old.
If you technically mean today (Tuesday) then I have no plans. This is my "day off" so I'd like to explore the city a bit, and see whatever it is I should see. Of course, I'd also like to visit a brewery or two. I also wouldn't mind taking in a Cardinals game. I know they are in town tonight. If you want to hang out I'd definitely be up for that.
I'll be leaving the tip on Wednesday, and Inside Edition will be along for the adventure. Anyone who wants to is welcome to come along.
The Lamonster
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Good luck today Seth! I gotta work and then go out for my dad's bday tonight so I can't join.
Nice shout out in the RFT today!
http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/gutcheck/2013/07/seth_collins_500_tip_last_wish.php
Nice shout out in the RFT today!
http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/gutcheck/2013/07/seth_collins_500_tip_last_wish.php
statham
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I liked the story of the old guy. cool stuff.
Going live on Fox 2 here in St. Louis at 8:10 if you want to watch.
Krauser Kat
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where are you tonight in chicago?
Can't really post that in a public venue.
Oh jeez, you picked my favorite pizza place in the city. Your story is also on the front page on the tribune site. Bravo. Wish I saw this earlier.
From Austin to Oklahoma huh? That trip on 35 might be pretty brutal as there's pretty constant construction and can backup with the smallest of accidents (not just in Austin but along the entire interstate). You'll pass the Czech Stop in West, Texas (remember the exploding plant?) which is great for a quick stop to get something baked, fried, sweet, tangy, or really whatever combination you're in the mood for.
I had to! It's my favorite pizza place in the city, too.
Thanks for the advice. Is there a time I'd be better off making the drive? I could always leave Austin around 6pm and try to get to OKC at midnight or so? Might make the drive easier. Should avoid any rush hour high congestion time.
CitizenVectron
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This is true. Your original comment was inappropriate for the thread I think, but this thread makes an interesting point. However, to be fair, that extra $50,000 wasn't necessarily going to go toward charity anyway, it could have been spent on games, etc.
If you're leaving on a Friday traffic won't be *TOO* bad going North as most people tend to leave the DFW area and go South. If you're going on a Sunday then the opposite is true. At 6pm there still might be some Austin traffic, someone more familiar with that area might be able to give you more info, but if you came through Ft. Worth around 9pm the only thing I'd suggest you do is check http://dfwtraffic.dot.state.tx.us as they might have some particular construction going on during the evening hours.
*IF* 35 North is congested, there are alternate routes which, I'm assuming you have a GPS/Map App, which parallel the highway that can help you get around the congestion.
IAmtheFMan
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Damn, saw this thread too late... and was working the last couple nights too.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...ress-are-you-kidding-20130711,0,7168364.story
Would've loved to come out Seth.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...ress-are-you-kidding-20130711,0,7168364.story
Would've loved to come out Seth.
PotatoeMasher
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I'm moving to San Francisco in the next month after living my first 30 years in the bluegrass, so assuming I don't die from the anxiety of trying to move a wife and cats across the country I should be around for SF in September. Shame it's not a week earlier or we could watch the UK / UofL football game.
Sounds like we should be able to have a big group for that one. You and your wife should come, and I can bring my cousin and her family.
Whoa! Our local news (Fox 7 in Austin) has this bit where the audience picks the thing for them to show later and they're like "a person is leaving $500 tips" and I turned my head immediately knowing it'd be Seth. Very cool.
Edit: The story was selected as the "It's Your Call" segment with 44% of the votes. Congrats, Seth! Marleigh hopes she can do something like that some day.
Edit: The story was selected as the "It's Your Call" segment with 44% of the votes. Congrats, Seth! Marleigh hopes she can do something like that some day.
I'll be in Austin later on my road trip. Perhaps I should leave a $500 tip there?
B For Bendetta
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Won't be in Lawrence but a few months back at Microfest in STL, there was a brewery from Lawrence called 23rd Street Brewery that had some really impressive stuff
Thanks for the heads up. I'm currently downing a $4 24 ounce mug of their double ipa.
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