tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70559540978514132932024-03-05T05:50:17.038-08:00clouds of evilUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7055954097851413293.post-64612885485554361162011-01-02T23:50:00.000-08:002011-01-02T23:51:45.132-08:00twitter!I started a twitter account so we could stay in touch<br /><br />twitter.com/careymercer<br /><br />I will try and make it more about the band and less about me and my checkered past<br /><br />See how that works<br /><br />It's already a total messUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7055954097851413293.post-63815231692764799312009-10-29T09:44:00.000-07:002012-09-09T10:35:59.729-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7055954097851413293.post-89690450600385231062009-01-29T17:03:00.000-08:002009-01-29T20:42:27.217-08:00Chelsea Will Go Anywhere # 1: magic themed coffee shop<a onblur="try <span " style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdEbINT4StwCyEWsnEFiHkTZ3oNBCCPGtD-kjSVTymt_33ctiPJ1RBbGQv0b5iFTrP84y1NmZW5aZMyJmXLOXe-Fq0HCrY2gPb2fADLUvUkmDbHcROYotCR4ijObAqaVFvjcdZGaXxeqM/s1600-h/close-up.aspx"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdEbINT4StwCyEWsnEFiHkTZ3oNBCCPGtD-kjSVTymt_33ctiPJ1RBbGQv0b5iFTrP84y1NmZW5aZMyJmXLOXe-Fq0HCrY2gPb2fADLUvUkmDbHcROYotCR4ijObAqaVFvjcdZGaXxeqM/s320/close-up.aspx" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296892224960433474" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;" >
<br /></span><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;" rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CMELANI%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;" rel="Edit-Time-Data" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CMELANI%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_editdata.mso"><!--[if !mso]> <style> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:arial;font-size:180%;" >This is the first post in a recurring series where I assign a
<br />photography mission to my good friend and excellent
<br />photographer Chelsea Lowe.</span><p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;">
<br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">By "photography mission" I mean this:
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<br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I send Chelsea into a place of business that distresses or interests me, and I get her to take pictures. I then re-create the menu or merchandise based on my impressions of her photos.
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<br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">The first place Chelsea has agreed to go is a magic-themed coffee shop in Langford, BC.
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<br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">The coffee shop is called "Illusions Cafe: the Magic of a Fresh Cup".
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<br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I haven't been this perplexed since I first heard about Long Island's "Yogourt 'N Such".</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">
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<br /><span>ILLUSIONS CAFE MENU</span>
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<br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">1. ABRACADABRA wraps: a sorcerous mélange of fantastical feta, magnetic mayonnaise, telekinetic tomato, and perplexing pepper, all swaddled up in a wizard-wrap 12.95$
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<br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">2. PRESTO-PESTO BAR:</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Occult-oats. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Presto-Pesto.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Tastier than you’d think. Not starving? Ask us to "saw it in half!" 8.95$ "sawed in half": 8.25$ (plus .70 cent "sawing" surtax)
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<br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">3. HOUDINI-CANO: Our magical twist on the Americano—the Houdini-cano will help YOU escape from the boredom box…with Pizazz! 3.25$</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAodQT994NJ2s0kaBbuGHpbeZBaytHJMD_I7eGJObxRXc-xLUP8M_2ThEYYNVFLnJuV1Gn0wUhKFY0jHgf5sY7xtRHCN7XyFIp23xFx61mvZd9o46k_zu2EfKxT3fSPNUQgAzJL16mlXc/s1600-h/eng+pic.aspx"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAodQT994NJ2s0kaBbuGHpbeZBaytHJMD_I7eGJObxRXc-xLUP8M_2ThEYYNVFLnJuV1Gn0wUhKFY0jHgf5sY7xtRHCN7XyFIp23xFx61mvZd9o46k_zu2EfKxT3fSPNUQgAzJL16mlXc/s320/eng+pic.aspx" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296892458180639570" border="0" /></a></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">
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<br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">4. MAGIC-CINNOS: Take one “regular” Cappuccino.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Now grate some “Illusions Café: the magic of a Fresh Cup” special spices onto the foam.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Enjoy! 3.25$ (2.00 grating surtax) 5.25$
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<br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">5. WHITE RABBITS: an illusionist’s classic!</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">(just steamed milk) 2.95 $
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<br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">6. DAVID POT-OF-COFFEE-FIELD: Copperfield's preferred dark roast, brewed up fresh in your own pot for you and your disciples 6.95$
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