{"id":1215,"date":"2009-08-08T14:53:04","date_gmt":"2009-08-08T21:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themovingcastle.com\/?p=1215"},"modified":"2009-08-08T14:56:57","modified_gmt":"2009-08-08T21:56:57","slug":"radford-to-charleston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themovingcastle.com\/?p=1215","title":{"rendered":"Radford to Charleston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finally after cleaning my ordinarily septic apartment,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kevinmaddoginman\/3777029058\/\" title=\"Apartment stunningly clean by Kevin Mad Dog Inman, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2586\/3777029058_5d4f9f4410.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"Apartment stunningly clean\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p> we sent off the Relocube.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kevinmaddoginman\/3777029164\/\" title=\"Relocube &amp; Brad &amp; Lois by Kevin Mad Dog Inman, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3444\/3777029164_633c2f4ea4.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"Relocube &amp; Brad &amp; Lois\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brad and Lois, my cracked out neighbors who steal and then pawn many neighborhood items, waved goodbye as we traveled from my apartment in Radford to Mike&#8217;s parents&#8217; house in Christiansburg, VA.  His mom had a sweet mirror:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kevinmaddoginman\/3784345323\/\" title=\"Flash Mirror by Kevin Mad Dog Inman, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3467\/3784345323_264c05a580.jpg\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Flash Mirror\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next morning we took to the road, <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kevinmaddoginman\/3785155940\/\" title=\"Godzilla takes to the road by Kevin Mad Dog Inman, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3589\/3785155940_7195214980.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"Godzilla takes to the road\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>headed south to Charleston, SC, to visit Alaina.  Here she creates an interior decor solution for Mike&#8217;s fishing poles:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kevinmaddoginman\/3784346003\/\" title=\"Alaina creates fishing pole wall solutions by Kevin Mad Dog Inman, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3505\/3784346003_edff3f8e99.jpg\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Alaina creates fishing pole wall solutions\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Her solution: arrange them on the walls much like wallpaper.  I dig it, though I am slightly concerned about stabbing myself in the head with a lure.  <\/p>\n<p>Much of the following 48 hours involved teasing Brutus- this small shitzu-poodle-with-mohawk mix, refusing to let him tear Pickles to pieces:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kevinmaddoginman\/3784345883\/\" title=\"Brutus and Michael get Acquainted by Kevin Mad Dog Inman, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3458\/3784345883_362bfeb902.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"Brutus and Michael get Acquainted\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here Brutus poses with a life-size portrait painted by Alaina.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kevinmaddoginman\/3784373311\/\" title=\"Brutus &amp; Brutus Life-Sized Painting by Kevin Mad Dog Inman, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3580\/3784373311_b2e0ae69f1.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"Brutus &amp; Brutus Life-Sized Painting\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other activities in Charleston included an al fresco sushi dinner at the trendy Bambu, where the incredibly sweaty live entertainment played Garth Brooks by my request (rodeo).  I failed to upload a picture of this, but here is a picture of me vamping prior to leaving:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/farleysfollies\/3801176360\/\" title=\"Ready for a night out by FarleysFollies, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3571\/3801176360_28542c31b7.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Ready for a night out\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And me and Alaina chatting:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/farleysfollies\/3801175902\/\" title=\"Good Times by FarleysFollies, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2640\/3801175902_1cf63c94c3.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Good Times\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The night ended at a beachfront dance club where I adopted the assumed identity of Kris from Oakton, VA and told everyone I was a student at Princeton.  <\/p>\n<p>The following day, we went sightseeing and shopping down on historic King Street, where we saw this frightful sunburn:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kevinmaddoginman\/3798679034\/\" title=\"Bad Sunburn by Kevin Mad Dog Inman, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3503\/3798679034_16c2f858e1.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"Bad Sunburn\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>as well as the Apple store:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kevinmaddoginman\/3798590078\/\" title=\"Charleston Apple Store by Kevin Mad Dog Inman, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2443\/3798590078_52474b0552.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"Charleston Apple Store\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We hid out a rainstorm in this beautiful, Spanish-moss-draped cemetery:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kevinmaddoginman\/3798683476\/\" title=\"Cemetery Charleston by Kevin Mad Dog Inman, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3480\/3798683476_c564950128.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"Cemetery Charleston\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We met up with Taylor and Erin<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kevinmaddoginman\/3797869377\/\" title=\"Taylor &amp; Erin by Kevin Mad Dog Inman, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3549\/3797869377_c7a7470a93.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"Taylor &amp; Erin\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>then headed out for pizza at an eccentrically decorated pizza place:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kevinmaddoginman\/3797870837\/\" title=\"Marilyn by Kevin Mad Dog Inman, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2531\/3797870837_07ebc97fe0.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"Marilyn\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That evening I experienced Real Housewives of Atlanta for the first time, then retired early for our next day of driving to Atlanta by way of Savannah.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally after cleaning my ordinarily septic apartment, we sent off the Relocube. 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