2pie

Someone Said It Right

2011-03-07T17:49:00.001-08:00

Educating for the Future

2011-02-14T13:06:00.000-08:00

LAS PAREDES PINTADAS

2010-12-29T12:26:00.000-08:00

Five Bamboo Print

2010-08-31T12:38:00.000-07:00

A design for the Five Bamboo screen printing booth at Bumbershoot this year. Be sure to check them out and get this on a shirt.

Coi Pong

2010-06-17T16:59:00.001-07:00

Championship beer pong table for Sockeye fundraiser.

Rip City

2010-03-16T12:59:00.000-07:00

Tayrona/Cartagena

2010-02-08T10:08:00.000-08:00

The Carribean Coast

2010-02-06T18:20:00.001-08:00

I have one week left of this amazing adventure that has taken me all over the wonderful country of Colombia, and some of Ecuador. I feel that I am appropriatly finishing up at the top of the country seeing amazing beaches and jungle. Last week I spent four nights in the national park of Tayrona which has some of the most amazing geography that I have ever seen. Jungle covered mountains of the sierra cascade right down to the coastline where there is cove after cove of beautiful beaches and amazing rock formations. Currently I am experiencing quite a contrast in Cartagena, a tourist heavy colonial town. Cartagena was one of the first places, if not the first place, that the Spanish landed when they colonized South America. There is a beautiful old town surounded by a high wall. It is hot here and the economy is about 70 percent based on tourism. This mix is hard to deal with sometimes and I am glad that tomorrow I will be on my way back to Santa Marta, near Tayrona, and then back to Medellin for a few days before I fly home. Although I will definately enjoy the last week that I have in Colombia, I am ready for that flight home to Seattle no matter how cold and rainy it might be. Looking forward to seeing you all.

Aly

2010-01-20T15:04:00.000-08:00

Canoa

2010-01-08T08:53:00.000-08:00

I have made it to a small beach town called Canoa on the coast of Ecuador. I took a chance and headed for a spanish school here that has one on one tutoring and is on the beach. I gamble was worth it and now my days consist of the following. At 8:00 i wake up in my private room and walk out to my balcony. there i lay in my hammock that looks out to the ocean for a while before walking downstairs for breakfast with other the other students, mostly canadian. At 9 i have lessons with an old man named Jaime who is the father of the man who owns the hotel and school. The family, mother, father, grandfather all do lessons. There is also a girl from a nearby town who sits in on my lessons so she can eventually teach them herself. From 11 to 1 I swim or nap or lie in my hammock. At one there is lunch. After lunch again I swim nap lie in hammock or try to surf. At 4 I have another 2 hour lesson, dinner at 7 and more relaxing and hanging out with the other students. I will be here for at least a full week and will likely decide to extend my stay for another week afterwards, before returing to Quito for one or two days and then fly back to Bogota. Not a bad plan I think. I will try and post some photos soon, but it is hard to get to the internet here and there is a daily black out for one or two hours. All my love to everyone at home.

Next Stop

2010-01-02T08:00:00.000-08:00

I have been in Colombia for over a month. I´m considering this my halfway point. I have been able to see and experience some amazing things including hiking up a volcano, touring a coffee farm, walking through a cloud forest and playing many traditional colombian games. I have also had the luck and opportunity to stay with some amazing people and families that have been incredibly hospitable and kind. I feel like I know the large cities and center of this counry fairly well now. My next adventure is going to take me to Ecuador for 3 weeks. I am headed for a spanish school on the beach in a small town called Canoa. Hopefully some of the gaps in my comprehesion and speaking can be filled there. I will then return to Bogota for a day before flying to the Colombian coastal city of Santa Marta. I will spend about two weeks seeing the coast and hopefully the national park of Tayrona before flying back to Medelling for my flight home on feb 12th. I think about home, family and friends everyday and I hope you all are healthy and well. Here are few photos.

Update

2009-12-15T07:35:00.000-08:00

I have been here for about a month now. I have been constantly impressed by the kindness of everyone I have met in Colombia. Everyone is incredibly social and wants to make you feel comfortable and appreciated.
It seems like some time now but the first 10 days here were filled with an A tournament in Medellin. Before the 3 days of play, there were coaching clinics, visits to schools in the poor neighborhoods of the city that have ultimate programs, welcoming ceremonies and showcase games. Competition began on Thursday and we played against some of the most passionate and hard working teams that exist. The tournament was very well run and it was amazing to play in a stadium with tons of screaming south american ultimate fans.
After the tournament was over and people trickled home on planes I took an overnight bus to Bogota to play in a tournament there. The tournament is played on some beautiful polo fields in near a smaller town outside of Bogota called Cajica. The elevation is considerably higher in Cajica, closer to 8,000 ft and the first couple days were brutal. I managed to play pretty well, but most people could run me all over. I played with a team called Urutaou named after a mythical ghost bird that cannot be hunted. Our evenings were spent playing the national game of Tejo, something like horseshoes with gunpowder, drinking Aguila and eating chicharon. The 7th of Dec. was a day of the virgin mary and that evening the whole town was out in the streets lighting candles and watching a marathon ran on a loop though the middle of town.
After Cajica I returned to Medellin to help coach a camp for Colombian juniors who were trying out for the juniors worlds team 2010. Amazing kids, amazing accomodations. The rest of the world should watch out because these juniors work harder than anyone and are going to be good.
I will spend Christmas with friends in Bogota and then travel to the coast to see Cartagena, a beautiful colonial city, Tayrona, an amazing national park and some other cities and sites along the way.
I miss everyone at home and I hope you all have a wonderful holiday.

Colombia

2009-12-02T11:31:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone. Welcome back to my blog. I will be trying to update with stories and pictures as often as I can, although internet and sit down time can be short when traveling. My adventure is just beginning and I hope that you can be a part of it in some way. Stay tuned. Love Aly

Camp Times

2009-03-24T17:35:00.000-07:00

HATS!!

2009-03-18T23:48:00.000-07:00

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Snow Prints

2008-12-21T11:30:00.001-08:00

A video From Reven
http://www.reven.org/blog/

These prints were made by simply pushing our faces into fresh powder on cars. They are all concave, but create a super cool illusion of 3D sculptures. Enjoy.

A letter to The Stranger:

To the Editor,

I noticed that my blog, www.2pie.blogspot.org, appeared on your cover. I was excited to see the web address which I'm sure, until this week, has only been visited by my friends and family. Traffic to the blog has picked up significantly this week after the most recent photos of snow prints that my friends and I did in newly powder covered cars were posted. I sent an email to the highly regarded street art website www.woostercollective.com that also posted photos and a link. There is now a lively discussion on the comment board. A majority of the responses are very posotive and seem to have inspired people, others though think that the photos are too detailed to be real. Here are some of the more skeptical and hilarious comments:

"this is fake. I've lived in snow country all my life...and this is impossible to do! Snow angels yes...but a FACE!> No way!"

"there is no way this is real."

"Wow!I wish I knew how to use Photoshop too!"

"FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE!"

A couple have come to the conclusion that the prints were made by some sort of sub-human, and have warned others to beware,

"Don't feed the trolls. This is as fake as fake could be."

and my favorite,

"Y'all niggas be posting in a troll thread"

Being that your publication took interest enough to put the blog on your cover, I would like to assure you of a couple things.

1. The photos are in fact real. No photo shopping or alteration have been done, the prints were made by putting our faces in fresh powder and then I took pictures with a point and shoot camera.

2. I am not trying to become famous, I was just pleased with what happened and want to share.

3. I am not a troll.

Thank you for featuring my work.

Aly Lenon

Man Powered Submarine

2008-07-14T19:59:00.000-07:00

Helmets

2008-02-29T21:24:00.001-08:00

2008-01-17T21:39:00.000-08:00

The Last Third

2007-08-16T12:46:00.000-07:00

Pics

2007-07-29T03:52:00.000-07:00

Pat with his original composition
Cesky Krumlov from the castle
Can you find the bear?
Plitvic lakes national park croatia

Prague

descending lakes and waterfalls at national park in croatia

The homies Cole and Lindsay from texas
Did Brian Howard visit Croatia and write the names of all his favorite bands on the walls?

Watching Harry Potter at an outdoor theater inside the ruins of a Roman Amphitheater, Croatia
The view from the porch of our first hostel

Scooters in Florence

Science Rules!

The Duomo in Florence

A first look

2007-07-10T10:26:00.000-07:00

B How check out Puerco Roso!!

One of the first things that caught my attention when getting here is the incredible amount of graffiti througout the city. It is highly tolerated, or at least not washed away in any timely manner. Walking around with my camera I have collected some of my favorites. Tomorrow we are off to Florence where it is supposed to be much hotter.

Spelunk

2007-05-25T14:49:00.000-07:00

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2007-02-18T14:36:00.000-08:00

Vegas

2007-02-13T10:16:00.001-08:00

Golden

2007-02-08T17:47:00.000-08:00

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2007-01-28T14:03:00.001-08:00

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2007-01-25T10:43:00.000-08:00