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#quehaypahoypanama #11mar @fridayspanama - 🍹Enjoy Summer Time🍹 Ven y prueba nuestras refrescantes bebidas!!🌊☀️ #SummerofFridays #HappyWeekend #Verano #Cócteles #Panamá - #pty

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Surfboards and Stripes

When Philippe Asselin and Jody Miller got into surfing, they quickly realized that (a) the sport is addictive and (b) surfboards are expensive. So they decided to start making their own. Today, the friends are working together to help put Jody’s shop Pathway Surfboards on the surfboard map (particularly in the ocean part of it). Jody shapes and glasses surfboards and paddleboards by hand, while Philippe is the product-testing and development guy (by “testing” he means “surfing the shores of sunny Tampa, Florida”).

Jody has learned a valuable lesson in his years of surfing: “You can’t fight the wave, but you can surf it.” And that skill requires the right board. “Each board is uniquely suited to the place you’re surfing,” he explains. On the East Coast, waves are not as powerful as on the West Coast, and there’s a more gradual incline, which requires a different-shaped board. Problem is, most boards in Florida are manufactured on the West Coast or overseas, where manufacturers can avoid regulations and make them cheaper.

So the duo are working to customize boards to suit both the Florida shore and Floridians: “Some people like shorter boards, because they’re higher-performance – kinda like a sports car – but some people aren’t as skilled, so they get a longer board,” says Jody.

By manufacturing in America, Philippe explains, “We are carving out our niche and making something of quality right here in the USA.”

After an exhausting day of surfing, you can find Jody and Philippe, a Give Me More Stripes member, at their local Fridays. And you’ll probably find our bartenders handcrafting a post-surf tropical cocktail for him.

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Chow Town

Some of the best eateries around Dallas gathered at Fair Park for Taste of Dallas. So, it only seemed fitting that we would make an appearance. The crowds were big, the music was good, and a truckload of American All-Star Sliders were handed out (not to mention potato skins and Oreo Madness).

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Spotted: Handcrafted Letters of Love

During our visit to the city of Brotherly Love, we discovered these early-1900s sweet postcards on display in our hotel - a nostalgic reminder of an early form of handcrafting: the written word.

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tgifridays asked Milliron Studios to help tell the summer loving people of  Tumblr about their new #foodtruck celebrating #SummerofFridays! Follow them at: http://www.summeroffridays.com   Photographed by http://www.adammilliron.com

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Art That Pops

The man who made pop art popular hailed from Pittsburgh. So it only makes sense that The Andy Warhol Museum popped up there. If you want to know everything there is to know about Warhol and pop art while getting a chance to handcraft your own blotted line drawing and screen-printed shirt, then swing by.

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Seeing Triple

If you’re road tripping through “The City of Bridges,” make sure to take in “The Three Sisters” – the trio of almost identical gold-colored bridges that were the first self-anchored suspension bridges built in the USA.

If you’re crossing the bridges by foot, keep a lookout for the “love locks” that have been cropping up near many of the city’s bridges, including one of the Sisters. The trend is big in European cities like Rome, Paris, and Venice: Couples write their names on locks, attach them to a fence, and throw the key in the water below as a symbol of undying love.

[dominicperri]

Yesterday I was hired to photograph the TGI Fridays Food Truck at the Northside Festival in Brooklyn, NY.  tgifridays food truck was there giving away free samples of some new menu items.  The crew did a really great job of getting everything out and keeping the line down.  I was lucky enough to sample everything and my favorite had to be those potato skins!  The food truck is still traveling to 13 locations in the US.   HERE is the full list of locations the truck will be stopping at.  If it is in your area I recommend you get on line for some great free samples!  

Thanks TGI Fridays for the great opportunity and gift pack!