i know i said sedona was the most beautiful place on earth, but jerome is also the most beautiful place on earth.  it’s ok and entirely possible for there to be multiple Most Beautiful Places On Earth.  just like each of my friends are my Absolute Best Friend Ever.  i am a very excitable person.

what little i know about jerome is that it’s an old – once abandoned – mining town that was bought up by a bunch of artists, made desire-able again and then became an over-priced tourist destination.  but for good reason.  it’s awesome.  i also vaguely remember something being mentioned about prostitution back in the mining days of the town.  and there’s also a really cute yarn store called knit-one bead-two.  i like that place.  

amber and rory checkin out the sweet view

the three of us were beyond starving, so we ate at a place called the haunted hamburger.  despite extreme starvation, the food still was only mediocre at best (although they had a pretty sweet condiment bar for burger-building,) and took a billion hours to arrive at the table.  we sat on the patio though, and there was a pretty sweet view.  (that was my first online food review ever!)

a sweet view from the haunted hamburger

another sweet view from the haunted hamburger

a third sweet view from the haunted hamburger

new topic:  after Mediocre Food we were in a much better mood and played Posing In The Street game. 

you know what’s awesome?  vintage skirts pulled up way too high, belted around the waist, and worn like you think they’re a tube dress.  you know what else is awesome?  i’m totally rocking the brown-and-black look this trip.  i’m breaking all my Rules.  you know what else is awesome?  these pictures:

this is what “enthusiastically lurking behind a hot girl” looks like