A few days ago I drove a hundred and seventy five miles to San Luis Obispo to attend one of Mike Larson's three day photography workshops and came away refreshed and inspired.  I met a group of people who were open and passionate about what they do, and had a desire to build not only their business but their character as well.  It was a great learning and sharing experience.  It almost made being cooped up all day worth it (which is hard to do on a gorgeous day in SLO).  However, Kelly and I still managed to get out for a bit.  Below is an image from our foray to the wall of weird gross.  The infamous bubble gum alley had a a cloyingly sweet smell, evidence of recent additions.