{"id":4684,"date":"2010-05-26T07:59:03","date_gmt":"2010-05-26T05:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/?p=4684"},"modified":"2010-05-26T08:12:14","modified_gmt":"2010-05-26T06:12:14","slug":"excuse-me-where-can-i-find-jax-teller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/archives\/4684","title":{"rendered":"Excuse Me? Where Can I Find Jax Teller?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few weekends ago my husband came in from walking the dogs and said \u201cYou might want to grab your camera, there\u2019s some kind of motorcycle thing going on across the street!\u201d.&#160; The sound of motorcycles is nothing new here in Rotterdam, especially in this area.&#160; So I didn\u2019t even notice the sounds of them coming and going, but I did grab my camera and walk over to see what was going on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/goodfellas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"Goodfellas Harley Party\" alt=\"Goodfellas Harley Party\" src=\"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/goodfellas_thumb.jpg\" width=\"595\" height=\"418\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apparently a Harley club had a gathering in our hood.&#160; I considered going over to inform them that this was MY turf, but I decided against it.&#160; I was probably better to have them on my side rather than against me, so I went exploring a bit in their world instead.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/badge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"Patches\" alt=\"Patches\" src=\"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/badge_thumb.jpg\" width=\"595\" height=\"402\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were a lot of bikers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/bikers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"Bikers arriving at the party\" alt=\"Bikers arriving at the party\" src=\"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/bikers_thumb.jpg\" width=\"595\" height=\"431\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were also a lot of bikes\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lined Up\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/36166632@N00\/4604695416\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Lined Up\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/1352\/4604695416_72ab5e7522_b.jpg\" width=\"595\" height=\"432\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beautiful bikes.<\/p>\n<p>Bikes that my husband had a mild cardiac over whenever I got too close. Apparently he had visions of me knocking over an entire row and getting my ass kicked.&#160; Seriously, it did his nerves in so bad he ended up going home.&#160; Remember when I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/archives\/4297\" target=\"_blank\">suspected he wanted to kill me<\/a>?&#160; Well apparently he thought it\u2019d be better to leave it to the bikers, because when he feared me doing something to get myself dead, he thought it was better to go home and not be a witness&#160; than to stay to protect me. Nice.<\/p>\n<p>I wasn\u2019t too worried though, I figured if they didn\u2019t beat this guy\u2026 they weren\u2019t going to bother with me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/daddybike.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"Mr. Pink Bicycle\" alt=\"Mr. Pink Bicycle\" src=\"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/daddybike_thumb.jpg\" width=\"595\" height=\"428\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can\u2019t see it in the photo, because I preferred it in black and white, but the dude is on a pink bicycle with pink flowered saddle bags.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 in a sea of Harley riders.<\/p>\n<p>Pink.<\/p>\n<p>That is one dude who is very secure in his masculinity.&#160; I loved the look on his face though, like he was mentally going over every decision in his life that landed him with a family and a pink bicycle, rather than a motorcycle and the open road.&#160; Sorry man\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I also wondered with this old timer was thinking as he cruised along looking at the bikes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/oldman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"Old Timer\" alt=\"Old Timer\" src=\"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/oldman_thumb.jpg\" width=\"595\" height=\"452\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Was he once a biker too?&#160; Was he pondering life and living vicariously through these bikers?&#160; I guess we\u2019ll never know.&#160; One thing I do know though, is that he made those bikers his bitches.&#160; At one point he decided he was going to turn around and go the other way, just as a really huge bike club came tearing in.&#160; He just looked at them and kept going as they all came to a grinding halt, waiting patiently as he made his way across the street.&#160; It was a sight to behold\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, being a big fan of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fxnetwork.com\/shows\/originals\/soa\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sons of Anarchy<\/a>, I thought perhaps they might be able to tell me where to find <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fxnetwork.com\/shows\/originals\/soa\/cast.php\" target=\"_blank\">Jax<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These guys didn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/bikers3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"Bikers\" alt=\"Bikers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/bikers3_thumb.jpg\" width=\"595\" height=\"397\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Neither did these ones\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/people2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"More Bikers\" alt=\"More Bikers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/people2_thumb.jpg\" width=\"595\" height=\"462\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I gave up after a while.&#160; Clearly whoever these bike clubs are, they aren\u2019t cool enough to roll with Sam Crowe.<\/p>\n<p>Another thing I noticed is that where there are bikers, there are not only bikes, but also biker dogs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/browndog1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"Killer\" alt=\"Killer\" src=\"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/browndog_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"289\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/whitedog21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"Other Killer\" alt=\"Other Killer\" src=\"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/whitedog2_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"269\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Big, giant, scary, <em>I\u2019m gonna get you<\/em> kind of dogs.&#160; You won\u2019t see one of these guys walking around with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/archives\/tag\/bailey\" target=\"_blank\">Yorkie<\/a> or a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/archives\/tag\/pixel\" target=\"_blank\">Teckel<\/a>, that\u2019s for damn sure.<\/p>\n<p>You will, however, see them with very cute little mini bikers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/girl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"Cutie Pie\" alt=\"Cutie Pie\" src=\"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/girl_thumb.jpg\" width=\"595\" height=\"452\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Children of all ages were there sharing in mom and dad\u2019s passion for motorcycles. This little girl really stood out to me, sitting on a curb watching the events.&#160; Such a contradiction in her leather Harley jacket and pigtails.&#160; Someone\u2019s future \u2018old lady\u2019?&#160; Will she one day be the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gemma_Teller_Morrow\" target=\"_blank\">Gemma Teller<\/a> of Rotterdam?&#160; I guess it\u2019s possible, but for now she is just one really adorable little biker kid.<\/p>\n<p>Are these the Gemma Tellers of Rotterdam today?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/wolf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"Old Ladies\" alt=\"Old Ladies\" src=\"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/wolf_thumb.jpg\" width=\"595\" height=\"419\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I sure as hell wasn\u2019t going to ask them.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s funny because my father has had motorcycles and belonged to motorcycle clubs.&#160; They wore the leather jackets with the patches and the whole nine yards.&#160; They were, from what I know anyway, just average every day guys who shared a common interest.&#160; There was no gun running or any of the shenanigans they get up to on Sons of Anarchy.<\/p>\n<p>Still though, I couldn\u2019t help but wonder how close I was to that world as I walked through the gathering.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m sure that stuff does happen with bike clubs in some places.&#160; I\u2019ve heard about issues with the Hell\u2019s Angels here in the Netherlands in the past.&#160; Was I possibly walking among thieves and murderers or a group of IT guys, construction workers and accountants who just like to ride fast, loud bikes on the weekends?&#160; It\u2019s probably the latter but it was fun to pretend that they really were like the bad boys of SOA and that I was taking a walk on the wild side.<\/p>\n<p>You can see more photos from the gathering <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/breigh\/tags\/rotterdamgoodfellas\/\" target=\"_blank\">here on Flickr<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weekends ago my husband came in from walking the dogs and said \u201cYou might want to grab your camera, there\u2019s some kind of motorcycle thing going on across the street!\u201d.&#160; The sound of motorcycles is nothing new here in Rotterdam, especially in this area.&#160; So I didn\u2019t even notice the sounds of them &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,49],"tags":[69,33,289,320,52],"class_list":["post-4684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-life-in-nl","category-photography","tag-neighbours","tag-netherlands","tag-strangers","tag-street-photography","tag-xander"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4684"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4696,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4684\/revisions\/4696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}