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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:23 pm
by A Gunslinger
Duchess...was the restaurant called "Porta Bella"?
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:02 pm
by aliantha
Damelon wrote:A Gunslinger wrote:Chi-town anyone? Late summer?
If you go down to Chicago late in the summer, let me know.
Though Madison is a fun town to hook up in. First time I was in Madison, the year before I went to college, I saw Lady Liberty sticking up through the ice of Lake Mendota:
I found out years later from a friend who went to UW that it was sponsored by the student government.
If I'm not mistaken, Leon Varjian was behind the student government at that point. Leon was at Indiana U. when I was there; for awhile, he was dating the sister of one of my friends. Leon was a perennial student. He was shocked to learn, after about 8 years at IU, that despite his best efforts he had managed to earn enough credit hours for a major and had to graduate. (At least that's how I heard it.) Anyway, he went on to grad school in Madison. You see the result.
Camping near Lake Michigan? I'd be up for that. My mom lives near the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, so I could stop and see her, too. (I'd suggest pitching tents in her yard, but she would totally flip out. She'll be 92 next month and her memory is going. But even in the days when she had all her faculties, a suggestion like that would've flipped her out.
)
Memphis would also be a cool trip (and I agree that it should be kid-free). I stayed there overnight once and have always thought that it would be cool to go back and do the blues clubs.
Oh yeah -- the purpose of this thread: I live near DC and I could do something near here. But I think y'all know that.
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 4:07 pm
by duchess of malfi
A Gunslinger wrote:Duchess...was the restaurant called "Porta Bella"?
No. It was this place:
www.foodspot.com/tuttopasta/
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:49 pm
by Alynna Lis Eachann
I'd be up for Chicago, I think. I'm still trying to make my way out there to see the lions of Tsavo at the Field Museum...
Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 5:30 pm
by Wyldewode
Ooh. . the Ghost and the Darkness, right?
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 6:46 pm
by Alynna Lis Eachann
Wyldewode wrote:Ooh. . the Ghost and the Darkness, right?
I have something of a long-term relationship with that movie. And those lions were absolutely intriguing, so I want go see them in their slightly-shrunken, fully-stuffed glory. Also want to know if they ever found the lions' cave-o-collectibles again.
Never been to Chicago before, so still up for that, or something in the neighborhood.
And remember, if somebody's planning a Canada get-together, drop me a line. Any excuse to go north!
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 3:59 pm
by wayfriend
Oh my god.
Oh my god.
Oh my god.
Stephen Donaldson is coming to New York!
In StephenRDonaldson.com was wrote:DATE/TIME
World Fantasy Convention
November 1-4, 2007
LOCATION
Saratoga Hotel and Convention Center
COMMENTS
I haven't volunteered for any programming this year. As always, I have every intention of attending the mass autographing (typically held on Friday evening)--and as always, I can't guarantee my presence. This is a "business" convention for me: unpredictable chunks of my time will be taken up by my agent, editors, fellow writers, and publicity.
[link]
That's Saratoga Springs, NY. I can ACTUALLY DRIVE THERE!
Who else wants to go? Is this an opportunity for a Regional Meeting or not? I know there's several other New Englanders out there, and it's not undrivable from DC either.
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 4:15 pm
by danlo
Well, Romeo will go, I'm sure. Fist and Esmer live right by...and Brinn and dlb could plan a poker game around it...
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 11:01 pm
by dlbpharmd
danlo wrote:and Brinn and dlb could plan a poker game around it...
That's the first thing that I though of!
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 11:16 pm
by The Laughing Man
danlo wrote:Well, Romeo will go, I'm sure. Fist and Esmer live right by...and Brinn and dlb could plan a poker game around it...
yea, I'll be sure to let everyone know where my exact physical location happens to be at a specific date and time......
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 11:18 pm
by Loredoctor
Esmerfest!
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 11:48 pm
by The Laughing Man
heh, Esmerfest.....ummmm, no thanks!
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 11:56 pm
by Loredoctor
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:42 am
by Wyldewode
Esmer, I don't know that this is the place for this. . . or if any place is, really, but here goes. . . I was recently reading a trivia/answer website and ran across something that makes me look on your "location" in a whole new light.
Any comment?
The relevant information:
The rabbis interpreted Onan's transgression as birth control through coitus interruptus. (In a wonderful euphemism, the Jewish commentator Rashi calls this "threshing within, winnowing without.")
In any case, here's the full entry in case anyone would like to read it:
www.straightdope.com/mailbag/monanism.html
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:12 pm
by Damelon
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:31 pm
by Xar
I think the Frappr Kevin's Watch Location Map which Menolly made could be useful... here's a link to the relevant thread:
kevinswatch.ihugny.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=8019
Of course, some unlucky Watchers like me (but truth be told, people like Avatar have it even worse) might get depressed at the thought of being almost completely alone in an emptiness of non-Watchers...
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:51 pm
by CovenantJr
Esmer wrote:
heh, Esmerfest.....ummmm, no thanks!
I take it you're the old guy on the left, clearly just on his way to the shops when he decided to stop and laugh at someone being beaten by the police?
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 4:40 pm
by danlo
Esmer wrote:yea, I'll be sure to let everyone know where my exact physical location happens to be at a specific date and time......
Oh yeah, that's right! You're the guy who chickened out of a free ride with me to DC...oh well, sorry to include you...you loner, leper, rebrobate!
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:53 pm
by The Laughing Man
^ 
DON'T TOUCH ME!!!
CovenantJr wrote:Esmer wrote:
heh, Esmerfest.....ummmm, no thanks!
I take it you're the old guy on the left, clearly just on his way to the shops when he decided to stop and laugh at someone being beaten by the police?
that's a good guess, heh
, but, uuuhhh, no, that'd be me on the ground there...Esmerfest, get it?
Wyldewode wrote:Esmer, I don't know that this is the place for this. . . or if any place is, really, but here goes. . . I was recently reading a trivia/answer website and ran across something that makes me look on your "location" in a whole new light.
Any comment?
The relevant information:
The rabbis interpreted Onan's transgression as birth control through coitus interruptus. (In a wonderful euphemism, the Jewish commentator Rashi calls this "threshing within, winnowing without.")
In any case, here's the full entry in case anyone would like to read it:
www.straightdope.com/mailbag/monanism.html
thats exactly where it's from, from a thread discussion related to something Avatar said that I can't remember, but I turned the phrase to mean something more philosophically oriented....
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:22 pm
by Peven
any fellow SRD fans in the metro Atlanta area??? too bad SRD isn't scheduled to make an appearance at DragonCon next August to promote the new book, i'd pony up the $$ for a ticket in a second then.
