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msmemory_archive ([personal profile] msmemory_archive) wrote2004-11-01 02:16 pm

Tidbits

I really ought to write a post, but all I have is little bits.

Cupcakes for work. Would bake more often if getting the mixer out was not such a pain. Must clean off counter so that will be possible.

Crown Tourney in the wind in Lake Champlain

Happy tummy brunch at Bentley's

Macbeth. Too much Macbeth. My script book looks like a squirrel's nest with different stages of blocking notes many not filed correctly.

Need to put together kit of stage manager stuff. Where did I put stuff from MSND? Masking tape, duct tape, markers, pins, flashlight

Down to last clean pair of comfy black socks. Will need to choose one: a) do laundry; b) buy more socks; c) wear socks that are not black; d) wear socks that are not comfy.

Vacation planning. The trick is to commit to things that we know will be fun without getting just as strictly scheduled on vacation as we are at home. Hearst Castle, Culinary Institute of America, we'll see what else.

About 50 trick-or-treaters. I'll give candy to anyone in a costume, even if they're upper-teen-agers, but wearing a varsity jacket is not a costume (unless it's somebody else's).

California

[identity profile] cvirtue.livejournal.com 2004-11-01 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Aha, so you're going to CA for vacation, I cleverly deduce. ;)

Have you seen Gum Alley in San Luis Obispo? There's also a very well stocked bar there with hundreds of beers. I'll think if there's anything else in that corner of the Coast I can recommend. Oh -- and the crazy hotel.

Re: California

[identity profile] msmemory.livejournal.com 2004-11-01 02:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Brilliant!

No, neither Gum Alley nor the "crazy hotel." Tell me more :)

Re: California

[identity profile] cvirtue.livejournal.com 2004-11-01 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Dang it, I hate it when posts don't.

Ahem.

Gum alley: take a college town. Take an alley from the main street to a parking lot. Add years of gum chewing... it's a mosaic. Very scented.

The crazy hotel: http://www.madonnainn.com/ One of the first theme room hotels. The caveman is famous; there are others worth at least looking at online. I've never stayed there, but would like to.

Re: California

[identity profile] cvirtue.livejournal.com 2004-11-01 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh: have you been to San Simeon/Hearst Castle before? I can give you some spots of advice about that also.

Re: California

[identity profile] msmemory.livejournal.com 2004-11-01 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Justin has been, but not I. Fire away.

Re: California

[identity profile] cvirtue.livejournal.com 2004-11-02 02:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Take the main recommended tour, and something else that interests you, also about the house or grounds. Be sure to look over & down from balconies and such like whenever you get the chance; I recall seeing some little paths & such that were charming, which no one pointed out.