Comments on: Bookish Summit

By: Ramona the Reader

Ramona the Reader — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:57:02 +0000

Me too!!! And I won’t even be there! Excited for you two!

By: kaizerin

kaizerin — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:53:08 +0000

Me too!!

By: CountessZ

CountessZ — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:03:11 +0000

Yeah, it does eat up a lot of time, and definitely is not the focus of the trip. Have I mentioned how excited I am?

By: Ramona the Reader

Ramona the Reader — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 23:38:05 +0000

I agree with the Countess, there is something fascinating about Alcatraz. I probably would not have gone on my own, but went along with hubby – and did the self guided audio tour. I have to say, I was much more emotionally invested in seeing Kilmainham, but there are similar, eerie echoes in both places.
Kai – you are probably right in saving the Island for another trip. It does eat up a chunk of a day. Are you doing Coit Tower? It was a place I had always wanted to go to after hearing another Iowa tourist talk about it 40 years ago. So many places, so little time.
Glad to see Big Stone Gap on your reading list. I’ll get the next two in the mail to you soon.

By: kaizerin

kaizerin — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:48:10 +0000

Oh, I want to see it sometime, it just seems like the kind of thing you have to give half a day or more to, and we have limited time as it is. No, I’m sure it’s fascinating…it just doesn’t fit with the focus of this trip.

By: CountessZ

CountessZ — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:23:46 +0000

Which is not to say that I want to go, I don’t. Once was enough. Though I’d probably do it again if someone wanted to. I was just curious about why you don’t want to g since you’ve mentioned a couple of times.

By: CountessZ

CountessZ — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:21:50 +0000

I went to Alcatraz the last time I was in San Francisco at the insistence of my mother who was with me. I was totally surprised at how much I liked it. We did the audio tour, which sounded completely lame to me at the time, but ended up being one of the most enjoyable touristy things I’ve done in a long time. Have you ever gone?

By: kaizerin

kaizerin — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:07:31 +0000

I mentioned our upcoming Knitapalooza By the Bay to my felted-clogs class this week, emphasizing that this was my first chance to knit in person with my Knitting Mentor, and they are very sweetly hyper-excited for me! One insisted we must see Alcatraz and go across the Bridge–I had to gently let her down on both counts. (Unless you really want to do the Bridge.) The teacher was all cooing and envious about our plan to camp out at Artfibers one afternoon, and mentioned Imagiknits, too. And of course, City Lights was mentioned several times.

I think we’ve got us a good plan, m’dear.

By: kaizerin

kaizerin — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:30:22 +0000

My thought is, “Woooooo!”

Oh, did you mean to let you know if we had any coherent thoughts? Um…I’ll work on that.