World tour
August 22, 2007 | Filed under: Blogology, World Tour
“I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move. ~Robert Louis Stevenson”
This wasn’t meant to be the start of a “World Tour” and I’m not adding venues to the list. These things kind of just happened and I’m considering myself lucky that if I want to fly out to San Francisco on a whim, then I have three lovely people who would tell me to come on down. It actually reminds me of that time Schnozz flew around the country and I was slightly envious because for years I never went anywhere, thus leaving me continuously subjected to the sites and sounds of Capitol Hill unless I made a rare appearance in Virginia. Now I’m going places alright, like to an island called Manhattan (spontaneous, I know) and far west of the Mississippi with a double shot of California. And then perhaps a trip ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.
By the end of it I’ll probably be fatigued but I’ve been holding up well and nothing is broken and I can handle a hangover on a plane quite awesomely thankyouverymuch.
What I enjoy most is the opportunity to see people in their homes and “where the magic happens” (So you craft all of your witty posts from a desk surrounded by Bionicles?? Here I pictured you at a desk listening to Chopin with a glass of chardonnay). I’m always interested to see how people live and why not take that one step further by visiting them. Though suprisingly, when I arrived at Chris’ last week and she saw my car the conversation went something like this:
“You have a car!”
To which I replied “umm, yes how did you think I was going to get here?”
“But you have a car, like with real stuff. I’m just so used to you only being in the computer.”
Which is true, there’s the semi-anonymity that we all have even though we share our lives with words and pictures but still at times it can feel like make believe. Chris lives in a house with seven children, though it really doesn’t feel like seven children when you see them all. And she only had them for slave labor like cutting up vegetables for dinner and picking blueberries. Even her four year old lamented “And we couldn’t even go outside.” Sarcasm aside, she has a life that I’ve read about, but doesn’t feel ‘real’ until I’m picking blueberries with her children and ripping bricks from her backyard (See? Slave labor).*
At least she gives them the good stuff
Anyway, I’m racking up the frequent flier miles while simultaneously running my car into the ground, thus giving me reason to get rid of it. Also, I lied about no more new venues being added, since last night Isabel convinced me to test out other parts of the state that I didn’t know existed since I apparently live in a bubble. And trust me, if Isabel Kallman asks you to do something, just try to resist the charm and the pretty and say no. I dare you.
*For the record, Chris Jordan’s house is like being a summer camp if summer camp had pinot grigio and m&m ice cream sandwiches. I love Chris Jordan’s house and now she and Susan Wagner are going to have to fight for my love.
Marci says:
Aw, WE had children mingling with our Mike’s Hard Lemonade this weekend too!!! Damn chi’rens.
mcgee says:
because i’ve only been reading you for a couple months, i wouldn’t be so presumptious as to say that i “know you” or anything. HOWEVER. because you are awesome and totally rad and because i SWEAR that i am not a crazypsychostalkerbitch, i’d just like to say that i’d also be one of those peeps who’d tell you to “come on down” to san francisco with welcoming arms. or maybe with one arm. holding out a glass of wine.
Moose says:
You should definitely make a San Francisco appearance. The drinking options are epic.
Gooseberried says:
No, I’m telling ya…Arizona, dude. Ar-i-zona! People think the whole state is a desert. If that’s not a reason to visit, then I don’t know what is!
Dagny says:
Moose is correct about the drinking options. We could do a drunken tour of the city.
metalia says:
Come back to NYC soon; there are so many other things that we need to get from Sephora! (Did you try your free mascara yet, by the way?)
musing says:
A fellow quoter! Very nice to meet you.
I enjoyed reading about your travels. And I love San Francisco. I only spent two and a half days there but it won me completely over.
GreenCanary says:
Hold the phone… You drive?
chris says:
I will win the battle for your love.
I want to go to San Francisco. If you go there I will climb into your suitcase and tag along, k? The kids can totally fend for themselves for a few days. They have enough blueberries and ice cream for a few weeks at least.
Nothing But Bonfires says:
Uh, I’m seriously thinking about canceling my trip to Ecuador so we can hang out when you’re in San Francisco. I mean I probably WOULD, if the hotel deposits were refundable and everything. Which they’re not. You’ll just have to come again.