why the Dramamine? The altitude? Proximity to the coast? I do not doubt you, but I was curious.

I remember your Mendocino adventures! That is why it's on the agenda! Was it worth the barfiness?

French Laundry

You know somebody?

I'll always plug our favorite little winery, Vincent Arroyo (in Calistoga). [link]

Quick healing, Raq. Brave~ma for Mal.

I have a conference call in about 15 minutes. Don't wanna.

catching up. Seems some ::blush:: is in order, since Shir and I are entertaining y'all so much. I am more a behind the scenes person. Voyeur, not exhibitionist. So ya. ::blush::

Raq, so much ~ma to you and the family. I'm just waiting on my gall bladder to call it quits. Not looking forward to that. Take it easy. I think you've earned it.

So, a little levity for the group. From the house managers report from Sunday's performance:

A lady comes to the lobby after Cain & Abel and says "There is a man with a black shirt in the back of the theater that keeps talking through the whole show. Can you please tell him to be quiet or talk somewhere else" I asked her to point him out to me, and she pointed to [Artistic Director, who is directed the play].

Dunno why. But that made me laugh and laugh and laugh. Hmm. Maybe I need more sleep.

Pieter Breitner posts on Deb's board.

why the Dramamine? The altitude? Proximity to the coast? I do not doubt you, but I was curious.

The 2 main ways to get to Mendocino from anywhere south is (1) Hwy. 1, which is twisty turny twisty turny, and may cause quease; and (2) Hwy. 101, which is blessedly straight, but nowhere NEAR the coast, so to make your way west, you have to take your pick of roads that are nothing but switchbacks for so long you'll despair of ever reaching the coast. The most common one is 128, which you WILL have to take if you want to see the Magic Beer place.

I shit you not -- Rt. 128's first real stop is in Booneville (home of the Magic Beer), and they have signs (and t-shirts one can buy) calling Rt. 128 the "Dramamine Drive."

I *seriously* wish I had had some, because The Boy barfed on the drive in, and I barfed on the drive out, 4 days later.

I remember your Mendocino adventures! That is why it's on the agenda! Was it worth the barfiness?

WELL worth the barfiness! As long as all you want to do is chill, with minor excursions. (Although I suppose an energetic type could find many hikes, etc. to go on -- but why???)

You know somebody?

A girl can dream! I am hoping I will be able to finangle a midweek lunch reservation with cunning and careful planning.

(But still for some reason I often mix her up with vwbug, because of the lower case and number of letters. Or for some reason.)

I have the worst time mixing up Noise Design with Nora Deirdre when I'm skimming. And they tend to post rather different things, which can be very confusing for me.

From the mouths of children. Another house managers report from this weekend (yes, I'm catching up on e-mails). Act 2 is a Q&A of the show (first 10 chapters of Book of Genesis). Keep in mind, we have a very "rainbow" cast, with Adam being a very dark skinned man, and Eve being pale blue eyed blond gal. So, a 9 year old girls question:

"was Adam black in real like?" ... mother: "we don't know" ... 9 year old: "well, if we don't know that Adam was black, then how do we know that he knew about death?"

Again, maybe I just need more sleep.

A girl can dream!

May your dream come true. You two crazy kids deserve it after the year you've had.

I'm going to recommend ginger capusules rather than Dramamine, so you won't be a zombie when you get there.

Oh, Raq. So much ~ma in your and your family's way.

And omnis, I thought we agreed we're verbal exhibitionists.

Also, I miscalculated. 7 finals, 4 papers. Not 3.