Actually, I was thinking it would be sort of like a pet. You know, we could...we could name her Trixie, or Miss Kitty Fantastico, or something.

Tara ,'Empty Places'


Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Hil R. - May 05, 2010 9:02:24 pm PDT #18404 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Reading your travelogue is great, omnis.

I'm surprised that restaurant isn't violating a health code somehow with having the customers cook their own meat.


omnis_audis - May 05, 2010 9:06:35 pm PDT #18405 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

I'm surprised that restaurant isn't violating a health code somehow with having the customers cook their own meat.
Ya right? I have no clue. Seemed real strange. Thankfully I know how to cook, so it was ok. But would not recomend. The "salad bar" was sucky, and that comes from me, who is not a salad lover. and they had a slow cooker with beans, that were bland. Guess they never heard of brown sugar. The corn on the cob was ok.


Cass - May 05, 2010 9:10:13 pm PDT #18406 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

I've been at several restaurants where you cook your own food. There was an amazing supper club in San Diego. Fantastic steaks and very nice bar. Mmmm.


javachik - May 05, 2010 9:16:05 pm PDT #18407 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Yeah, lots of Korean and Mongolian places specialize in letting peeps cook their own meat.


Liese S. - May 05, 2010 10:26:33 pm PDT #18408 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Yup, you passed me today omnis, I`m south of Holbrook. Meteor crater is great, isn`t it? I ignored it for years, then a friend visiting wanted to see it and I`m so glad I went.
 
I don`t know quite how to say this, but the skinwalker thing is real, although significantly more serious than the way you`re understanding it just now. Although, they were unlikely to be a threat to you just passing through. But the area he told you not to stop in is my stomping ground. Heh. Glad you`re having a good trip.


omnis_audis - May 05, 2010 10:33:56 pm PDT #18409 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Yikes! OK. Now I'm curious. But not so much that I want to encounter.

Sad I missed a f2f opportunity. Dang it. Sorry about that.


javachik - May 05, 2010 10:47:04 pm PDT #18410 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Liese, did Hillerman's books get it right? 'cause that's where I got all of my info about stuff like that!


Liese S. - May 05, 2010 10:58:53 pm PDT #18411 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Yeah, omnis, no prob. It`s hard on trips like this to figure out schedule and stuff. If you`d been through yesterday I`d have been directly on your path at one of my locations. Today ended up hectic for me.
 
Hillerman has clearly spent a lot of time out here and is close, but no cigar. Interestingly at least one of his books dealing with skinwalkers takes place in what was literally my backyard in New Mexico. It`s the location of part of the Navajo creation story (Changing Woman). That specific mesa was the property next to my house.


javachik - May 05, 2010 11:02:48 pm PDT #18412 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

I remember that, Liese!

I wonder if part of his only being close and no cigar was intentional. You know, being respectful enough not to share everything?


Hil R. - May 06, 2010 2:52:08 am PDT #18413 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Ow. I got almost no sleep, and I'm in a ton of pain. Can't take anything for it, because anything that will do anything will also make me kind of loopy, and I've got a phone interview later. And what I really want to do is stay home and do the phone interview from my couch in my pajamas, but they're doing some sort of repairs on my apartment building and the water will be turned off for most of the day, so I can't really just stay around here.