Friends of Tom Vacation!

[John Junk 2.0]

Maybe we all need a break!   

[Chris L]

Oh, I need a vacation, but for unrelated reasons.  I'm even thinking of going to the beach, which I never do because how dare that riffraff gawk at my alabaster backfat. 

[Martin]

I'm going on a three-day blitz to London on Tuesday.

[erika]

I have 90+ hours of vacation time and no money.

So I'm staying home (in my new house) from work for a WHOLE WEEK at the end of the month. Naptime here I come!

[Andy]

staycation.

[Forrest]

Logging.........out.

[buffcoat]

I'm going on a three-day blitz to London on Tuesday.

Blitz and London in the same sentence?  I thought the Swedes were neutral.

[Martin]

I'm going on a three-day blitz to London on Tuesday.

Blitz and London in the same sentence?  I thought the Swedes were neutral.

Hey, don't be a Messerschmidt. I'm a Patriot. No need to throw a Tomahawk at me. I'm only Scudding over there to have some fun. Working on a mixtape for the trip - I'm thinking Taurus Woman (Subterraneans), Sidewinder (Lee Morgan), B52s, and various Panzerfaust releases.

H-bomb.

[mokin]

That's funny. Joanna is taking a hiatus from both this board and another she posts to (the PPK) until Sept 22. Apparently she can't stand when boards get meta and start talking about what's wrong with the board and how awesome the board used to be. And that's what's happening on both the message boards she posts to.

I'm sticking around, though.

[yesno]

can anyone think of anywhere worthwhile to spend a day between nyc and Denver by car? My ladyfriend and I shall be doing that drive. Maybe STL?  I drive through there anyway. Or maybe Chicago. We did new Orleans on a road trip between Georgia and Colorado once and it was so worth it, even for just 1 day.

[masterofsparks]

can anyone think of anywhere worthwhile to spend a day between nyc and Denver by car? My ladyfriend and I shall be doing that drive. Maybe STL?  I drive through there anyway. Or maybe Chicago. We did new Orleans on a road trip between Georgia and Colorado once and it was so worth it, even for just 1 day.

Chicago is definitely worth a day.

[Clint]

We did new Orleans on a road trip between Georgia and Colorado once and it was so worth it, even for just 1 day.

Pre-Katrina I presume. Doesn't seem like there's alot to see there right now.

[yesno]

We did new Orleans on a road trip between Georgia and Colorado once and it was so worth it, even for just 1 day.

Pre-Katrina I presume. Doesn't seem like there's alot to see there right now.

Yeah, maybe 6 months pre-Katrina.  "Lucky" I guess.

It's my understanding that the Old City/French Quarter area is largely unaffected.

I visited old town Alexandria today.   Good place to visit.  It's like the ultimate distillation of the charm of the DC area, at least architecturally.  Not a lot of shops or anything that I would be into.  Nice used bookstore.

[John Junk 2.0]

I'm either already back from my vacation after four hours, or I haven't started it yet.  I can't decide.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

I had a really nice vacation.  I went to AST for the first time, which is a great place to visit but you wouldn't want to live there.  I went to some music blogs, a comic book message board, designed some custom Nikes but didn't buy them, clicked through Stumbleupon a few times, and oh yeah!!  Wrote twelve pages.  Forgot to bring my camera, though.