![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Busy Weekend
Dec. 9th, 2007 09:14 pmWent to Dickens Fair yesterday with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
scotica, klwilliams, and learnteach (there was also supposed to be a co-worker of klwilliams, but we never ended up connecting). It was fun being a plain old tourist and not attempting to dress up, although if I start going regularly I'd want something appropriate to wear. I have a dress from back the last time I went to Dickens Fair maybe 15 years ago, but like everything else it doesn't fit. The last time I went was back when they were holding it at one of the piers in downtown SF (and I remember it was pretty much unheated and FREEZING). The Cow Palace location works very well for layout -- there was a real sense of a town with hidden nooks and crannies. Ran into staffordcastle who (in character) solicited donations for Egyptian excavations, and several other people I ought to have recognized, but was having trouble doing the context thing.
From there it was off toj_i_m_r's hubby's 50th birthday party. The food was, of course, to die for. I love having foodie friends. Good schmoozing and celebration.
Originally I was thinking of calling around to various of my CL contacts and seeing if anyone was up for a movie today, but when I got up I decided that what I really really wanted to do today was finalize the Xmas shopping list and make the push to finish up the shopping. Mission accomplished. I even had a couple of serious shopping triumphs. And I actually got my act together to write a letter to go with the holiday cards yesterday, so if I put in some serious envelope-addressing time this evening, I can get the cards out tomorrow as well.
scotica, klwilliams, and learnteach (there was also supposed to be a co-worker of klwilliams, but we never ended up connecting). It was fun being a plain old tourist and not attempting to dress up, although if I start going regularly I'd want something appropriate to wear. I have a dress from back the last time I went to Dickens Fair maybe 15 years ago, but like everything else it doesn't fit. The last time I went was back when they were holding it at one of the piers in downtown SF (and I remember it was pretty much unheated and FREEZING). The Cow Palace location works very well for layout -- there was a real sense of a town with hidden nooks and crannies. Ran into staffordcastle who (in character) solicited donations for Egyptian excavations, and several other people I ought to have recognized, but was having trouble doing the context thing.From there it was off to
j_i_m_r's hubby's 50th birthday party. The food was, of course, to die for. I love having foodie friends. Good schmoozing and celebration.Originally I was thinking of calling around to various of my CL contacts and seeing if anyone was up for a movie today, but when I got up I decided that what I really really wanted to do today was finalize the Xmas shopping list and make the push to finish up the shopping. Mission accomplished. I even had a couple of serious shopping triumphs. And I actually got my act together to write a letter to go with the holiday cards yesterday, so if I put in some serious envelope-addressing time this evening, I can get the cards out tomorrow as well.
