BS: Seattle, January 19-24....

Subject: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Rapparee
Date: 14 Oct 06 - 09:13 PM

Is anything (besides ALA Midwinter at the Convention Center) going on in Seattle January 19 - 24? I'll be attending the Conference, mostly.

Alert the Quilt Shops. My wife will almost certainly be coming too.

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Oct 06 - 09:37 PM

Maybe it's time that YOU and I finally meet ... face to face. I'll PM you my private e-mail. Maybe "Bride Judy" and I can host you and yours for an evening of music. CHEERS, Bob

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Don Firth
Date: 14 Oct 06 - 11:09 PM

Here, too. Are you going to get a chance to see the new Seattle Public Library while you're here, or is that where the conference is taking place? Gotta get together!

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Don Firth
Date: 14 Oct 06 - 11:11 PM

Oh! I should read more carefully. Convention Center. That's not all that far from where I live.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Deckman
Date: 14 Oct 06 - 11:32 PM

Don ... Let's get together and host a hoot for him!!!! Whatcha' think? Bob

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Don Firth
Date: 15 Oct 06 - 12:13 AM

Sounds good! Let's talk.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Amergin
Date: 15 Oct 06 - 12:50 AM

I can tell you that Rap is a very nice fellow, as nice and funny in person as he is online. I met him when he came here to Portland some time ago.

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Rapparee
Date: 15 Oct 06 - 10:49 AM

Amerigin, you only think that because I drugged your "coffee."

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Stewart
Date: 15 Oct 06 - 05:06 PM

Don and Bob and Rapaire, I've got a place in north Seattle, as you know, that would be fine for a 'hoot.' Also, there's our weekly Tuesday open mic at the Ravenna Third Place Books - see Victory Music. You can also check out their event calendar closer to when you come. And the Seattle Folklore Society has weekly concerts. Then there are many coffee houses and pubs in the area with live music. And NW Seaport usually has it's 3rd Sat concert at the Wood Boat Center on South Lake Union (close to downtown). So there's a lot going on. Hope to see you then.

Cheers, S. in Seattle

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: GUEST,Amergin
Date: 15 Oct 06 - 05:31 PM

Rap, you really shouldn't be bragging to everyone that you tried to slip me a roofie.....it could be taken wrong...

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Rapparee
Date: 15 Oct 06 - 05:35 PM

Chlorate hydrate. Friend of shanghaiers everywhere. You stayed in Portland only because I couldn't sell your body to an outbound sea captain.

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Amergin
Date: 15 Oct 06 - 05:42 PM

Well, since you look more like a used car salesman than a librarian...I can understand why.

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Rapparee
Date: 15 Oct 06 - 06:03 PM

I'm actually thin and gaunt...well, here's a recent drawing of me.

You actually met my evil twin.

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Deckman
Date: 15 Oct 06 - 08:37 PM

Stew ... A great idea. Your home is central to everything and everybody! Bob

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Amergin
Date: 15 Oct 06 - 08:42 PM

Well, Rap, he looks a lot better than the twin I met... ;)

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Rapparee
Date: 15 Oct 06 - 08:47 PM

Almost everyone looks better than me. Except for my brothers.

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Don Firth
Date: 15 Oct 06 - 09:31 PM

Sounds good, Stewart. As far as I can tell at this point, it works for me.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Den
Date: 16 Oct 06 - 08:35 AM

I am going to the conference too to do some judging on behalf of the John Cotton Dana Awards committee.

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: MAG
Date: 16 Oct 06 - 08:49 AM

I will be at the conference too. Am I in?

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Deckman
Date: 16 Oct 06 - 09:08 AM

Stew ... sounds like, weather permitting, you've got yourself another hoot! (that'll teach you to offer your place)! CHEERS, Bob

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Miken
Date: 23 Oct 06 - 10:06 PM

Bob just clued me in yesterday and I am up for it too!!!
thanks Bob, and thanks to you Stewar for the venue.
Mike

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Rapparee
Date: 23 Oct 06 - 10:29 PM

Those of us around the Washington State Convention Center are gonna either need rides or directions....

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Deckman
Date: 23 Oct 06 - 11:54 PM

If you take the convention elevator to the basement level, you can step right out on the freeway. Hitchhiking is easy from there ... if you can get them the cars to slow down a little! Bob

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: MAG
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 02:07 PM

how far is far? i'm driving and can take people -- this will force me to clean out the back seat.

(assuming i have in and out garage at my hotel.)

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Rapparee
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 08:46 PM

8.57 miles, according to Mapblast or -quest or one of them Map things.

Neither my wife nor I will have a car. Kin we ride in yours? And maybe Den, too?

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Deckman
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 09:51 PM

Stew's home is about 20 minutes from there, I'm guessing. However, you can mkae it in five minutes at three in the morning! Bob

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: MAG
Date: 24 Oct 06 - 11:29 PM

ok, that's dibs on my three passenger seats. Anybody else from the conference, you gotta check w/ whose ever lap is involved.

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Den
Date: 25 Oct 06 - 08:27 AM

I kind of feel we have maybe backed Stew into a corner here. I'm not sure I will have much time to do anything outside my duties at the conference. It will be a whirlwind trip and then off to Vancouver Island to visit the in-laws. Maybe we can meet for a coffee or a beer Rapaire?

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Rapparee
Date: 25 Oct 06 - 09:32 AM

Or whatever, sure. But having done the "Notable Books" gig I understand your point about maybe not having time.

Then again, tell them it's field research for the JCD Award and charge ALA for it.

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: GUEST,mg
Date: 25 Oct 06 - 02:24 PM

There is very good bus service in Seattle..I am sure anyone can get there..and home if at a reasonable hour. mg

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: harpmolly
Date: 25 Oct 06 - 02:31 PM

Welcome to Seattle in advance, Rapaire! :)

Molly

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Rapparee
Date: 10 Dec 06 - 01:17 PM

Well, it looks like my wife won't be coming with me after all. She's going to run a "quilting camp sleep-over" that weekend.

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Deckman
Date: 10 Dec 06 - 02:18 PM

WELL ... SHUCKY DARN! (which is polite speak for something stronger). Bob

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Rapparee
Date: 10 Dec 06 - 04:21 PM

I'm going to bring the keys to liquor cabinet with me.

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Deckman
Date: 10 Dec 06 - 04:25 PM

Looking forward to trading songs with you! Bob

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Ebbie
Date: 10 Dec 06 - 05:08 PM

Rap, what a trusting soul you are. Were I she (roll that around on your tongue) I would stock said liquor cabinet and change the locks. (I love to hear men sob.)

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Rapparee
Date: 10 Dec 06 - 08:38 PM

Ebbie, we have a cabinet full of wonderful liquors: Knob Creek bourbon, 16 year old Bushmill's Irish, Red Breast Irish, single malt scotch of several varieties, Black Bush, Tullamore Dew, and the list goes on and on.

And we rarely sip any of it, truth to tell.

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Deckman
Date: 10 Dec 06 - 09:33 PM

HEY ... Let's gather at YOUR PLACE! CHEERS, Bob

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Rapparee
Date: 10 Dec 06 - 09:50 PM

We might do that one of these days, Bob. We just might.

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Deckman
Date: 10 Dec 06 - 10:09 PM

Actually ... it sounds kinda interesting? Bob

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Don Firth
Date: 10 Dec 06 - 10:17 PM

Uh . . . you couldn't bring the liquor cabinet with you, perchance?

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: MAG
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 10:02 PM

Am I still doing the ferry thing? or has this become a guys' night out?

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 10:10 PM

Damn, but I wish I was back in Seattle!

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Rapparee
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 10:22 PM

Ferry...cross the Puget...nah, doesn't work.

As far as I know it's co-ed. Maybe we can get a bunch of other librarians, liberians, and libertarians to come too.

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Don Firth
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 10:50 PM

Libertines too?

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Rapparee
Date: 12 Dec 06 - 09:01 AM

Yeah, I missed them. All them Lib types.

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Rapparee
Date: 02 Jan 07 - 11:45 AM

For whatever it's worth, I will arrive on January 19 and leave on the 24th. I will be at the Mayflower Hotel.

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Deckman
Date: 02 Jan 07 - 11:56 AM

Looking forward to meeting you, finally. I'll get in touch with Stew today. I haven't seen him since, let's see now ... Oh yes ... YESTERDAY! CHEERS, Bob

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Amergin
Date: 02 Jan 07 - 03:31 PM

Sounds like you all are getting together quite a party....anyways have fun! Just don't be too afraid to stuff a bottle of liquor in Rap's mouth if he starts telling too many of his stories. ;)

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: MAG
Date: 03 Jan 07 - 03:09 AM

I'll be at the Red Lion supposedly 2 blocks from conv.cntr.

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle, January 19-24....
From: Deckman
Date: 03 Jan 07 - 09:48 PM

Rap ... I'm pming you shortly! Bob