Denver bound!
I’m going to be in Denver on a minibreak from Friday to Monday! If you’re in the area and would like to meet up for coffee or a drink or show off your favorite Denver haunts, please drop a comment here or email me at pizzadiavola at gmail. I’ve never been to Denver and am very excited!
Random Silliness: 8 Homes
Renee tagged me for random weekend silliness, which was sorely needed this past weekend (I cannot wait for the election to be here, counted, certified, and over). Er, so much so that I didn’t actually get to it until the weekend was over. But Monday is a good day for random silliness, right?
Where Would Your 8 Homes Be?
List them. You don’t have to list your reasons, but if you do at least for a few of them, it would be more fun. And remember that the only rule is: the homes must be within the borders of the United States of America or else, within the borders of the country you live in, so as to utterly emulate the McCains. When you’re done, tag 8 people, so that they may join in the self-indulgence, forgetting about the crappy property market and the equivalent of The End of Pompeii on Wall-Street. You could spend your time hammering your doors and windows shut in preparation for the apocalypse instead, but it would be much less fun.
The John McCain meme was actually more difficult than I thought it would be, because most of the places I’d want to live are either abroad or where I’m currently living.
1. San Francisco, CA. I love SF, possibly more than any place I’ve ever lived before. I love the liberal culture, the activism, the street fairs, the weather, the architecture, the SOLE restaurant culture, the farmers markets, the diversity, the opera, the symphony, the walks, the neighborhoods, etc.
2. Boston, MA. I have friends there, which is the primary draw. That and the Harvard Book Store.
3. Ashland, OR. I would like to go to the Shakespeare festival. We visited years ago and it was a very cute, walkable town, with lots of trees and plants. There was also a used bookstore and an ice cream shop.
4. Hardwick, VT. Well, I guess I wouldn’t just want a flat there, I’d want to live there and participate in the SOLE agriculture-based economic revival.
5. Somewhere around Tahoe, close enough to a lake to walk there. Swimming and bathing in a freshwater lake is refreshing and the air up there is amazingly clear. There are plants and wildlife everywhere and although it’s not silent, the distinct lack of electronic humming is soothing and relaxing.
6. Hippie town, NC. I forget what it’s called, but a friend used to live in this small town in NC that’s very liberal. He’d wait tables and save up some money, then take off to go camping until the cash ran out and then he’d wait tables again. Lots of environmentalists, potheads, musicians, and artists.
7. Washington, D.C. In order to more easily attend protests and demonstrations. Honestly, mostly because I’m running out of ideas. The museums are great and free and the WNO is decent.
8. Chicago, IL. It’d be nice to have somewhere to stop over on cross-country flights. I haven’t spent much time there, so it’d be nice to get to know the city.
I tag tarigwaemir and sahiya.
