2007 Swanking ideas

[Babette]

Riding on the Metro...
Thank you. Better song to have in my head!


hee hee I said head

[Not Afraid]

Well, if we're talking international travel........Berlin, Prague and Bucharest would be quite fine.

[Kevy Baby]

Or Tijuana!

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

How about Banf National Park and Calgary, Alberta. Beautiful place.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Or Tijuana!
Due to accusations that police weapons have been used in organized crime, all police in Tijuana have been stripped of their arms for inspection to discover any links. And the military troops that were supposed to come in to make up for that haven't arrived.


So depending on your perspective, this is either the best or worst time to visit Tijuana.

[Capt Jack]

Or Tijuana!

pass

every time, without fail, Ive ventured beyond the southern border, complete disaster ensues.

never again

[Kevy Baby]

I was mainly joking (as Tijuana is about as an un-international foreign land that I can think of).

I've only been once (a couple of years ago) and I was underwhelmed.

[MouseWife]

I live a stones throw from T.J. and we always joke about going there.

I don't know why, if they suspected some of the police guns as being used in murders, why they didn't take a small amount of them at a time to be tested? Instead of taking them all?

[Morrigoon]

I made this suggestion to NA yesterday: How about a swinging swanking (not THAT kind!) at Memories (http://www.memoriesdancing.com)?

[lashbear]

So depending on your perspective, this is either the best or worst time to visit Tijuana.

We were thinking of strolling over the border and having a look - should we still plan this ?

[Cadaverous Pallor]

We were thinking of strolling over the border and having a look - should we still plan this ?Dude - No. Not exactly swanky. Ick.

[Alex]

We were thinking of strolling over the border and having a look - should we still plan this ?

I hear they have donkey shows.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

It's fortunate that you're looking to swankcamp the month prior to our wedding, during which Tom and I shall not have time to admit that we enjoy camping (if, by camping, you mean returning nightly to a cozy national park lodge.) Or, hell, go in June-- we're out of the state for the entirety.

Museums, however? Bring 'em on! Can't get enough of 'em. Also dance performances and restauarants and other interesting outings.

For instance, has anyone been to Topanga Canyon recently, or brunch at the Inn of the Seventh Ray (http://www.innoftheseventhray.com/home.htm)? It's our favorite restaurant in the city.

[Alex]

(if, by camping, you mean returning nightly to a cozy national park lodge.)

I have a friend for whom "camping" means downgrading the hotel down to Best Western. Motel 6 is the equivelant of a hike-in primitive campground where you have to bury your own waste and haul out the used toilet paper.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I have a friend for whom "camping" means downgrading the hotel down to Best Western. Motel 6 is the equivelant of a hike-in primitive campground where you have to bury your own waste and haul out the used toilet paper.
Oh, so you've met my parents?

[innerSpaceman]

Oooh, I second the Inn of the Seventh Ray in Topanga for a brunch swanking. It's a drive and a half, but worth it. Maybe it could be combined with an optional Malibu Mountains hike afterwards.


Oh, and for swankiness - - how can our bunch continue to avoid a performance at the Walt Disney Concert Hall? We simply must find a program with swank appeal, and attend before another season goes by.


(Feb. 8 - 11 - Lang Lang plays Chopin, which I mention because the L.A. Philharmonic will be conducted by the swankily-named Vassily Sinaisky. I think it's an omen.)

[MouseWife]

Not to jump off track~ has anyone seen 'Triple Espresso'? I have, once, and it was fun. A lot of crowd interaction.

Hiking in Malibu? Are these difficult ones? :blush:

I know people who won't stay anywhere but 4 star. Sadly, these same people I would love to take to Yosemite for fun but I doubt it will ever happen.

I don't mind so much, as long as if it is indoor, there aren't bugs. If it is outdoors, what can you expect, right?

[CoasterMatt]

I hear they have donkey shows.
Like Shrek 4D?

[innerSpaceman]

Here's something at the Disney Concert Hall for Geeks:

Monday, March 5:


John Williams, the acknowledged master of film music, will present a tribute to Bernard Herrmann, hosted by Martin Scorsese, as well as a look inside the legendary Spielberg/Williams collaboration, hosted by Steven Spielberg. You'll see classic film clips on a big screen and hear some of the most memorable moments in film music, played live by the Philharmonic. The artists will even demonstrate "Techniques of Film Scoring" by running a clip from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade without music, and then, after discussing the process of "spotting," running the scene again, accompanied live by the orchestra.

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Sunday, January 21, 2007, beginning at 10:00 AM (online and phone) and at noon (at the Box Office).

Geek-Swanky Enough??

[mousepod]

Well spotted, iSm. Sounds tres swanky.

[RStar]

Yes, I've been there several times in the last year. It's a very pleasant spot.

Thanks Steve!

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

(Feb. 8 - 11 - Lang Lang plays Chopin, which I mention because the L.A. Philharmonic will be conducted by the swankily-named Vassily Sinaisky. I think it's an omen.)

Who knows if I'll have the money for that after putting down my apt. deposit but I'll be hopeful and say YES to Chopin!

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

So ... swank camping. Let's do it! Where and when?

I've never been to Sequoia/King's Canyon ... so that's my personal preference. Of course, some of our very own swankers have never been to Yosemite, a situation that must be remedied at some point.

zapppop and I are in the Grand Canyon the first week of June, so I request camping any other time but that.

I'd love to camp at Sequoia. I've never been there. Yosemite, too.

Also, one of my aunt's best friends is caretaker to some lovely botanical gardens in Santa Barbara, so I'll suggest there, as well.

I'm also suggesting we go to a high tea somewhere in the city.

[€uroMeinke]

I'm also suggesting we go to a high tea somewhere in the city.

I scanned this as hitting the High Seas and envisioned transforming some derelict freighter into the LoT Floating Commune (and casino)

[Prudence]

Offshore swankings....hmmmm.....

[€uroMeinke]

Offshore swankings....hmmmm.....

In international waters - mind you

We'd be pirates of swank
:argghh:

[Morrigoon]

Yes, high tea would be very swank. We could be The Ladies Who LoT.

Also putting in a vote for an early spring TJ shopping trip.

[Not Afraid]

Yeah, I want to go to TJ. Just for an afternoon. I really do!

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

I scanned this as hitting the High Seas and envisioned transforming some derelict freighter into the LoT Floating Commune (and casino)

Way better than tea. I'm with you.

[JWBear]

I scanned this as hitting the High Seas and envisioned transforming some derelict freighter into the LoT Floating Commune (and casino)

The S.S. Swanketania?

[€uroMeinke]

The S.S. Swanketania?

I shall ring up the Commodore immediately!

[Prudence]

This idea excites me even more than the commune on land! Even if it does mean somewhat fewer sheep.

[Morrigoon]

The first ever travelling LoT commune?

[Prudence]

Zomg! It could move! I got hung up on the exhilaration of being outside national borders. But movement?! We would have the swankiest tenders ever.

[Morrigoon]

Greystone (http://www.seeing-stars.com/Live/Greystone.shtml) Mansion Picnic?

I officially love you. I don't even have a ring on my finger yet, but I just picked the site of my future wedding. That location has everything I ever wanted, and I don't even have to travel to Scotland to get it!

:snap:

[Gemini Cricket]

I officially love you. I don't even have a ring on my finger yet, but I just picked the site of my future wedding. That location has everything I ever wanted, and I don't even have to travel to Scotland to get it!

:snap:
And according to the website you can get married to Jay Mohr there if you like.
:D

J/K I think it's purdy.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

If this is already on the list, I apologize.

http://www.barnsdallpark.com/

One of my favorite spots in L.A. and affords one of the most gorgeous views (on a clear day or night) of Hollywood and the valley below.

Plus, it's got Frank Lloyd Wright buildings.

[Not Afraid]

I was just talking about gong to Hollyhock House!

[JWBear]

Maybe we can take up a collection and buy this (http://www.ssunitedstates.org/photos.htm), and turn it into the Swanketania... :cool:

[Motorboat Cruiser]

I officially love you. I don't even have a ring on my finger yet, but I just picked the site of my future wedding. That location has everything I ever wanted, and I don't even have to travel to Scotland to get it!

:snap:

We aim to please. :)

[Ghoulish Delight]

Oh thank god, Tijuana's police force as been rearmed (http://www.nbc4.tv/news/10833857/detail.html?dl=headlineclick)...by Bart Simpson and Dennis the Menace.

[Not Afraid]

Soooooo. February?

[JWBear]

Soooooo. February?

Bill and I will be kinda busy in February....

[Kevy Baby]

We're stil nowhere near 2,007 ideas. I think I've only seen a couple dozen so far.

[innerSpaceman]

Soooooo. February?


How 'bout we have Find Me a Boyfriend Day before February 14th?

[Morrigoon]

Maybe we should drag Lashie down?

[JWBear]

How 'bout we have Find Me a Boyfriend Day before February 14th?

Ooooo.... That's a dangerous thing to ask this crowd! ;)

[Kevy Baby]

Maybe we should drag Lashie down?Lashstoat may have something to say about that.

[lashbear]

Maybe we should drag Lashie down?
hehehehehehehe... you said Drag !
Lashstoat may have something to say about that.
Well, if it's Tijuana you're talking about - he won't go there without a group of us, so it would be perfect.

If youre talking about Drag, then that leaves him cold (when I do it). :p

[Morrigoon]

Let's do this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIaBThV1ekcct

[innerSpaceman]

linky no worky

[Kevy Baby]

Let's do this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIaBThV1ekcctThe url contained a malformed video id.


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[innerSpaceman]

Hmmm, not a bad swanking idea after all.

[Morrigoon]

Maybe now it'll work right:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIaBThV1ekc

[innerSpaceman]

That's a stretch.

[Moonliner]

Oh goodie goodie gumdrops. It's my own personal mini-swanking

I'm off on a three day jaunt up to New York City for a trade show.

It ain't no anaheim, but it ain't my desk either. So color me ready to go.

TKTS and hotel p0rn movies here I come!

[Not Afraid]

The Charles Phoenix thing would be fun! Great idea.

Moonie, have fun in NYC!

[innerSpaceman]

I think a group swanking to NYC would be swellerific.



Where's that LoT RoadTrip bus???

[Not Afraid]

"Come on get happy!"

[DreadPirateRoberts]

"Come on get happy!"

That's a good age test.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I think a group swanking to NYC would be swellerific.



Where's that LoT RoadTrip bus???We're tentatively looking at a ~2 week adventure to Chicago, NYC, and possibly Boston following Columbus Day.

[Moonliner]

This Monday would work better for me.

Is that a problem? :D

[Stan4dSteph]

We're tentatively looking at a ~2 week adventure to Chicago, NYC, and possibly Boston following Columbus Day.I assume you're flying from Chicago to NYC? They're not very close together you know...

[Ghoulish Delight]

I assume you're flying from Chicago to NYC? They're not very close together you know...
Yes, the plan was to fly (the cities were not chosen for proximity but simply because they were the cities we wanted to visit).

[Alex]

But it is a pretty nice road trip, particularly if it is early (or late) summer and you go up north through Canada.

My drive from Chicago, through Michigan, into Canada, crossing back over at Niagara Falls, side tripping to Cooperstown for a visit to the Baseball Hall of Fame, and then on to New York City (which we bypassed but drove close enough to to see the Statue of Liberty on our way to Boston) was a very nice drive. Except for the monster mosquitoes at an uncivilized campground (which was beautiful at dawn but horrible through the night of being consumed) somewhere in upstate New York.

[Ghoulish Delight]

A long road trip is in the cards one of these days, probably involving stops at baseball stadiums along the way. But seeing 2 major cities in under 2 weeks leaves little travel time so it will have to wait until another year.

[Stan4dSteph]

But it is a pretty nice road trip, particularly if it is early (or late) summer and you go up north through Canada.

My drive from Chicago, through Michigan, into Canada, crossing back over at Niagara Falls, side tripping to Cooperstown for a visit to the Baseball Hall of Fame, and then on to New York City (which we bypassed but drove close enough to to see the Statue of Liberty on our way to Boston) was a very nice drive. Except for the monster mosquitoes at an uncivilized campground (which was beautiful at dawn but horrible through the night of being consumed) somewhere in upstate New York.Yes, but as GD said, given the 2 week time frame, there's no time left to explore Chicago and NYC.

Alex, you visited my stomping grounds! Sorry about the mosquitoes.