2007 Swanking ideas

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Oh, I truly hope for lots of off-the-record, quasi-spontaneous swank. But I think it's been demonstrated that the official monthly swankings are likely to reach a grand total of Six.

If you want another type of swanking, plan one. I sure as hell don't have time to plan them all.

[€uroMeinke]

I'd love to see a Dita Von Teese Burlesque show the next time she's in the area

[innerSpaceman]

Just a handy re-cap:

Local
Museums and Exhibits
Magritte exhibition at LACMA (and perhaps the Tar Pits)
Getty Malibu
Getty 405
Norton Simon (and the Gamble House)
OC Museum of Art - Birth of the Cool exhibit (September)

Misc.
Eat/Drink at Social in Hollywood
Downtown tour
Greystone Mansion picnic
Sea World
Price is Right taping
Frank Lloyd Wright houses in Hollywood (2)
Celebrity Cemeteries
Local Hikes
Pirates of the Caribbean Sets
RHPS at Queen Mary


Out of Town
Hearst Castle / Big Sur and other central coast things
Winchester Mystery House (San Jose)
Egyptian Museum (San Jose)
LoTs Vegas
Camping
Epcot's Silver Anniversary in October
D.C. for the cherry blossoms, American Indian Museum ... oh and a dozen other fantastic museums and places of national historic interest and awe

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Just a handy re-cap:

Local
Museums and Exhibits
Magritte exhibition at LACMA (and perhaps the Tar Pits)
Getty Malibu
Getty 405
Norton Simon (and the Gamble House)
OC Museum of Art - Birth of the Cool exhibit (September)

Misc.
Eat/Drink at Social in Hollywood
Downtown tour
Greystone Mansion picnic
Sea World
Price is Right taping
Frank Lloyd Wright houses in Hollywood (2)
Celebrity Cemeteries
Local Hikes
Pirates of the Caribbean Sets
RHPS at Queen Mary


Out of Town
Hearst Castle / Big Sur and other central coast things
Winchester Mystery House (San Jose)
Egyptian Museum (San Jose)
LoTs Vegas
Camping
Epcot's Silver Anniversary in October
D.C. for the cherry blossoms, American Indian Museum ... oh and a dozen other fantastic museums and places of national historic interest and awe

Discovery Science Center
Beach BBQ parties
Houseparty Potlucks (we all bring stuff so the host doesn't go broke)
movie nights
bonfires
forest fires
baseball game
hockey game (duh)
train ride to san diego
Catalina

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

train ride to san diego
Catalina

How about a train ride to Catalina?

[RStar]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

How about a train ride to Catalina?

On a short pier?

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

Discovery Science Center
Beach BBQ parties
Houseparty Potlucks (we all bring stuff so the host doesn't go broke)
movie nights
bonfires
forest fires
baseball game
hockey game (duh)
train ride to san diego
Catalina

forest fires?

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by DreadPirateRoberts

forest fires?

Yeah, that one caught my attention as well. I think I'll bow out on the forest fire swanking.

[Not Afraid]

As for hiking, LA Mountains is a great site that outlines all of the hiking areas in the (surprise) LA Mountains.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

If you want another type of swanking, plan one. I sure as hell don't have time to plan them all.

No, no, no ... you miss my point. (And it's not even mine, but one I am relaying for someone who has no internet access at the moment).

In rougly six pages of ideas, most of them intriguing and worthwhile, the suggestions are heavy on museums and out-of-town trips. Let's face it: Out-of-town swankings will be hard to pull off ... and I expect, in the end, for there to be few or one of them.

I'm just passing on a request to vary the types of activities when the eventual selections are made from the genuinely good ideas contributed thus far, and in the future.

But no obligation is being pressed on anyone to do or plan anything. Nothing of the sort.