At 10:28 PM 7/7/2002, Karen Cravens wrote:
>On 5 Jul 2002 at 23:31, Michael J. Feldhusen wrote:
>
> > I'm ready if you are. A target date of September 20 - 22/23 has been
> chosen.
>
> > As for the agenda, anyone have any preferences? To keep with the
> tradition
> > established last year, a visit to a RenFaire is in order. The local
> one is
> > King Richard's Faire .
>
>Oh, that one looks like fun. I'll try to avoid having to put a
>sewing machine on the airplane.
We have one you can borrow, if withdrawal strikes.
>I think the New England Aquarium would be a good visit. (Nearest
>aquarium to us is Denver, a twelve-hour drive or so (well, less now
>that the speed limit's raised.)) And/or the zoo, although we're a
>little less deprived in that regard (we just like seeing new zoos).
Boston has a zoo? (Two actually: .) I've
never been to either, because until recently they were not nice places. I
know that they've done a lot of work on them in recent years, so things may
well have changed.
>And us hicks would probably be pretty impressed by Harvard and MIT,
>too. Dunno about any other attendees.
Given how many friends I have that are students/employees/alumni of MIT,
that should not be a problem. And the outside of Harvard is *very* easy to
see.
>Oh, and Carl needs to see the ocean, of course. (Heck, *I* haven't
>seen one in, um, about a quarter century. Eek.)
Seeing it is easy, you will definitely do so if you fly into Logan (it's an
island in Boston Harbor). Splashing in it could be arranged.
>There should also be a seafood or other Local Food event.
Definitely.
>And at some point during the weekend, it will probably be necessary
>to have a dinner with some alt.folklore.urban folks.
Sounds interesting.
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