Dear, sweet, wonderful people who will be at Gally...
After going through the hell that is extended unemployment, I have raided my retirement fund. It is well worth it, to get me to Gallifrey One next week. I can't afford anything fancy but I will be there, possibly cosplaying Sarah Jane because I have the necessary parts and because I adore Lis Sladen. I will also be knitting with the folks I've met on Ravelry and rooming with 51stcenturyfox and xtricks and will have a good time GODS DAMMIT!
I have a request for someone who will be more mobile through LA. In Portland we can't get real bagels. The best we can get are the ones from Winco, and they're kind of like heavy bread. I realize the great world center of bagels is a toss up between New York and Montreal, although my sister swears the ones from some bakery in Natick, MA are the best she's ever had. (Don't worry about her, though. She was 15 last time she was in Boston...) But compared to Portland bagels, Los Angeles bagels are heavenly. If someone could pick me up a couple of good bagels from somewhere (I haven't been in LA other than to Gally in a long time so I can't suggest anyplace) I would be ever so grateful. I will bring either beer or wine (we do alcoholic beverages really well up here) to trade. Or I can just pay you money.
And before anyone mentions it...last year I tried a bagel from Starbucks. That was not a real bagel. I did not investigate the hotel's restaurants for bagels but I don't trust chain hotel bagels. Bagels at the Embassy Suites in Boca Raton, FL were sort of like Wonder bread with slightly thicker crust. Seriously. In BOCA!
If someone within the sight of my typing can help me out I would be oh, so grateful. And if there are any requests for Oregon beers or wines (if I can afford them) I'll be happy to pick some up, bearing in mind that it will be limited to whatever is at the Made in Oregon store inside security at PDX. They carry an awesome selection, however... And I'll go in on a bottle of Pimms with anyone who wants to split it. Pimms and Sierra Mist sounds pretty good....
I now return you to your regularly scheduled whatever you do, and I now return myself to watching al-Jazeera English (they're interviewing a scholarly sceptic....It's a little depressing.)
I have a request for someone who will be more mobile through LA. In Portland we can't get real bagels. The best we can get are the ones from Winco, and they're kind of like heavy bread. I realize the great world center of bagels is a toss up between New York and Montreal, although my sister swears the ones from some bakery in Natick, MA are the best she's ever had. (Don't worry about her, though. She was 15 last time she was in Boston...) But compared to Portland bagels, Los Angeles bagels are heavenly. If someone could pick me up a couple of good bagels from somewhere (I haven't been in LA other than to Gally in a long time so I can't suggest anyplace) I would be ever so grateful. I will bring either beer or wine (we do alcoholic beverages really well up here) to trade. Or I can just pay you money.
And before anyone mentions it...last year I tried a bagel from Starbucks. That was not a real bagel. I did not investigate the hotel's restaurants for bagels but I don't trust chain hotel bagels. Bagels at the Embassy Suites in Boca Raton, FL were sort of like Wonder bread with slightly thicker crust. Seriously. In BOCA!
If someone within the sight of my typing can help me out I would be oh, so grateful. And if there are any requests for Oregon beers or wines (if I can afford them) I'll be happy to pick some up, bearing in mind that it will be limited to whatever is at the Made in Oregon store inside security at PDX. They carry an awesome selection, however... And I'll go in on a bottle of Pimms with anyone who wants to split it. Pimms and Sierra Mist sounds pretty good....
I now return you to your regularly scheduled whatever you do, and I now return myself to watching al-Jazeera English (they're interviewing a scholarly sceptic....It's a little depressing.)