From Lynchburg to Pennsic
Jeez, I should visit here a little more often....
For a couple of months, the boy toy and I had been discussing the possibility of going on a little "weekend adventure" around the time of his birthday (June 25). Last year we spent one night in a mom-and-pop motel he found on Travelocity/Expedia/something like that. This time around, I noticed that there would be an SCA event (University of Atlantia) in Lynchburg, a region of Virginia that's part of the Barony of Black Diamond. Never mind that my friends who are Baron and Baroness of Black Diamond would be away at the Known World Dance and Music Symposium in Texas. I figured that we could drive down to Lynchburg on Friday, the boy toy could toodle around Lynchburg on Saturday during my event, and then we could take a leisurely sightseeing drive back to Maryland on Sunday. So that's just what we did.
The boy toy suggested joining Airbnb because his parents have had some good experiences with it. They like having access to a kitchen so that they don't have to eat in restaurants all the time. So I signed up and found a cute little finished basement and kitchenette on a cul-de-sac right in Lynchburg. Two nights, even with the cleaning and administrative fees, came to less than $120.
I should probably write up the details for my Lady Patricia of Trakai blog, but I just wanted to say that at one time between the early-afternoon classes, I was heading to the bathroom when I passed by a woman in a purple dress. She looked familiar ... and it took me a few steps to realize that I had just passed
zhelana, who of course lives in a different SCA kingdom from me, so we've never met in person before. I could have met her! But by the time I made my recognition and turned around, she and I were separated by the crowd in the hallway. I looked for her afterward, but I didn't find her, so I missed my one big chance. Darn....
In other SCA news, tonight I bit the bullet and pre-registered for Pennsic (today's the last day for doing so). I still don't know whether I can actually go because of impending freelance work, but I want to preserve my options.
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For a couple of months, the boy toy and I had been discussing the possibility of going on a little "weekend adventure" around the time of his birthday (June 25). Last year we spent one night in a mom-and-pop motel he found on Travelocity/Expedia/something like that. This time around, I noticed that there would be an SCA event (University of Atlantia) in Lynchburg, a region of Virginia that's part of the Barony of Black Diamond. Never mind that my friends who are Baron and Baroness of Black Diamond would be away at the Known World Dance and Music Symposium in Texas. I figured that we could drive down to Lynchburg on Friday, the boy toy could toodle around Lynchburg on Saturday during my event, and then we could take a leisurely sightseeing drive back to Maryland on Sunday. So that's just what we did.
The boy toy suggested joining Airbnb because his parents have had some good experiences with it. They like having access to a kitchen so that they don't have to eat in restaurants all the time. So I signed up and found a cute little finished basement and kitchenette on a cul-de-sac right in Lynchburg. Two nights, even with the cleaning and administrative fees, came to less than $120.
I should probably write up the details for my Lady Patricia of Trakai blog, but I just wanted to say that at one time between the early-afternoon classes, I was heading to the bathroom when I passed by a woman in a purple dress. She looked familiar ... and it took me a few steps to realize that I had just passed
zhelana, who of course lives in a different SCA kingdom from me, so we've never met in person before. I could have met her! But by the time I made my recognition and turned around, she and I were separated by the crowd in the hallway. I looked for her afterward, but I didn't find her, so I missed my one big chance. Darn....
In other SCA news, tonight I bit the bullet and pre-registered for Pennsic (today's the last day for doing so). I still don't know whether I can actually go because of impending freelance work, but I want to preserve my options.
This entry was originally posted at https://luscious-purple.dreamwidth.org/240695.html. Please feel free to comment either here or there.