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branchandroot: Ginji and Akabane with a heart (Ginji Akabane Heart)
So, I had a bit of a stealth Disney trip this week, thanks to a conference that was held at the Swan and Dolphin. Self, I thought, we're _right there_. Self, I though, it's going to be the last week of the Food and Wine Festival. Self, I thought, let's do this thing. So I got tickets, made my reservations, even got a silly, light-up bracelet and a 50th Anniversary sticker skin to go on it. And whenever I was not presenting or attending, I nipped out to Epcot.

I'm glad I did, though I doubt I'd go back unless someone else was (once again) paying for it. It was cute, and silly, and pretty, (and almost all outside, which was critical in being willing to do this). But a lot of the rides, I just can't do, because I get motion sick too easily.

However, I will say:
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ETA: Almost forgot to say, I also managed to catch two excellent percussion performances while there (Matsuriza and Jammitors), and it was so worth it.

The one

Oct. 19th, 2021 12:51 pm
branchandroot: Tsuzuki squeeing (Tsuzuki squee)
I have discovered the camper I want to get when I retire. Behold, the Affinity camper van. This is it, this is my rolling hotel suite for one. It's an open-plan camper van, I love it to death. It has solar panels and charging points everywhere, and a full kitchen, and a bathroom with shower tucked in there, and it still looks sleek and un-crowded. Even better, the black-water tank isn't built in, it's a removable rolling tank, which means I could take this baby up to Leelanau State Park, the very definition of a rustic campground.

You can really, really tell that a Scandinavian company was a major partner in this. It's just so slick. Everything folds and unfolds and lifts and rolls perfectly into place or out of the way. The open sight-lines and natural light were clearly a major design priority. Similarly the assumption that you need space for your bike way more than you need a huge television screen. (Accurate.) Likewise, it comes standard with a heater; you pay extra for the optional AC.

So, all in all, it's probably a good thing that I have fifteen years to a) save up and b) wait for it to be available in or shippable to the US. Or, just possibly, for another manufacturer to get with the program, but I'm not holding my breath for that one.

Ok

May. 24th, 2014 02:14 pm
branchandroot: oak against sky (Default)
Server asked if I wanted another scotch 45 minutes after my first. What kind of livers are ther used to here? Getting beef tostadas instead and dropping a few ice cubes in my whiskey.

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