Jonathan’s Comments (group member since Mar 05, 2009)

Jonathan’s comments from the fiction files redux group.

. . . thanks you guys for trying to sort all of this stuff out! . . . sorry, i haven't been doing more, just kinda crazy, right now . . . so you know, it's totally up to you guys where we stay--i'll pay my share wherever, and it's totally not imperative for the cabin in sequim to be part of it . . . if it ends up we find a place elsewhere, anyone and everyone is welcome to come a day or two early and see the homestead . . . i'm just glad we get to do it yet another year!

. . . ann just bought a bookstore in (if i recall) tennesee . . . i've heard great stuff about this book . . .

seattle is still the best option . . .

. . . it looks like the place is only a couple of miles away . . . i do think we should rent a van for shuttling and day trip purposes . . .

. . . that place looks great . . . looks like we'd have to go for the end of july, because august is booked solid . . .

. . .695 toad road, sequim !

. . . oh no, not at all, patty! . . . my one worry is the bathroom situation . . . mostly where showering is concerned . . . the master bathroom only has a bathtub . . . also, we could start the party at the cabin and move it to another locale after two days or something . . . i just wanna make sure everybody is comfortable, as most people shower more than me!

. . . okay, let's keep looking, and we'l can call the cabin a back-up, this and any year . . .

tons of b&bs nearby, including one that consists of old steam engine cars all dolled up . . . by the time we finish the game room, without anyone sleeping on a couch, we can sleep 12 with two to a room and the moho (there's a built-in RV site on the property, so there is bathroom, water and electric for the moho) . . . lauren and i and owen can tent camp, so can my nephews if they come. . . so can anyone else-- i can scare up tents and sleeping bags . . . it'll be august, and we're in the rain-shadow, so weather promises to be agreeable . . .i'd probably rent a honey bucket or two for the dudes, to go along with the cabin bathrooms and the moho bathroom . . . hope to have the hot tub and outdoor shower by then, too . . .

. . . we could rent a 12 passenger van, so we can take group day trips to olympic national park, port townsend, etc . . .

. . . the kitchen and the main room are perfect for big family meals and drunk bingo--i've got a table with six leaves that will seat 18 of us . . .

. . . all of that said, if seems like there's not enough room, i'm totally game to do it elsewhere . . . it's just that this place is free and setting wise perfect--totally atmospheric and private and magical in a lodgey way . . . also, we could always use it as a back-up if we can't find something else agreeable . . .

. . . i'm fine with whatever the venue, i just thought this might take a little of the financial pressure off . . .

. . .hi lovelies, sorry i've been distant . . .just crazy busy and not online a lot . . . not sure where we are on next years dork yet, but in case nothing has been decided, i'd like to throw out hosting at the cabin this year . . . it's really more of a lodge, i swear, and amazingly lovely and private . . . there's four rooms that sleep two each, there's the moho, and by summer i should be finished converting the game room, and we can sleep a few in there, too . . . plus there's tons room for camping on the property . . . also miles and miles of trails right out the back door . . .

. . . we would be thirty minutes from port townsend, fifteen minutes to the victoria ferry . . . seven minutes from the amazing dungeness spit, thirty minutes from hurricane ridge-- one of the hightlights of olympic national park . . .

. . . another advantage is that it wouldn't cost a cent . . . just throwing that out there in case we haven't found a place yet . . .

. . .whoohoo!!!

. . .why didn't i think of that?

. . .by world, i mean people who buy things . . .

. . . for the record, ben's book is doing great in the world! . . . so glad it's finding the audience it deserves!

. . . adrian, you're priceless!

. . . adrian!

. . . what a bunch of saps! . . .queue the michael mcdonald someone! . . really though, you gals and guys are the best . . . how great to know that one week a year the universe will be totally in balance . . . patty and i are already searching for a place for next year!
xoxo

. . . okay, i'll start looking around, patty!

ha!