tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post4746736079107332809..comments2024-03-22T05:18:29.555-04:00Comments on Romance Bandits: Time TravelLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-74519534068013855352007-11-06T22:06:00.000-05:002007-11-06T22:06:00.000-05:00Ladies, it was a pleasure sharing the hopes and dr...Ladies, it was a pleasure sharing the hopes and dreams and treasures of you all.<BR/><BR/>And Kate, Caren.....I'm ready. I hear troll dolls are duty free :-)Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12566704374877697300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-50690602648396526302007-11-06T21:03:00.000-05:002007-11-06T21:03:00.000-05:00Jeanne, tell me when the UK tour starts! Joan has ...Jeanne, tell me when the UK tour starts! Joan has already packed a trunk (we will not ask about the contents) and I usually carry my passport around with me. *g*Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352366686017375279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-27985300990178976802007-11-06T20:58:00.000-05:002007-11-06T20:58:00.000-05:00Joanie, your closet scares me!! Troll dolls?? LOL....Joanie, your closet scares me!! Troll dolls?? LOL. But your trip through the Roman exhibit sounds fabulous! <BR/><BR/>My dream travel plans...I have so many. I've never been but want to go to New Zealand, Australia, Tuscany, the Great Wall of China, and Cornwall. I'd like to take a long drive up the West Coast from LA to Seattle. I want to go back to Paris and Scotland and just wander around for a few weeks. A bike trip through the Loire Valley would be nice. I love New York and need to go back soon.<BR/><BR/>Obviously, I need to quit the day job so I can spend quality time traveling. :-)Kate Carlislehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16863555050062113192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-82793790260897360202007-11-06T20:03:00.000-05:002007-11-06T20:03:00.000-05:00Oh what a fun post, Joanie! I had this mental ima...Oh what a fun post, Joanie! I had this mental image of you lurking in the museum, just watching for the docent to look away while you ran your loving hand down that marble statue's...well, ahem. You know. Heehee.<BR/>Its funny to think about closets and the treasures therein. I think the trolls are cool - then again, I love the cape too. I have several that I can't part with. I also have several of my Mama's 1940's vintage dance dresses that I can neither wear nor part with (Size 4 or 6) I have a gorgeous silk blazer that fits, but is out of style, but it was so flattering and I loved it so much, can't part with it either. Otherwise, most of my closet is clear. Like Christie, I renovated, and as part of that we put IN the closet, so ask me this same question in oh...ten years? The answer will be much different, I'm sure. Ha!<BR/>Travel. There are so MANY places. I absolutely have to go to one place though and that's Scotland. I'm Scots on both sides of the family and I've never been. I'm Welsh, English, Irish and German too, but nothing calls to me like Scotland. :> I've been to Africa, Switzerland, and France, but haven't gotten to my own personal goal-to-get-there yet. I'm waiting for my youngest to get a weeeee bit older then pouf! Off like a shot. Grins. So Joanie and Caren, you up for a UK tour - Scotland, Ireland, England, Wales? Bwah-ha-ha! The Bandita's take the Isles.Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-44764327162300571372007-11-06T19:09:00.000-05:002007-11-06T19:09:00.000-05:00Joan, I expect Gavin will throw Pepper out when I'...Joan, I expect Gavin will throw Pepper out when I'm gone, but I also expect not to care at that point. :-) It's funny, the significance things like stuffed toys acquire.<BR/><BR/>Donna and Caren, I'm so glad to know I'm not the only person who buys Christmas gifts in advance, puts them away carefully, and then forgets about them.<BR/><BR/>Christie, good luck with the ongoing renovations. May you have closets soon!<BR/><BR/>Downundergirl (Amy), the Orient Express does have a romantic appeal, entirely apart from Agatha Christie. Who wants to ride with murderers? Uck! But the idea of seeing big parts of the world roll past at a comparatively slow rate is pretty cool. BTW, I still own leggings. I wear them to the gym.<BR/><BR/>Susan, I'm so jealous on Amsterdam! I can't really decide whether it would be better in the spring, when I could see tulips and countryside and windmills, or in the winter, with snow.<BR/><BR/>Mshellion, I'm a packrat, too. That's why I so loathe moving. I do have to clean out the closet occasionally, but not very often.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-55598021007534964642007-11-06T16:34:00.000-05:002007-11-06T16:34:00.000-05:00I refuse to discuss my closet. I'm such a pack rat...I refuse to discuss my closet. I'm such a pack rat, I embarrass other pack rats.<BR/><BR/>Place I'd love to go: SCOTLAND. Actually just get me to the UK, anywhere, and I'll just amuse myself for a few years, thanks. I also think The Netherlands would be interesting...Hellie Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03933713255844695337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-31786200177374302082007-11-06T15:57:00.000-05:002007-11-06T15:57:00.000-05:00Did someone say....donut?Did someone say....donut?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-40949085573049915292007-11-06T15:14:00.000-05:002007-11-06T15:14:00.000-05:00Helen. I remember having a little diary when I was...Helen. I remember having a little diary when I was a youngster. It had a lock with a key. It might be somewhere in my Mom's house. It's so cool to see what you'd been thinking, feeling so many years ago.<BR/><BR/>Anna I bet you rivaled the queen in your beloved pant suit. And Scheherezade? Well, she was a story teller so you weren't so far off.<BR/><BR/>Christmas ornaments. Now those I have a hard time parting with. I have two painted glass ones from the '50's that hung on our tree when I was growing up.<BR/><BR/>AC you amaze me with the depth and breadth of your travels. When I win the lottery....<BR/><BR/>Ireland is in the EU and they've stamped my passport every time! I think I'll go get it out and pretend I'm going. Cue the pub songs.<BR/><BR/>I still have a huge box of LP's, Caren. The entire Monkee collection, Bread, my rebel album Three Dog Night. Bobby Sherman one Neil Diamond. The original soundtrack from Jesus Christ Superstar!<BR/><BR/>Suzanne. You were lucky having a hope chest...all I managed was a hope drawer. But oh, how I spent my youth putting aside things for the time I would marry. Sigh. Don't have the items or the drawer anymore but remember my new saying?Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12566704374877697300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-91834951410189946222007-11-06T14:59:00.000-05:002007-11-06T14:59:00.000-05:00Wow Joan, you had to have been thrilled being that...Wow Joan, you had to have been thrilled being that close to the history you love. <BR/><BR/>Speaking of going down memory lane, I'm getting ready to go home to visit my parents. I adore them both, but they have a few quirks, and my dad loves to throw things away. But buried deep in the bowels of his basement, safely tucked up under a workbench by my mother who is a saver, is my old hope chest. Inside it are all those little kid things and young mother things I've kept for years, including the first outfit each of my kids wore when coming home from the hospital. I'm planning on retrieving my middle daughter's outfit, so she can dress her daughter in it if she chooses.Suzanne Ferrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761579189372602292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-41914781045541195222007-11-06T14:55:00.000-05:002007-11-06T14:55:00.000-05:00AC, I will admit there is still a box of vinyl rec...AC, I will admit there is still a box of vinyl record albums in our attic. Yes, vinyl. We do not currently have a working turntable, but we still own one. Oh, and vinyl is back in fashion, btw. The young indie bands are putting out limited quantities of their stuff on vinyl. They sell at a premium, too! Funny how these things keep cycling around. What's next, the Foghat 8-track?!Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352366686017375279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-86296181551756198222007-11-06T14:22:00.001-05:002007-11-06T14:22:00.001-05:00Venice didn't smell at all when I was there. Of co...Venice didn't smell at all when I was there. Of course it was Feb. (right after Carnevale) and waay too cold for anything to ROT... So there's your solution, go in the winter. Just be sure to pack your woolies!<BR/><BR/>Rail travel in Europe is THE WAY TO GO, in Aunty's humble opinion. The trains are clean, efficient, go just about everywhere and are ON TIME... even in Italy!<BR/><BR/>Trish, I had to smile at your comment about China going non-Communist. When I was came back from Beijing, I told everyone I don't know whose picture I saw most, Mao or Col. Sanders! There are KFCs ALL OVER Beijing, along with Dunkin Donuts... WHOOPS! Better not say that too loud, don't wanna get Kirsten started on you-know-what again. Anyway, just wanted to say that the Communism I saw in China looked a whole lot like US Capitalism to me.<BR/><BR/>And Donna, I hate to disappoint, but with the EU, they hardly ever stamp your passport any more. :-(<BR/><BR/>As for the place I most want to visit that I haven't been, New Zealand tops the list right now and yes, LOTR films are to blame. <BR/><BR/>Don't even want to contemplate the things in my closets. SCARY! I do know there are Xmas ornaments in the coat closet that I've had since I was 3 years old. When I moved into my current abode (which has no garage) I went through my garage and found Halloween costumes I made for my son when he was 6 or 7... Did I mention he was 24 when I moved?<BR/><BR/>AC the Pack RatLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-25573320664930429562007-11-06T14:22:00.000-05:002007-11-06T14:22:00.000-05:00Oh, and you girls avoiding Venice? Go, before it s...Oh, and you girls avoiding Venice? Go, before it sinks! There's nowhere in the world like it. For a start, there are no cars and it will amaze you how not having that constant hum of traffic in your ears makes you feel great. Venice is especially wonderful at night once the coach parties have gone home. It really is easy to imagine it's 1450 or 1720 as you walk those streets and all you can hear is the lap of water on the quays. Off season is best - I suspect in high summer it might get a bit smelly. But any time is great!Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-18213966588131342012007-11-06T14:20:00.000-05:002007-11-06T14:20:00.000-05:00Hi Joan! What a great post. The Roman exhibition s...Hi Joan! What a great post. The Roman exhibition sounds like fabulous fun. Laughed at you taking on an aged docent with an antique docent and him saying, "You can't touch this!" <BR/><BR/>I'm a bit of a hoarder. I still have all sorts of things. Programs from concerts and theater, school assignments, souvenirs from travels, postcards, letters. I had awful trouble living in a one-bedroom flat and had to train myself to be really disciplined about throwing stuff out. Now I'm in a house and I'm slipping back into my bad old ways. I've kept some of my clothes from the 80s! Hey, they were my salad days. I lived in the UK for two years, for a start, which will always give me lovely memories. My weirdest piece of clothing, although I loved it to death and still do? A gorgeous cerise silk pants suit with a long tunic top and harem pants. Sounds awful but every time I wore it, I felt like Scheherezade!Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-71283194104224861582007-11-06T14:15:00.000-05:002007-11-06T14:15:00.000-05:00Hidden in the wardrobe is lots of stuff from my ch...Hidden in the wardrobe is lots of stuff from my childhood I really do keep too much I have programes from concerts I have been to t-shirts that I have loved letters diaries lots of little nick knacks from years gone by and I love them all they bring back lots of memories.<BR/>Where I would like to go that would have to be the Scottish Highlands and England the stories I have read just make me want to be there.<BR/>Great post<BR/>Have Fun<BR/>HelenHelenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03984438742736003285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-8512524257619695502007-11-06T13:26:00.000-05:002007-11-06T13:26:00.000-05:00Beth. I know those leggings are back but they are ...Beth. I know those leggings are back but they are wrong...so very wrong for so many of us.<BR/><BR/>Ack! Caren! You described the EXACT '80's troll doll I was imaging! I think it was from the "Let's Get Physical" Olivia Newton-John collection! Ack!<BR/><BR/>I kind of know what type of boots you're talking about. One shoe that seems popular right now is a laced up, heeled ..what I call a Granny shoe. Not my cup of tea.<BR/><BR/>Ok, exactly 4 1/2 years from now I will be on your doorstep suitcase in hand. Though I certainly hope to have been several times before then. Anybody from Ireland out there? Can you meet us with scones and Irish coffee?Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12566704374877697300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-78307086435783904992007-11-06T13:19:00.000-05:002007-11-06T13:19:00.000-05:00H, let me know when the trip on the Trans-Siberian...H, let me know when the trip on the Trans-Siberian is, too! I've wanted for years to take the Trans-Canadian rail trip. That would be so wonderful! I would also love to take the train across India on the Palace On Wheels. Makes me want to see 'The Darjeeling Limited'! *g*Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352366686017375279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-26094034613138699032007-11-06T13:02:00.000-05:002007-11-06T13:02:00.000-05:00Christie, it is simply wrong that your husband got...Christie, it is simply <I>wrong</I> that your husband got to go to Ireland and you didn't. Wrong, I say! Of course, if roles were reversed, I would strongly encourage you to go. *g*<BR/><BR/>Susan, when you start on your around-the-world trip, be sure to let me know so I can tag along! Of course, I'll be kid-free in 4-1/2 years (not that I'm counting or anything) and I think it may take you a little longer to get out from under. <BR/><BR/>Joan, you hear that? Four and a half years, baby!Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352366686017375279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-12328494799494779462007-11-06T12:59:00.000-05:002007-11-06T12:59:00.000-05:00H and Joan - yes, the troll doll in a big Duran Du...H and Joan - yes, the troll doll in a big Duran Duran headband with leggings, big shirt with shoulder pads and horrible ballet flats--which are back in fashion. AAARRRGH! Doesn't anyone remember that women are still suffering fallen arches from those stupid ballet flats? *g*<BR/><BR/>What I miss from the 80s were my exceptionally cute pairs of ankle-high lace-up boots. I had black ones I wore until they fell apart. Also a brown pair I still mourn. They don't make great boots with a one-inch heel anymore...Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352366686017375279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-46396972497994578652007-11-06T12:57:00.000-05:002007-11-06T12:57:00.000-05:00Actually, Joan, I do believe shirt dresses and big...Actually, Joan, I do believe shirt dresses and big belts ARE back in style *g* What goes around comes around, right? Oh, and leggings too! <BR/><BR/>I'm not much of a saver of my own items but I do have some baby clothes from my kids along with my son's very worn (worn out) baby blanket which is actually in pieces in a bag. I like to pretend that someday I'll use the remnants to quilt them back together :-)<BR/><BR/>I'd love to travel around the US. My dream is to spend a few weeks in each state.<BR/><BR/>Great post, Joan!Beth Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01204356784898045866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-85389380677033510772007-11-06T11:35:00.000-05:002007-11-06T11:35:00.000-05:00Trish, your doctor would be able to give you somet...Trish, your doctor would be able to give you something to handle the long flight (Boston to Shannon is only 6 hours)or I'll come and hold your hand :-)<BR/><BR/>How is modern day passenger train traveling, btw?<BR/><BR/>Believe me H....I'm sure back in the day there WERE trolls dressed in big shirts, leggings and belts. Matter of fact, I'm getting a flashback of one dressed in aerobic workout clothes. AghhhhhJoanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12566704374877697300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-89824598606427459992007-11-06T11:11:00.000-05:002007-11-06T11:11:00.000-05:00And I forgot, the Ghan is great, well worthwhile, ...And I forgot, the Ghan is great, well worthwhile, or you can do a dinner trip on the old Ghan at Alice. <BR/><BR/>The trans siberian appeals to me.<BR/><BR/>H! :)H Maree Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11827290766503424095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-36095005052436067132007-11-06T11:08:00.000-05:002007-11-06T11:08:00.000-05:00Apparently Venice smelt when dh was there. And it ...Apparently Venice smelt when dh was there. And it was horribly hot and sticky and dirty. and he might have been hungover too.<BR/><BR/>Could we put one of those oversize shirts on that troll with its leggings and big belt? 'cos the image i'm getting is - errgh.<BR/><BR/>H! :)H Maree Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11827290766503424095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-63672248195366182362007-11-06T11:01:00.000-05:002007-11-06T11:01:00.000-05:00Amy, how cool that you like train travel. I don't ...Amy, how cool that you like train travel. I don't meet a lot of people who do. I really don't like flying, so I go by train on longer trips. In fact, I'm headed out on a cross-country trip by train next week.<BR/><BR/>As for where I'd like to travel, I've mentioned my desire to have a huge, long driving tour of the U.S., including a lot of time in Alaska. But if we're talking overseas and if someone can give me drugs that will knock me out for the entire flight, I'd love to see Scotland and Ireland (beautiful, and my ancestors hail from there), and Australia and New Zealand, and China (particularly if it ever goes non-Communist and stops its human rights abuses).Trish Milburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812010789617982102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-78914021669673091732007-11-06T10:18:00.000-05:002007-11-06T10:18:00.000-05:00My closets are enormously boring--I am a compulsiv...My closets are enormously boring--I am a compulsive "purger" and go through every month or so an find things to bring to Goodwill. If I haven't worn it for a year, it's GONE. <BR/><BR/>I posted a couple of weeks ago about my own time travel, when I went looking for my passport and discovered my collection of old cards and letters had been ruined. I was sad, but not devastated. I try not to get too hung up on material things. If (god forbid) our house should burn down, I don't want to spend too much time mourning. I'd rather think that the important things are the living and breathing ones. <BR/><BR/>As for places to visit...I've never been anywhere, so I guess my list would be really long. LOL. Tops would be New Zealand, thanks to LOTR. I'm also dying to see Anna and Christine in their native environment, so Australia next. And I'd love to go to Costa Rica and visit a rainforest. Wild places are a bigger draw for me than cities, but I'd also love to do the backpacking tour of Europe. <BR/><BR/>So much to do, so little time!! <BR/><BR/>thanks for the fun post, Joanie!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-21303420209330586812007-11-06T09:45:00.000-05:002007-11-06T09:45:00.000-05:00My closet is incredibly boring. I have zero fashi...My closet is incredibly boring. I have zero fashion sense, so I ALWAY play it conservative. Everything in there is black, white, or beige. I never look particularly great, but you can rarely tell from photos what decade it is by my clothes, either. :-)<BR/><BR/>As for travel, I'd love to get back to France someday. We spent a week in Paris (not nearly enough) but I want to do the rest of the country, too. And Nancy, Amersterdam was amazing!! My husband goes there on business maye 2-3 times a year, & one year I just happened to be post-grad-school, pre-job. I had the most wonderful time strolling the canals, doing museums, the Anne Frank House, the Van Gogh museum. It was gorgeous. Even the red light district was clean & somehow very...boring. The girls were waiting in the windows, as advertised, but many of them could have been waiting for doctor's appointments--sitting with magazines, knitting, etc. It was sad to think they were selling their bodies, but at the same time it was very matter of fact, clean & above-board. I don't know how else to explain it. <BR/><BR/>But I'd go back to Amsterdam in a second. And the Swiss Alps. I want to hit Prague & Scotland & Africa... Oh I could go on & on...Susan Seyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18033511012283092945noreply@blogger.com