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Last week, I noticed a posting in the BookCrossing Forum about a BookCrossing meeting being organized at Panera Bread in Waldorf, MD. On a whim, I decided to see if I could attend the meeting. The bridges across the Potomac River are generally enough of a traffic bottleneck that I rarely venture into the Maryland suburbs, but the prospects of meeting some of Maryland's BookCrossers was a sufficient lure.
Saturday morning found me lying under the kitchen sink, installing a new garbage disposal unit, as the old one basically fell off Friday night as I cooked dinner. After finishing that chore, my girls wanted to go for a bicycle ride, so as it approached time to leave for the meeting, I was in serious need of a shower and clean clothes.
Luckily, traffic was light, and I made good time across the river. The worst delays I encountered were at the last two traffic signals as I approached the shopping center in Waldorf. As I pulled into the parking lot, I saw someone getting out of her car with a BookCrossing bag, so I knew I was in the right place. I had no problem finding the right table...it was the one with all the books on it!
Over the next three hours, the four of us (two from Maryland, two from Virginia) had a great time talking and watching the other Panera customers help themselves to the piles of books we had spread out for them. I saw one couple sitting at their table with several books, each of them reading one. I talked about the convention in Charleston. Somehow, I think we decided that we should try to organize a casual mini-convention in the DC area (yikes!).
I managed to come home without too many new books, though I did catch more than I released! It was good to meet some other BookCrossers from the area, and I'm looking forward to attending more meetings. I'm even thinking of organizing one here in Alexandria...
Saturday morning found me lying under the kitchen sink, installing a new garbage disposal unit, as the old one basically fell off Friday night as I cooked dinner. After finishing that chore, my girls wanted to go for a bicycle ride, so as it approached time to leave for the meeting, I was in serious need of a shower and clean clothes.
Luckily, traffic was light, and I made good time across the river. The worst delays I encountered were at the last two traffic signals as I approached the shopping center in Waldorf. As I pulled into the parking lot, I saw someone getting out of her car with a BookCrossing bag, so I knew I was in the right place. I had no problem finding the right table...it was the one with all the books on it!
Over the next three hours, the four of us (two from Maryland, two from Virginia) had a great time talking and watching the other Panera customers help themselves to the piles of books we had spread out for them. I saw one couple sitting at their table with several books, each of them reading one. I talked about the convention in Charleston. Somehow, I think we decided that we should try to organize a casual mini-convention in the DC area (yikes!).
I managed to come home without too many new books, though I did catch more than I released! It was good to meet some other BookCrossers from the area, and I'm looking forward to attending more meetings. I'm even thinking of organizing one here in Alexandria...
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