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Talk about BookCrossing overload! I've now attended three different BookCrossing meetings, in as many different cities, in the last five days!
The first, of course, was my hometown BC in DC group, which met at my house on Saturday afternoon for several hours of lively discussion and laughter. We managed to attract a couple of our lurkers to the get together, so there were new faces and new stories, which added to the day. I had tentatively scheduled the event to be from 1pm-3pm, but it was almost 7pm before everybody decided it was time to call it an afternoon! I suspect more invitations for BC in DC to come to chez ResQgeek may be forthcoming...
Monday was spent traveling across the country to the golden hills of the San Francisco area. After returning to our hotel from our official business on Tuesday afternoon, I changed clothes, loaded our Meetup Bookbox into the car, and headed east across San Francisco bay to the suburbs for dinner with the Tri-Valley bookcrossers. There were 11 of us in all, seated around a long table in an Afghan restaurant in a strip mall in Dublin, California. The food was superb and the company delightful and the evening ended far too soon for my tastes.
And finally, last night, after a reminder of how uncomfortable I am driving inside the center of big cities, I managed to find a safe parking place and met with the BookCrossers from San Francisco itself, in the bar at the Hotel Rex. In addition to the lovely Suetu, there were three other established members of their group (sadly, I didn't manage to remember their screen names), and one new recruit who gamely joined our often animated discussion of the best books we've read recently. It was another fine evening out, but again time conspired to make it far to short.
It has been interesting to meet with such diverse groups in such a short period of time. While we all share BookCrossing in common, each of these groups has a distinct personality and charm, and part of the fun is learning about these differences. This was so much fun, in fact, that I'm already looking forward to future meetings with local BookCrossers in other places during future (as yet unplanned) travels.
The first, of course, was my hometown BC in DC group, which met at my house on Saturday afternoon for several hours of lively discussion and laughter. We managed to attract a couple of our lurkers to the get together, so there were new faces and new stories, which added to the day. I had tentatively scheduled the event to be from 1pm-3pm, but it was almost 7pm before everybody decided it was time to call it an afternoon! I suspect more invitations for BC in DC to come to chez ResQgeek may be forthcoming...
Monday was spent traveling across the country to the golden hills of the San Francisco area. After returning to our hotel from our official business on Tuesday afternoon, I changed clothes, loaded our Meetup Bookbox into the car, and headed east across San Francisco bay to the suburbs for dinner with the Tri-Valley bookcrossers. There were 11 of us in all, seated around a long table in an Afghan restaurant in a strip mall in Dublin, California. The food was superb and the company delightful and the evening ended far too soon for my tastes.
And finally, last night, after a reminder of how uncomfortable I am driving inside the center of big cities, I managed to find a safe parking place and met with the BookCrossers from San Francisco itself, in the bar at the Hotel Rex. In addition to the lovely Suetu, there were three other established members of their group (sadly, I didn't manage to remember their screen names), and one new recruit who gamely joined our often animated discussion of the best books we've read recently. It was another fine evening out, but again time conspired to make it far to short.
It has been interesting to meet with such diverse groups in such a short period of time. While we all share BookCrossing in common, each of these groups has a distinct personality and charm, and part of the fun is learning about these differences. This was so much fun, in fact, that I'm already looking forward to future meetings with local BookCrossers in other places during future (as yet unplanned) travels.
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Date: 2008-08-08 04:57 am (UTC)