Obsessors on the Run...

July 2008 Massachusetts Meetup

2008-09-13T18:20:00.005-04:00

Bad me for not getting these into the blog earlier where they're easier to find again instead of just posting them in the original meetup thread as I did.

Terry (terra57), Cherie (CheriePie), and Joy (chambejd) in Salem, MA

Terry (terra57) at the Derby Square book store in Salem, MA

Mass Meetup 2/17/08

2008-02-17T21:39:00.004-05:00

Great fun all around when (from L-R) Cherie(Pie), Anjanette (Apolonia), Melissa (rootmartin), Joy (chambejd), and Liz(abeth86) hooked up for our first ever BookObsessed Mass. Meetup at the Olive Garden in Marlborough.

Notoriously absent were terra57 (sick w/flu), herbwench (also sick with flu), and Ixion (celebrating Chinese New Year in Boston). They better make it for the next one, planned for sometime in April up in Salem. w00t w00t!

What happens when 16 obsessers are in one room?

2007-07-24T19:33:00.000-04:00

Swapping madness ensues! This Columbus meetup brought Obsessers from near and far and good times were had by all.

I arrived a little before noon on Sunday. I saw a small group standing in the parking lot and decided to ask if they were there for BookObsessed. Thank goodness they were - gothamgal, BluesMan, and TinkEsq. Shortly afterwards, both cowgirl-up and Thursday5 joined us. We moved to the other side of the parking lot and found Pepper and Rebecca. Ri joined us with little Makaio.

Lunch was at a yummy place called Mozart's. The sandwich was good and the dessert was better. We stayed there for quite a while and then went to Ri's house where (eventually) the others joined us. Swapping madness ensued! As well as pizza at one point.

Then book shopping for some of us. First we stayed at the Half Price Books until they closed and kicked us out. Then off to The Book Loft which was just an amazing place - room after room after room of books. Several of us got lost! I only wish there had been more bargain books - though I was extremely happy to get an autographed copy of a wishlist book - The Ice Dragon by George R.R. Martin. I was tired afterwards (didn't get much sleep after staying up all night to read Harry Potter) so went to the hotel and to sleep. I woke up early the next morning (this morning) and decided to get back on the road. And now I'm home.

Thanks so much to everyone who got to make it. It was fantastic meeting you! And thank you especially to Ri for hosting the swaps at her place. So here are the pictures:

Rhonda (Sand) held on to Makaio during most of the swapping:

Pepper, Nou, Explorer, CTGMOM, Ri:

Shauney, cowgirl-up, Rebecca, Cherie, Pepper:

Thursday5, cowgirl, Shauney (foreground), Rebecca:

DragonGoddess and Cherie:

gothamgal:

Pepper, reading off the pizza menu to us. Sadly, I didn't catch her when she was turning around to give us the "be quiet" face. *grin*:

(Tink and BluesMan were sitting on the couch next to me, so I didn't get any pictures of them. Sorry!)

A good one from the final Sunday night in Charleston

2007-05-09T21:39:00.001-04:00

No Comment Required
Originally uploaded by inkognitoh.

Megi was kind enough to find this picture, which should've made it over here. That's Scott (redsoxguy), our new BookCrossing CEO there lifting his shirt. And the rest, from left to right, are Buffra, Rhonda (Matt's wife--I forget her BC name), Inkognitoh, Molyneux, MartiP, and CheriePie (me). I think that was BountifulPots who's cheek you can see peeking in between Rhonda and Inko.

Noumena had already went up to bed, and the bar had closed, so I brought down the bottle of Malibu from the room, someone else brought some vodka, and we mixed up our own drinks!

Hilton Head

2007-04-28T20:39:00.000-04:00

Got home on Thursday night from Charleston.

We went down to Hilton Head and stayed at a beautiful resort. We had a view of the ocean and swimming pool and lots of lagoons. The ocean was a bit too cool to swim in but the weather was perfect. 75 and sunny with a little breeze coming of the ocean. Hilton Head has lots of bike paths which were nice until I had a major upset (:

I relaxed and just enjoyed life. What could be better :)

Hilton Head will be on a list of places I will go back to

Ok, here's my post on the blog...

2007-04-28T20:02:00.000-04:00

Wow! It's already been a week. Oh how time flew! It was such a great time, I can't wait to meet all of you again. Ok, let me start off with all the books I happened to swap...

The Italian Secretary by Caleb Carr

The Key To Rebecca by Ken Follett

Ghost Girl by Torey Hayden

The Silver Wolf by Alice Borchardt

Thanks for a great swap everyone... and some pictures..

On Saturday we had a little cross word puzzle... I got a 'good 4 u' from Cherie after we all finished it. :-D

Oh and some wild releasing with Nou, Cherie, and Sci...

Some of the books that I picked off the Table...

Letters from a Nut by Ted L. Nancy

The Sherlock Holmes Novels: A Study in Scarlet; The Sign of the Four; The Hounds of the Baskervilles; The Valley of Fear by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Evil that Men Do by Stephen G. Michaud

In my goodie bag... And the Goat Cried by Henry A. Buchanan

Phew! Ok, well that's it for now, but let me just say what I great time I had. :-D

2007-04-28T13:03:00.000-04:00

Here I am, waiting on a plane again!

From sunday night

2007-04-28T00:14:00.001-04:00

I nearly forgot i had taken this with my phone. After the hotel bar closed, the BookCrossers took over.

Some additional Reverse Scavenger Hunt Photos

2007-04-27T20:34:00.000-04:00

An additional picture to go along with Nou's Reverse Scavenger 2: Somewhere Representative of Charleston release.

My "Somewhere Literary" release. If you look closely, or view the full-size, you can see the book Walden tucked into the tree. (Unfortunately I forgot to register that one. *blush*)

Additional photos for me and Nou's "Somewhere Wet" release. Here Turtle is preparing to leave the books.

My book is A Yellow Raft in Blue Water. Nou's post for her release can be found here

a wider view... quite pretty. :)

Before we even left the scene, this guy had grabbed our books. I caught a picture of him walking off with them. You can see the plastic bag in his left hand, and the back of my book A Yellow Raft in Blue Water

Supplement to Nou's Somewhere Pink Release. As we were walking away, I turned around to snap a picture of a woman who'd sat down & picked up one of the books already.

Pics for Nou's Somewhere near a flag release. This is closer up but didn't quite show the flags...

...so instead I got a wide-angle view as well.

My "Somewhere especially Charlestonian" release was done at the Historic Charleston Foundation Headquarters.

A closer up of the book I left there.

Supplemental picture to me and Nou's Somewhere by a Cannon releases. My release was Wild Fire by Nelson Demille on the left.

My "Somewhere Cold" release was done Saturday night after our swap dinner at Sticky Fingers. I left On Thin Ice by Cherry Adair on this bench in front of Maggie Moo's Ice Cream Parlour.

A few photos from Saturday...

2007-04-27T19:44:00.000-04:00

Here's a few more photos from Saturday which aren't particularly release-related (those to follow in a separate post).

Crossposted from flickr

2007-04-27T18:15:00.000-04:00

Found these posted by czukie over on Flicker and decided to cross post here... try out flickr's blog this capability... and now, try to get them all into a single post! :P

CheriePie, Azuki and czukie
Originally uploaded by bookczuk.

CheriPie, Azuki and Mr Azuki
Originally uploaded by bookczuk.

CheriePie, with MartiP in the background
Originally uploaded by bookczuk.

Finally...I JE for one of my Charleston Wild Releases

2007-04-27T09:43:00.001-04:00

Woo Hoo!!! I finally got a JE for one of my wild releases!!! Someone really did pick up one of those books we left by the elevator!! And no…we weren’t Librarians :)

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-----Original Message-----
From: BookCrossing Journal Alerts [mailto:JournalAlertsNOREPLY@bookcrossing.com]
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 7:31 AM
To: Ann
Subject: New BookCrossing journal entry for The Partner!

Someone has made a new journal entry on one of your books at

BookCrossing.com! We've displayed the entry below, but you can read all the

entries at http://bookcrossing.com/journal/4994932 anytime.

Book Title: The Partner

Author: John Grisham

__________________________________________________________________________

Friday, April 27, 2007

There was a group of book people in the hotel while we were here for a

visit. I somehow don't think they were librarians. I picked this up to

read when I found it by the elevator. The book I brought was really crummy

and Grisham is pretty reliable. I left it in the hotel when we left to go

back to Nova Scotia.

CAUGHT IN CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA USA

By AnonymousFinder from n/a, n/a n/a

Book Rating: out of 10

__________________________________________________________________________

Tell your friends! http://www.bookcrossing.com/tellafriend

Extra discounts on the books we bought at Blue Bicycle Books

2007-04-26T16:16:00.000-04:00

As I was adding the prices I paid for the 3 books I got from Blue Bicycle into my Book Collector software, I noticed that she made a mistake in my favor ringing them up.

Rather than just taking 10% off at the end, she took 10% off each subtotal. So first she rang in $3.50, hit the 10% off, which deducted 0.35, then she rang in another $3.50, and took another 10% off that subtotal (6.65) for another 0.67 off. (Subtotal now at 5.98.) Finally she rang in my last book, which was $5.98, and took yet another 10% off for $1.20. So the total before tax came to $10.76 when it should've actually been $11.68. w00t w00t!!

Live Swap books I got...

2007-04-26T03:11:00.000-04:00

Okay, I've finally gotten myself organized enough to post the books I received in our Saturday night swaps. :D

· The Last of the Red-Hot Vampires by Katie MacAlister (offered by noumena)
· Carlisle Street by T. M. Wright (offered by SciFisstrs)
· In the Event of My Death by Carlene Thompson (offered by SciFisstrs)
· Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evie by Marianne Stillings (offered by azuki)
· Daughter of the Game by Tracy Grant (offered by azuki)

Wheeeeeee!

2007-04-25T17:56:00.000-04:00

I got a PM from bookczuk - apparently I won one of the raffle prizes!!! I guess the drawing was done at the Sunday breakfast (which I missed, being laid up that morning with that horrendous migraine) and they posted a list somewhere that I never saw...and I guess no one opted to tell me when I showed up later that morning.

I won the doggie basket, which is the one I put two of my three tickets in for. :)

Links are fixed

2007-04-25T16:56:00.000-04:00

I went on to view my entry of the books that I listed. And found that the links didn't work. D'uh I didn't put a slash between journal and the number. Than after I fixed it I still couldn't get it going. D'uh again. I forgot to hit publish. LOL!
All fixed now :D

I took this for Sunny, who wasn't sure who Fabio was!!

2007-04-25T15:15:00.002-04:00

This book was left on the book buffet table!

I believe this is St. Philip's??

2007-04-25T15:15:00.001-04:00

Argh!! Breeni the pirate!

2007-04-25T15:11:00.003-04:00

A look down a cobblestone street.

2007-04-25T15:11:00.001-04:00

Bolts

2007-04-25T15:10:00.000-04:00

One morning on the hotel TV, there was something about the buildings getting these big bolts installed to help hold them together.

And we saw one! (Along with my finger - oops!)

A house that I just thought was neat. :)

2007-04-25T15:09:00.000-04:00

Cemetaries and more!

2007-04-25T15:02:00.000-04:00

I was fascinated with the old cemetaries and probably could have spent all day there if Ap and Breeni hadn't pulled me away.

A really old stone that looked kinda cool.

Breeni and Ap taking it all in.

The circular church that we found to be quite interesting.

One of the oldest stones I could find. It's dated 1752.

Can't remember the year on this one, but thought with the broken stone and the light filtering down that it looked really cool.

Queen Street in downtown Charleston. I sent this pic to my gay boyfriend Jordan to let him know I was thinking about him. LOL

More pics!!

2007-04-25T15:00:00.000-04:00

I got the pictures from my phone transferred so I will finally be able to post them.
Considering these are from a camera phone, they came out pretty darn good!

First up...
The South Bend Grill where me, Cherie, Breeni, and Ap ate our late dinner.

Here is the loverly drawing Ap did on the table. :)

A caught wild release on my last day

2007-04-25T02:12:00.000-04:00

On our way back to the airport, Crystal, Mike, and I stopped at a good restaurant in Mt. Pleasant whose name I can't remember, and I left the hardcover book, America: A Patriotic Primer, which has already been picked up and journaled. w00t w00t!!

Unfortunately, I forgot to make a release note on it before releasing it, as this would be my first truly in-the-wild release that's been journaled. And only a day after it was picked up no less! :D

I'd have probably noticed the omission tomorrow as I'm reserving the entire day for going through and getting all that organized, making sure I've accounted for all the books I've left and the ones I've picked up.

Books from Swap and Book Table

2007-04-25T01:48:00.000-04:00

From Swap
1st book was The Men's Guide to the Women's Bathroom by Jo Barrett from EllyMae58
2nd was Forty Words for Sorrow by Giles Blunt from HoserLauren
3. The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett from HoserLauren
4. for one more day by Mitch Albom from AceofHearts
5. Even Vampires Get the Blues by Katie MacAlister from Azuki

From the table
I picked up Saving Alice by David Lewis
The Ninth Life of Louis Drax by Liz Jensen
The Great Santini by Pat Conroy this one came in my goodie bag
Lost Girls by Andrew Pyper
Light Snow by Anita Shreve

And than noumena gave me 2 books
The Kalahari Typing School For Men by Alexander McCall Smith
taste of the lowcountry by charleston cooks and Danielle Wecksler

I also bought myself Fiddle Dee Death by Carolina Cousins

2007-04-24T17:50:00.000-04:00

I miss everyone already! I think most of my pictures are scenery, so I won't bore everyone with more of them.

Books Received at Swap

2007-04-24T15:01:00.000-04:00

Okay here they are:

For myself -
Fight Club by Chuch Palahniuk
Tithe by Holly Black
The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls
First They Killed My Father - Loung Ung
Amanda's Wedding by Jenny Colgan

For Macaufan -
Murder in the Hamptons - Amy Garvey (Mike's reading it already!)
How to Kill Your Husband - Kathy Lette
Bread Giver - Anzia Yezierska
The Woman Warrior - Maxine Hong Kingston
Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore

Thanks Apolonia for helping me found the missing one! I passed Amanda's Wedding on to Nuomena right at the restuarant so never did get to journal it.

Another Catch

2007-04-24T14:47:00.001-04:00

It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It by Robert Fulghum

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I'm FINALLY home!!

2007-04-24T14:41:00.000-04:00

Finally made it home Tuesday afternoon! I just can't help being last, can I? LOL Got bumped from my flight last night in exchange for a $400 travel voucher. So now ApObsessapalooza is a definite go for me as my ticket plus another trip or two is all paid for!

Fortunately, I made friends with another girl who was on my flight so we decided to let them bump us together. In addition to the $400 travel voucher, we had a delicious airport dinner in the Atlanta Airport and stayed at a "no less than a 3 star hotel" (yeah right!) but hey... at least I got in one more night of partying, and contributing to the delinquincy of others! Some of you will know what I mean! LOL

All in all, I probably got no more than 8-10 hours sleep during over the last 6 days so I need to go lie down for a bit.

Well...

2007-04-24T14:08:00.000-04:00

Now that my books have been registered/journalled, and the pics are posted (priorities, priorities) I guess it's time to unpack the suitcases and do laundry.

After looking at all the pictures, I still find it hard to believe that I am back at home.

Our farewell dinner at Poogan's Porch.

2007-04-24T13:56:00.002-04:00

A trip to downtown Charleston on the last day of the convention.

2007-04-24T13:56:00.001-04:00

Saturday night live swap at Sticky Fingers.

2007-04-24T13:52:00.000-04:00

First Day of Convention

2007-04-24T13:43:00.000-04:00

The Many Faces of CheriePie

2007-04-24T13:26:00.000-04:00

Not on the run anymore...

2007-04-24T11:50:00.000-04:00

Thanks for the great pic of Mike (he's Macuafan) with his book!!

Okay so we are home. And we have fewer books that we started out with, a good accomplishment.

On Monday I was hoping to go with Cherie to the plantation but silly me forgot to set the cellphone back to normal after dinner at Poogan's Porch. So I missed her call and she was stuck at the hotel all morning. SORRY!!!! :whack: :whack:

Here's the picture of Breeni attacking the alligator with gusto.

A very nice photo of Matt and Scott.

A lovely view at the Magnolia Plantation.

Check it out!

2007-04-24T11:39:00.000-04:00

One of the books I brought to convention was wild released by another BookCrosser, and then picked up by Mary Whyte!

Whippoorwill

Book Stats

2007-04-24T11:28:00.000-04:00

I took a huge box of books to the convention, but only brought home a total of 16.

1 RABCK wish list book from CheriePie

1 wish list book purchased at Blue Bicycle Books

3 wish list books found on the Book Buffet tables

1 book for wild release found on the Book Buffet tables

1 book for wild release purchased at Blue Bicycle Books

2 wish list books for other BookCrossers

1 book from the live swap

6 other misc. books that just looked good!

I'm home!

2007-04-24T03:03:00.000-04:00

Finally.

First, the airline changed my seat when I flew out of Charlotte, so I had to sit next to the exit. I hate sitting next to the exit. :( Coming into Denver, the airport wasn't letting any planes come in because of bad thunderstorms. So we had to be in a "holding pattern" for close to 45 minutes. It was over 4 hours I was on that damn plane. Luckily, I still had plenty of time to catch my connecting flight, although the gate was changed 3 times. It was kind of neat though, to see the lightning from up inside the plane.

Both me and my luggage finally made it to San Diego. I slept practically the whole way on that leg of my trip, so I don't really know how that flight went. Just glad to finally be off the plane.

I still have lots of pictures to share here, and I hope to get them all posted tomorrow. Right now, I think it's time to go to bed, since my body still thinks I'm on South Carolina time!

It was so much fun meeting everyone!!! Can't wait for Obsessapalooza to do it all again!

Highlights of the Convention for me

2007-04-23T23:36:00.000-04:00

I had a great time on my 1st bookcrossing convention. I met some wonderful people and met up with my extended family which I felt at home :) and saw some of Charleston too. I even got a little sun burned LOL! I like going on that book hunt with Ann and Cherie. Saw and talked with the new CEO for bookcrossing. I even got to see Ron Hornbaker. Even though he was via webcam it was still nice to see him talk other than just seeing a picture of him.
This was from the meet and greet thing on Friday. Even though Lauren is sitting and our noumena's computer, this is where I found Ann and Cherie all night ;)

One of my favorite mother and daughter teams, Dana and Lauren :D That is all of their books in front there. And that was just the 1st night LOL!

Here we are waiting outside of hotel for that ever so busy taxi on Sat. to take us to town to do a little sightseeing while releasing Ann's books for the reverse scavenger hunt.

Here is another angle of the Rooftop Library

Who are those pretty ladies? Well it's Kelly (Ellymae) and me From our Swap dinner

We tried to get the whole group together. But we were too late. Here is CheriePie, Apolina, Breeni, Ellymae, and Turtle

I tried to get a better picture but the lighting was real dark. But anyway Meg Herndon and Gail Greer,"Carolina Cousins", Cousin Nancy Pate wasn't there. They talked about their books and where the ideas come from etc. It was the first author that I've met outside of our own WOM's (Susan). They signed their book for me. So that was a real nice ending to the convention.

Another from Kel's phone...

2007-04-23T22:08:00.001-04:00

4+ hours from CLT to DEN! I am pooped. Waiting 4 next flight now. Will get home eventually. *sigh* Hope bags do!

Finally!! A Convention Catch!

2007-04-23T21:02:00.000-04:00

Woo Hoo!! Finally!!! Not one but two wild release catches from the convention! Okay, so they were in the hotel, but at this point I’m desperate for any catch!

Destiny Unleashed by Sherryl Woods

Romancing Riley by Connie Lane

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Sent from Kel's phone!

2007-04-23T15:55:00.001-04:00

I am @ the airport in Charlotte now. My plane doesn't leave for over an hour. After spending 24 hours a day for the last 4 days With the wonderful Apolonia and Breeni,I feel so lonely now! :(

It was great meeting everyone - see you online! :)

ETA: Don't know why this thing keeps thinking I am Cherie!

It's been a $Productive trip

2007-04-23T11:03:00.001-04:00

So, I flew to the BC Convention in Charleston using my frequent flyer points. I’ve now been bumped both ways earning me two (2) free tickets!! Not only was the trip free, I made money!!! Now, I just need to decide where I want to go in the next year…maybe Las Vegas?! Of course, I may not want to fly anywhere! For those who are tracking my travels, I’ll be in DC later this week and NYC/NJ next week.

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getting ready to leave & lost money

2007-04-23T10:47:00.001-04:00

So somehow last night I misplaced my change purse/wallet with about $40-$60 cash in it. :( I had it when I cashed out at the bar shortly after midnight, but unfortunately, it didn't make it back up to the room with me and wasn't with my stuff this morning.

I retraced my steps and all that, left a note with the front desk, and at the bar, but so far, no luck. Well, at least it was only cash, and not my ID, credit cards or any other important items. Still, it's a bitch because I'd kind of taken that extra $ out yesterday so that I'd have $ for the shuttle to the airport, and then at the airport itself, particularly during my layover in Atlanta and all. *sigh* Because I'd actually taken out $100 the day before, and couldn't believe I went through that so fast... where'd it all go??

So anyway, I've got a wireless connection from the room, though it's a bit spotty and touchy at times, but I'm going to be shutting down now, so unless I pull the lappy back out and get/pay for wireless connectivity in Atlanta, this'll probably be my last post until I'm back online tomorrow. My flight leaves Charleston at 4:40 pm, and after a 2.5 hour layover in Atlanta, gets into Boston at 10:56 pm.

This was another great convention, and it was much fun meeting some people for the first time: EllyMae, Breeni, Azuki & Mike, Sci and Turtle, and seeing others again: Noumena, Apolonia, Ace and Lauren. :) I hope everyone enjoyed all the pictures, and updates. :D

Made it home

2007-04-23T04:47:00.000-04:00

Well we made it home. Flights were running late as usual. So Matt and I didn't land till after midnight. By the time we got home well it was real late. I've been uploading my pics that I took and catching up on the blog. I do have a few pictures that have not been shown. I just realized that I was taking some of the same pictures as Ann and Cherie. Dopey me. But I do have something’s that might be of interest and will try to get them up tomorrow. The only thing I got that was of interest before we got to Charleston was the Star Wars mailbox. The first place that Matt, Cherie, and Ann went to release her book on the corner was that mailbox

2007-04-23T01:43:00.000-04:00

Okay, and now for a more personal post... I've been sitting down at the bar since we got home from dinner about 10:30. Wanted to get these pics posted first and foremost, but I kept getting distracted with all the drinking going on around me. (It was partially my fault though as when the bar closed early at midnight, I ran up to the room and grabbed my big bottle of coconut rum to share around! :P

My flight doesn't leave until 4:40 pm tomorrow, but Ann's leaves about 11ish, so she'll be outta here before me. :)

Sticky Fingers Obsessors Swap

2007-04-23T00:25:00.000-04:00

Hoser Lauren is a mite thirsty!!

I dunno... why is this is so funny, Lauren? ;) :P

Azuki's hubby... I forget his screen name... sowwie Mike. *blush*

a better picture

hmmmm... how do I feel about these?

and the books are...

Lauren sez wheeee a new reveal :)

Okay, my battery is running low, so if of the other contributors to this blog knows how to edit my code so the text appears next to the picture it refers to, then feel free to fix it for me (and let me know wat you had to do cuz I wanna know for future reference.) :)

ETA - Okay, I got the text to post beneath the relevant picture at least, if not next to, like the first one, byt changing the style in the pic to none, but feel free to enlighten me, thy Goddesses who post multiple pics per post with styles, as to the right code to work it out like I want. :) I would be forever grateful. *kiss*

wheeee pictures from Cherie!!

2007-04-22T23:32:00.000-04:00

St. Philips Cathedral

pretty building overlooking the water

pretty sailboat on said water

Okay next up are pics from our swap. So that'll be a separate post. :)

Why didn't these line up with the text next to the pics. Damn it! :(
ETA - Yeah! fixed it... a week later! :P

Spiders and gators and bridges...oh my!

2007-04-22T23:13:00.000-04:00

Just a quick note...Ap leaves at o'dark early tomorrow so we need to get to bed.

Had our own wonderful BookObsessor farewell dinner tonight. We ate gator! Okay, some of us ate gator. Even got Breeni to try it - picture forthcoming!!

On the way home, a wrong turn was taken (which has happened a lot in this wacky town) and we ended up going over a big bridge to Sullivan's Island. (Dunno the bridge name, and too lazy to look it up right now.) On the way back over the bridge, a spider appeared on the windshield. Breeni doesn't like spiders, and this little guy was on the inside and crawling her way. We got the giggles pretty bad over her reaction, thinking the car was going to end up going over the side of the bridge killing us all, and the CSI people would never know what made us go over! LOL

That's all for now. Breeni and I head back to Charlotte around noon tomorrow, my flight leaves just after 5. Wow, I can't believe it's all over!! Once I get home, I'll be sure to blog about some more stuff that happened and post all my pictures. I didn't bring my own laptop with me, so I haven't been able to blog about the con as often as I would have liked. (Thank you Apolonia for being generous with yours!)

TTFN

ETA: This is the bridge we went over, the Cooper River bridge.

Video from Convention

2007-04-22T23:08:00.001-04:00

In case you haven’t been in the BC Announcements forum, be sure to check out the videos from the convention.

http://www.bookcrossing.com/videoclips

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Charleston Part II

2007-04-22T21:33:00.000-04:00

Fri evening meet-Up was awesome. I meet tons of people: Ap, Breeni, EllyMae,Nou, Scifi,Turtle, Thanksmom,SmartchickDina, Tobysrus, Hotflash,Jessibud, Cestmoi and lots of others I do not remember. Besides getting books from the bookcrossers I won a huge basket of brand new books. Like I need more books HAHA

They had a dessert table which included a chocolate fountain and a really neat book cake.

Sat morning I enjoyed the talk by Scott,the new CEO. Some of the Stats were very interesting. The rest of the talks were okay but I have trouble sitting and since we were at the back I was able to come and go

Lunch was very good and include everything: Fish,pork,chicken,salads and rice. and more dessert

The Bridges spent the afternoon touring the ghetto by going in circles HAHA

Sticky Fingers was the site of the BO Live Convention Swap.It was as much fun as last year and all you who couldn't make it missed a whole load of fun. I got
Julie & Romeo Get Lucky
By a Spider's Thread
The South Florida Book of the Dead
Snow Country
Ordeal by Sea

My DH was still shaking his head at the end of the night :)

Sun, 4 a.m. Drove Lauren to the airport. There were still people in the bar at the hotel. We didn't get much sleep as the hotel doors were very thin and I think it was 2 a.m. when security was called to our floor

At breakfast there was myself and DH where was everyone else???? The good thing was we sat with Scott (he is even cuter close up) Heather, Bruce and the management team.
The talk by Scott was interesting as he expounded on his ideas about tie-ins to Panera Bread and Target

We had to check out by 11 and since I was fed up with sitting decided to leave.

I am sitting typing this at Hilton Head with an oceanfront room and the sounds of waves

Another great convention!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Charleston 2007

2007-04-22T21:22:00.000-04:00

I arrived on Wednesday and DH and I decided to try and stay out at the beach for the night. Well after getting lost constantly and finally finding a beach to see no signs for any hotel at all,we gave up. Then the trick was to find our way back to Charleston HAHA

After several attempts we finally decided to stay at the convention hotel. We got an unrenovated room.

Thurs, we spent out at 2 plantations Beautiful places. I also found out that all green ,oolong and black tea is made fromthe same leaves. Before we went I got to meet Gizmopuddy and SirRoy (2 Irish BCers) Lauren and I have had some dealings with

Thurs night we went to the airport to get Lauren and ran into Ap, EllyMae and Breeni. It was raining big time and flooding.

Fri we spent at Fort Sumter. The boat ride out was neat but the fort is just a fort

BookObsessed Live Swap

2007-04-22T13:14:00.001-04:00

The Dream Hunter by Sherilyn Kenyon from Azuki

The ABCs of Love by Sarah Salway from Scifsstrs

Amanda's Wedding by Jenny Colgan from Apolonia via Azuki

Sex on the Beach Club by Jennifer Apodaca from EllyMae58

Lover Awakened: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood Book 3 by JR Ward from CheriePie

Hostile Makeover by Wendy Wax from Aceofhearts

Reverse Scavenger 16: Somewhere Especially Charleston

2007-04-22T12:05:00.001-04:00

Charleston Cooks is very Charlestonian! And since Charlston's nickname is the Holy City, it seemed appropriate to release Enter the Saint by Leslie Charteris.

I don't have a picture of the book...but here is a picture of the release location

Reverse Scavenger 15: Somewhere Mysterious

2007-04-22T11:59:00.001-04:00

Why not leave a mystery, The Arraignment by Steve Martini, at The Tavern with its mysterious history and flags (skelton and hearts??? Whassup with that?).

Reverse Scavenger 14: Somewhere Antebellum

2007-04-22T11:54:00.001-04:00

Daughters of the Confederacy Museum seem like a great place to leave John Jake's Love and War. This was another book that we watched walk away!! :bananacheer:

Can you spot the book in this photo??

Here's the close up!

Live Swapping!!!

2007-04-22T11:52:00.000-04:00

Twelve of us headed to Sticky Fingers for some grub and live swapping! One thing you should know is that we arrived on Saturday night around 7, and by 8, the place had cleared out. It was kind of weird. There were more people around in restaurants on the week days!
We did 1 swap before dinner arrived. There were 2 versions of The Historian in the swap because I don't think some people could remember what they had brought.
Then there was Kel. Who had labeled each of her parcels with a little picture to represent what the book was about. Ann thought she was safe with one that had little hearts on it. I liked the one that looked like a window and ended up being a book with the word "quilt" in the title.
Crystal (Azuki's) husband Mike also played in the swaps. But the poor guy didn't know what he was getting into. He was stolen from multiple times in the first swap, and first revealed a paranormal romance! He got the hang of things quickly though and was stealing books purely for strategy (it worked for him too!).

In the first swap, I ended up with:
Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult
I was asked by my dad as soon as he saw the cover what kind of smut I was reading. This wasn't a wish list book for me, but it should be.

The rest of the swaps were after dinner. I tried a brand new strategy called reveal from the person who steals from you the most so they won't steal your book. Apolonia stole from me MANY times during the last convention so I asked her to reveal if there wasn't anything on the table I was dieing to have. Even though I think I only asked for her reveal 2 times, I ended up with 4 of her books!!

Other funny moments included when Matt (Turtle) stole from his mom (Sheila). If looks could kill, we'd have some explaining to do to the police! lol
Mike, Crystal's hubby, ended up with "How to Kill Your Husband" (or something similar to that).
When Ann didn't notice that a chick lit book was offered up, "Hostile Makeover". Once she remembered that it was on the table, she read the first 5 words of the back cover, one of the words including "orgasm" and decided the book was for her. When it was Cherie's turn, Cherie read further in which the whole table learned the orgasm was, in fact, faked! lol

In the second swap I ended up with:
Tipping The Velvet by Sarah Waters - this was offered up in the Raiding bookshelves swap. I had no idea it was on my wishlist then and only found out once Ap told me!! lol

In the third swap I ended up with:
A Season for the Dead by David Hewson - this book was from Turtle and one that I had to steal from my mother because I wanted it so badly!

In the forth swap I ended up with:
Imaginary Men by Anjali Banerjee - another book from Ap so she couldn't steal from me!!

And finally, in the last swap I ended up with:
The Hypochondriac's Handbook - also from Ap. It's got a bunch of little pictures and quotes in it.

That's it for me! I'm sure others will post their swap fodder as well!!

Reverse Scavenger 12: Somewhere Wet

2007-04-22T11:42:00.001-04:00

The fountain in Waterfront Park is very fun and on Saturday afternoon there were lots of people playing in it. TITurtle1 was very discrete as he left Pelican Brief (hey, pelicans live near water!) by John Grisham and a book from CheriePie by the fountain. This was another book that we got to watch walk away while we were still in the area.

Here is Turtle posing in front of the fountain. Notice the bag on the ground behind him hiding the books he is going to leave. Very discreet.

Look, someone left some books by the water fountain!

Reverse Scavenger 11: Somewhere Pink

2007-04-22T11:31:00.001-04:00

Wow!! What a surprise I had a book with pink on the cover!! Charming Jo by Laura Drewry was left by those beautiful pink flowers in Waterfront Park. Wave hi to TITurtle1 and CheriePie!!

Reverse Scavenger 10: Somewhere Cold

2007-04-22T11:20:00.001-04:00

It's mid-70's here in Charleston! It's not cold! But we Cherie, Turtle, Sci and I were on a mission to find some nice cold ice cream. By the time we got there, it was closed but Cherie and I left our books anyway. Cold Medina by Gary Hardwick is on the bench outside Maggie Moo's, 159 Church Street.

Reverse Scavenger 9: Somewhere Near a Flag

2007-04-22T11:15:00.001-04:00

The Old Exchange at the corner of East Bay and Broad Streets not only has a dungeon but several flags. America is My Neigborhood by Willard Scott was left by the dungeon window.

[will add picture when I get it from CheriePie's camera]

According to EllyMae58, someone picked this book up and they were discussing it in the museum.

Reverse Scavenger 8: With Flowers

2007-04-22T11:09:00.001-04:00

There is a beautiful flower garden in Waterfront Park and Between Friends by Kathleen Rowntree has flowers on the cover. Before we left the area, we actually saw someone reading one of the books left by the flowers.

Reverse Scavenger 7: Somewhere by a cannon

2007-04-22T10:56:00.001-04:00

Cannon's are big in Charleston...just ask Hoserlauren! War & Rememberance by Herman Wouk is at the second cannon at the corner to East Bay and S. Bay Streets. Cherie left Wild Fire by Nelson DeVille as well.

Suggestions for Getting to the Convention Cheaply

2007-04-22T10:52:00.001-04:00

Sonora provide some great suggestions about how to get to the UK cheaply…be sure to check these sites out! Some of these sites will talk in airport codes so you will want to be sure to know your airport code!

Gatwick: LGW

Heathrow: LHR

Paris - Charles de Gaulle: CDG

Paris – Orly: ORY

Christchurch, New Zealand: ADL

Check out these sites:

Flyertalk.com – search for Skyring to check out his convention journal

FareCompare

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Reverse Scavenger 7: Somewhere Modern

2007-04-22T10:35:00.000-04:00

Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares. What location is more modern than an ATM!! This book is at the ATM in the Atlantic Bank & Trust at 152 East Bay Street.

2009 Bookcrossing Convention Location

2007-04-22T10:29:00.001-04:00

Christchurch, New Zealand!!!! They were the only location to put in a Convention request for 2009! Works for me!! I always wanted to go to New Zealand!!

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Reverse Scavenger 6: Somewhere Exotic

2007-04-22T10:24:00.001-04:00

There are so many exotic places to go on vacation and the French Quarter section of Charleston is pretty exotic too! Be sure to take Bijoux by Meredith Rich with you!

You can pick it up at the Travel Service on Meeting Street near Hassell.

Reverse Scavenger 5: Somewhere by wrought iron or gated

2007-04-22T10:01:00.000-04:00

One of the things that I found I love about Charleston is the old cemetaries. And the St. Philip's West Cemetary has a cool wrought iron fence and gate. I didn't have a book that fit the theme so, with AceofHeart's help, I 'caught' one from the Bookcrossing Convention Book Buffet table: Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Reverse Scavenger 4: Somewhere with a person's name associated with it

2007-04-22T09:51:00.001-04:00

The book I picked is a person's name J. Eden by Kit Reed. And since I was at St. Philip's Church...St. Philip was a person!

Reverse Scavenger 3: A Themed Release

2007-04-22T09:44:00.001-04:00

By this time I didn't have a lot of books to select from. But Downtown Charleston definitely has small town feel. And when I think of small town...I think of talk and gossip because everyone knows everyone else's business. Hence, my selection of Talk of the Town by Suzanne MacPherson. So this book got left in a newsbox.

Reverse Scavenger 2: Somewhere Representative of Charleston's

2007-04-22T09:36:00.001-04:00

nickname of the Holy City. I "caught" a book from the Bookcrossing Convention Book Buffet table: Here's the Church, Here's the Steeple. Where else would you release a 'Holy' book...a church...in this case, St. Phillip's Church. St. Phillip is either the patron saint of Rome or of Pastry Chefs. It was 1am last night when I was trying to figure it out.

Reverse Scavenger 1: Somewhere Literary

2007-04-22T09:10:00.001-04:00

My "literary" book was Selected Works of DH Lawrence. I found the most appropriate "literary" place was "The Library and Rooftop Bar." I can't tell you how appropriate this is for Bookcrossers as Cherie and I clearly couldn't keep up with some of the other BCers around here.

(Dang, it looks like my camera was in the funky mode again.)

It's Morning

2007-04-22T08:57:00.000-04:00

I seemed to have had a tough night last night. First, I kept getting us lost…not too big a deal but we did walk in circles a couple of times. Of course, no one RUSHED to take the map from me. I don’t think it had anything to do with the glass of wine I had before we left for dinner, the 2 margaritas that I had with dinner, or the Belvedere martini I had waiting for the cab.

We were out finishing up the scavenger hunt but I didn’t realize that entries were due last night at 10pm! So I’m going to post my scavenger hunt releases here and you guys can tell me if I should have one. (There were 16 releases.)

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Some pictures from today

2007-04-22T01:24:00.000-04:00

I've some pictures from today, but I'll save some of the release-related ones to submit with Ann's. So first, some from sightseeing while doing the reverse scavenger hunt. Here's Sheila and Matt out in front of the hotel while we're waiting for a cab to take us downtown.

I can't get the rest to line up like I want them too, so that's it for now, more later if I'm still up, or else tomorrow... :D

wow I got connection in my room!!

2007-04-21T23:35:00.000-04:00

Amazing, the wifi works in the room!! yay! So now I can start journaling the books we got at the swap.
While sorting out the books, I realized that I got a book "First They Killed My Father", and Macaufan, my hubby, got "How to Kill Your Husband". (yeah that was hilarious) I wonder if there is a book out there "My Brother's Killer"?

Cowinkydink

2007-04-21T23:03:00.000-04:00

While out exploring Charleston today, we stopped at the Old Exchange. There was a little gift shop, so I picked up a couple of small items. When I went to pay for my stuff, one of the employees mentioned to the other employee that a book had been found in the street that had stickers all over it about it being a free book. She told me about it, and I said "Imagine that!" (LOL) The one girl seemed to be really fascinated by the whole BookCrossing concept, and was excited to look into it. She said she was going to Greece next month, and wanted to leave some books there. So yay for new BookCrossers!

(Breeni and I did end up telling her who we were! We also found out at our dinner swap tonight that it's possible that the book the girl found was left by an Obsessor!!)

Oh, and on a side note, I just checked my local news...and there was a 3.2 earthquake in San Diego county early this morning. Ha ha!

Actually, it probably wouldn't even have been enough to wake me up! :)

Pirates Courtyard

2007-04-21T17:48:00.000-04:00

Exploring

2007-04-21T16:30:00.001-04:00

Kel, Anjanette and I played hooky today from the convention and found somewhere other than the ghetto to explore, thanks to Anne's directions.

More to come...

Answering your questions

2007-04-21T13:50:00.001-04:00

Lunch was here in the hotel…lowcountry food which was very good!! We also ate the mandarin orange layer of last night’s cake. (Last night we ate the Vanilla layer.)

The live swap is tonight at Sticky Fingers. I’ll try to do some real time blogging. I’m sure Kel will be sending those dang photos she keeps taking!

Thanks for the emails and questions…keep them coming

Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 1:02 PM
Subject: live swaps?

when are your live swaps? What are the lunch time plans? Keep the updates coming! I wish I were there!!!
Maria

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Lost Books??

2007-04-21T11:53:00.001-04:00

Cherie and I released a “bunch” of books in the hotel…in the elevator lobby of each floor of the hotel. WE believe some of those books were picked up last night. Unfortunately, we visited many of the floors this morning and ALL the books are missing. I believe that the hotel “confiscated” these and that they weren’t ALL picked up. These were good books! We picked books that we thought might be picked up by non-Bookcrossers and we might be able to “catch” some new Bookcrossers. Many of them were very nice hardback books. Here is the list of my books that were released:

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Some BC Stats that Redsoxbookguy Shared

2007-04-21T10:07:00.000-04:00

Results from the BC Survey:
60% Female, 40% male
80% between 35-65 years old
72% college graduate, 30% post-graduate degree
57% earn more than $100,000 US/year
28% earn less than $20,000 US/year
52% read between 2-4 books/month
40% buy between 5-10 books/month
48% are buying 4 books on average/month
45% say they are buying more books as a member
73% have been members over 1 year

Top Reasons for visiting BC:

Regiser, Journal, Release books
Read/Post on the forums
Read journal entries of my books released

Top Sites:

Cliff's Wish List
Yahoo News Groups for get togethers
RABCK.com
Livejournal

45% Bookcrossers have personal website or blog; 50% update it daily/weekly
55% purchase items from Bookstore
65% members are buying 2-4x/year from store
76% would support "relevant" ads on site
55% would pay for enhanced membership

"Core" part of bookcrossing will always remain free
Example paid service:

65% have made "virtual" close friends
56% meet in person
60% meet at least monthly
35% are unaware of bookcrossing gatherings
76% meet for over 2 hours
53% spend $10US on goods and services at locations
28% spend $20 US on goods and services
31% have "indirectly" created OBCZs

A beautiful accident

2007-04-21T09:46:00.001-04:00

So, I brought the little Sony camera. Apparently I don't know how to use it. It was very sunny and I couldn't see the screen to tell how the pictures were turning out. I'm not sure what mode I got the camera in..but I think these turned out beautiful. I'll be making some BC Bookplates from these!

Too Many Books or Just addicted

2007-04-21T09:37:00.002-04:00

Needless to say I have more than enough books and I bought as many books as luggage would allow. Sooo I get all these books (wishlist books) from Nou, EllyMae,Cherie, Apolonia, Breeni, Scifissstrs, Turtle). I look at the pile and am a little concerned about how I am going to get them home.I figured some clothes will just have to go. Thennnnnn I hear my name called as a winner of a door prize. I won a humungus basket of brand new books. OMG. A PM went out this morning to Morse for help. My name is AceofHearts and I am a addict

A few pictures of Charleston

2007-04-21T09:37:00.001-04:00

I took a little walk around Charleston yesterday afternoon...I didn't get to see much but here are a few of the photos that I took.

Living with Cherie...What an Experience!! :)

2007-04-21T09:28:00.000-04:00

Living with Cherie is an experience! First, you just can not imaging how much "stuff" she has brought with her. My stuff fits in a single quart size ziploc bag! All of the stuff you see on the counter is Cherie's!

Cherie is NOT a morning person! I swear she stood like this for 10 minutes...I thought she might have fallen asleep.

Friday

2007-04-21T01:28:00.000-04:00

Ellymae, Scifi, and Turtle in animated conversation.

Nou, infiltrating the swaps.

Ace, after she won this huge basket of books in the door prize draw.

Ace and Azuki, showing off their door prizes.

The Book Cake!

2007-04-20T20:40:00.001-04:00

The Charleston Convention team arranged for the most awesome cake! Check this out!

Lowcountry Cooking

2007-04-20T19:44:00.000-04:00

This afternoon I attended a Lowcountry Cooking class at Charleston Cooks! It was so fun!! I learned some great new (well, new to me) cooking/knife techniques! The cooking demonstration included:

Crispy Chicken with Pan Gravy

Carolina Rice and Vegetable Saute

Blueberry Lime Parfaits

The food was served with a Charleston Cooks private label Chardonnay and Merlot.

Of course, I had to buy a whole bunch of stuff in the store because I got a 10% discount!!! Now I’ve got to ship cooking stuff home along with my books!

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Kel doing what I should be doing...

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2007-04-20T12:23:00.000-04:00

We're having lunch now to rest up from looking at all the books! >:->

Apolonia's Firebonz Releases

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Cherie's feeling fruity!

2007-04-20T12:14:00.001-04:00

Kel in deep thought

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saying hello from the airport!

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saying hello from the airport!

Ap the book ho ;-)

2007-04-20T11:36:00.001-04:00

Conv not even officially started yet and already ap will be going home with more than she brought. *spank*

PS - sorry my pic came out shitty. I need to learn to work better with my camera phone or else haul my regular camera around.

Kel's Flowers for Algernon in the flowers

2007-04-20T10:14:00.001-04:00

I've Arrived in Charleston!!

2007-04-20T09:04:00.001-04:00

I’ve arrived safely in Charleston only 2 hours late and got a FREE airline ticket of it! When I’m traveling on business I’m usually on a tight time schedule and can’t take the bump!

I’m currently sitting in the bar with a glass of wine and a FABULOUS crab cake and fried green tomato appetizer. I’ll go to dinner later but I haven’t eaten since 7:30am! The bar is fabulous (I’ll probably use that word a lot!) and the staff is wonderful. Since there is internet access here (but not in the hotel room), I expect to spend a lot of time here! While no internet access in the room is annoying it is not the end of the world as I am a social person and don’t mind sitting in a bar! J

Just talked to Cherie and she is in the airport on the way here!! Woo Hoo!

I’ll be doing my first release shortly as well. A book I finished on the airplane: Romancing Riley

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Obsessors on the Run...

July 2008 Massachusetts Meetup

Mass Meetup 2/17/08

What happens when 16 obsessers are in one room?

A good one from the final Sunday night in Charleston

Hilton Head

Ok, here's my post on the blog...

From sunday night

Some additional Reverse Scavenger Hunt Photos

A few photos from Saturday...

Crossposted from flickr

Finally...I JE for one of my Charleston Wild Releases

Extra discounts on the books we bought at Blue Bicycle Books

Live Swap books I got...

Wheeeeeee!

Links are fixed

I took this for Sunny, who wasn't sure who Fabio was!!

I believe this is St. Philip's??

Argh!! Breeni the pirate!

A look down a cobblestone street.

Bolts

A house that I just thought was neat. :)

Cemetaries and more!

More pics!!

A caught wild release on my last day

Books from Swap and Book Table

Books Received at Swap

Another Catch

I'm FINALLY home!!

Well...

Our farewell dinner at Poogan's Porch.

A trip to downtown Charleston on the last day of the convention.

Saturday night live swap at Sticky Fingers.

First Day of Convention

The Many Faces of CheriePie

Not on the run anymore...

Check it out!

Book Stats

I'm home!

Highlights of the Convention for me

Another from Kel's phone...

Finally!! A Convention Catch!

Sent from Kel's phone!

It's been a $Productive trip

getting ready to leave & lost money

Made it home

Sticky Fingers Obsessors Swap

wheeee pictures from Cherie!!

Spiders and gators and bridges...oh my!

Video from Convention

Charleston Part II

Charleston 2007

BookObsessed Live Swap

Reverse Scavenger 16: Somewhere Especially Charleston

Reverse Scavenger 15: Somewhere Mysterious

Reverse Scavenger 14: Somewhere Antebellum

Live Swapping!!!

Reverse Scavenger 12: Somewhere Wet

Reverse Scavenger 11: Somewhere Pink

Reverse Scavenger 10: Somewhere Cold

Reverse Scavenger 9: Somewhere Near a Flag

Reverse Scavenger 8: With Flowers

Reverse Scavenger 7: Somewhere by a cannon

Suggestions for Getting to the Convention Cheaply

Reverse Scavenger 7: Somewhere Modern

2009 Bookcrossing Convention Location

Reverse Scavenger 6: Somewhere Exotic

More Questions...okay...Ri is the only one asking any

Reverse Scavenger 5: Somewhere by wrought iron or gated

Reverse Scavenger 4: Somewhere with a person's name associated with it

Reverse Scavenger 3: A Themed Release

Reverse Scavenger 2: Somewhere Representative of Charleston's

Reverse Scavenger 1: Somewhere Literary

It's Morning

Some pictures from today

wow I got connection in my room!!

Cowinkydink

Pirates Courtyard

Exploring

Answering your questions