Member Visits
Phillip Blazdell is coming
Date: October 19th, 2003 |
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He is coming Nov 21 through 23. I have know him for almost 5 years. We are haing a big party for him. Many people are coming from as far away as So Cal so far. If you are a BootsnAll Member, you are invited.
A few details on the [...]
A few weeks worth of Blog Posts
Date: August 23rd, 2003 | No Comments
I am leaving to go RTW manana de la manana and the lead up to it, has left me with a dozen or so blog posts that just should have been done, but just did not. So I’ll try to cram in 2 weeks worth into this eve b4 leaving post.
Summary of Pictures…
1) 1st [...]
Daniel Wallace visiting
Date: August 18th, 2003 | No Comments
In Marrakesh 0 visiting the Baazar. A young boy says hello….wants to buy the shoes off of Daniel’s feet….he wanted to buy them with an Eagle in a cage…
“I need my shoes more than I need an eagle,” in a polite tone.
“Perhaps a snake then?” Daniel was impressed by his negotiating techniques…
Tin Shed, Sunbucket, Ram and Tashubi
Date: August 13th, 2003 | 3 comments
The past 24 hours has the BootsnAll Hostel all filled up. Last night I picked up Ram and Tashubi after their 2 week honeymoon in Hawaii. We stayed up till about 1 a.m. talking about it and then I woke up at 6 a.m. to goto the Tin Shed with Kacey, mum and [...]
[read more]Colin visits BootsnAll Hostel
Date: August 5th, 2003 | No Comments
GreyCat/Colin stayed at the BootsnAll Hostel last night. We had a great time catching up and dreaming about travel. More details and picture on the this thread from the BootsnAll Community.
[read more]BootsnAll Connections…
Date: August 3rd, 2003 | 5 comments
Erik Trinidad, Christine Michaud, and Jen Leo all met through BootsnAll and recently had an adventure together in Montreal while promoting Jen’s book. Kinda cool…
Pretty in Pink
Ram and Tashubi going to Hawaii
Date: July 30th, 2003 | No Comments
Ram and Tashubi stayed at the BootsnAll hostel last night. I have the pleasure of their visit as they left for their Honeymoon to Hawaii this morning.
I wrote a bit about them before…they are both jewelers at the Eugene Saturday Market and good friends. Ram lived in a house with me when I [...]
Ria and stuff
Date: July 24th, 2003 | 4 comments
The BootsnAll Portland office has been rocking and rolling the past few days. After enjoying some time to myself, many people are in town and visting.
Ria, stayed in the BootsnAll hostel last night and we both met Krista and Tom (Krista is Traveler’s Tales PR person) at the Tin Shed this morning for [...]
Portland Party
Date: June 8th, 2003 | 6 comments
Yesterday afternoon we hosted a housewarming-cum-farewell party at the new Boots HQ. We spruced up the place a little, stocked up on snacks, beer, ice and bottled water (it was near 90°F) and waited for folks to arrive.
Adam, the chef from Acadia across the street, was the first to arrive. He could not stay as [...]
Hello, new house…Goodbye, Chris
Date: June 2nd, 2003 | 3 comments
Better late than never, we’ve decided to have a little shindig at the new BootsnAll HQ in Portland. We’d love to meet our new Portland neighbours and gather our old Eugene friends for the going away party that never happened.
For those who know us already, it’s also an opportunity to say goodbye to Chris. He [...]
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