Member Visits
Road Trip to Seattle
Date: April 16th, 2003 |
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“Wanna see a Mariner’s game?”
“Sure.”
That was about the extent of the conversation and the planning that came before Sean and I left for Seattle on April 11th. We got the OK from Andy Walker to crash on his floor and we were off. Since it was a short trip and we needed to make good [...]
Aussie Anita
Date: March 17th, 2003 | 5 comments
No sooner had Sean stepped out for a meeting when a BootsnAll member rang the bell. Anita is from Perth, and she’s been studying at Princeton, back on the East Coast in New Jersey.
[read more]Intern - Scott Churchill
Date: February 19th, 2003 | 1 comment
After a long succession of female interns (don’t ask us why, no guys applied, with the exception of Drew), we’ve broken the cycle.
Ant and I received a visit from Scott Churchill on Saturday. Scott will be our intern for the Spring semester. He’s studying at Southern Oregon University and is excited about the prospect [...]
Meeting Jeanette Bergman
Date: February 17th, 2003 | 3 comments
As fun as it is to meet members who come through Eugene, it’s also nice to get out of the office - and out of town - to go meet up with someone, somewhere. I just got to do that last week, when I Amtraked it up to the City of Rain and Fog to [...]
[read more]Andrew Walker
Date: January 31st, 2003 | No Comments
We first met Andrew when he came to crash at the BnA hostel back in August 2001. For some reason, I was very surprised to see him at the book event in Seattle, even though I knew he knew we were coming. After the event, Andrew spent some time talking to Jen Leo but I [...]
[read more]Martha Gies
Date: January 30th, 2003 | No Comments
While I was in Portland at the book reading in Powells, Martha came up to me an introduced herself. She told me she was one of our Mexico insiders. What a wonderful surprise!
She told me she really enjoyed being an insider and answered anywhere up to 4-5 questions per week. She travels to Veracruz every [...]
Pictures and Commentary on meeting Philip Blazdell
Date: January 2nd, 2003 | No Comments
Meeting Philip Blazdell
Nick updated this entry - maybe you didn’t see it - lots of pictures.
Elaine Knighton - BootsnAll member
Date: December 31st, 2002 | No Comments
Elaine Knighton medieval romance Harlequin author
Hi Sean,
I ran into Nick a couple times and got to say goodbye and good luck to him. Funny how there are certain people one bumps into over and over, but his being in Bali changes all that :-p
My book comes out July 3, and later in July I [...]
Meeting Philip
Date: December 30th, 2002 | 2 comments
This evening I had the honor of getting together with Philip Blazdell, his father Frank and Naho from Japan. Philip has been one of BootsnAll’s most faithful contributors with his articles on Japan, Brasil and an array of other places.
I phoned him up earlier today and he told me he was [...]
Meeting members
Date: December 28th, 2002 | 3 comments
Chris and I met up with BootsnAll members Chris Farthing and Rob Evans at the Lord Moon of the Mall in Whitehall today and shared multiple rounds of drinks.
Chris, Nick & Rob
The Lord Moon of the Mall is a JD Weatherspoon pub located about 40 yards from Traflagar Square. It is a spacious [...]
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