- During our trip to Gettysburg, going into a timewarp as we entered the visitor's center, circa 1963. The culmination of the "retro" decor had to be The Electric Map. It is just that--a very very very large map with little lightbulbs all over it. You sit in an auditorium surrounding The Map, listen to a recording that may have been done by Edward R. Murrow, and watch as the little lights light up according to the army movements. All for the bargain price of $4.
- Gettysburg itself was fabulous. Who knew it was so big? It took us a good three hours to make the trip around the park and we weren't even diligent
about reading plaques and monuments or counting cannons. - Oh, and did I mention that there were renactors everywhere? There is something delicious about sitting down to lunch and watching a man in full Yankee garb munch on a club sandwich. This was only topped by a t-shirt in the shop next door that proudly proclaimed "I am Period Correct."
- My trip to the National Gallery of Art was wonderful, as usual. This trip there was a Dada exhibit which made me want to live in Sweden in 1943. And, I got to say Dada a lot.
- The conference itself was God-awful. However, it was made somewhat better by the fact that I got upgraded to a suite and had a kick-ass hotel room with a pillow-top mattress.
Now it is back to the regular grind. Sniff.
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