Help me make travel plans!

[rax]

So a big part of the reason for having one of these journals is to keep in touch with people far away, right? Right. So I am thinking about spending a couple of weeks on the West Coast sometime this summer, and I'm looking for good times to do so and people to hang out with and stay with. I may have Cassandra with me, I may not; it's up in the air at this time. Here is my set schedule for the summer (this will also be useful if you are stalking me):

May30-Jun1: Visiting Cassandra's family
Jun20-Jun22: Wedding! (can't really sell my ticket)
Jun30: Ladytron concert in Boston (I suppose I could sell my ticket but want to go to the show)
Jul12: Dropkick Murphys concert in Pawtucket (I suppose I could sell my ticket but want to go to the show)
Jul18-Jul20: Event I am not required to attend but would like to
Aug1-Aug3: Wedding! (can't really sell my ticket)
Aug17: A friend of Cassandra's is in town

As you can see there is no ideal time to do this. I am planning to take two weeks and spend some of the time working remotely; I suppose I could also take one week and fly to one area (one weekend in SF, one in LA, take a train/bus between them at some point during the week), fly home for whatever event I can't miss, and then take another week and do Seattle/Portland/Vancouver/Whatever-else-is-up-there. This is pricier, but (at least if I am travelling alone) price is not necessarily the biggest obstacle.

If anyone else is interested in travelling to the West Coast at similar times, let me know! I'm more likely to spend time working in CA (where all of my friends have jobs and I know the area so don't need to go tourist) than in the Northwest, where I've never actually been, but really I'm planning to just wing it. The government gave me a bunch of money back, I haven't done enough travelling in the last year or two, and I have a lot of friends I never see. I'll be sending email as well, but if you have a schedule suggestion for something I should try to see or a time you will/won't be around, let me know!

Comments

[prisminawindow.livejournal.com]

I'll be hanging out in LA June 8th - July 21st, and it would be great to see you. I'm also about to become easier to get to, though, when I move to New York in August.

[twitch124.livejournal.com]

I'm going to Seattle in October. The one thing I absolutely must see is the Experience Music Project museum:
http://www.empsfm.org/

It opened in 2000 and I've wanted to see it since the first proposals for it made news in 1993. I haven't been to Seattle since 1983-ish, so this will be my first time seeing the museum.

[davidglasser.livejournal.com]

When I went there my main reaction was "oh! the Stata Center was supposed to be a music museum! EVERYTHING MAKES SENSE NOW"

[twitch124.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Stata is kinda biting EMP's style :)

[perbac.livejournal.com]

Definitely also recommend the Sci Fi Museum (which is connected to EMP; they may even be on the same admission ticket), especially for MITSFS keyholders. I had a good time reading synopses for books I hadn't realized I'd wanted to read.

[loxocele.livejournal.com]

oooh! oooh! the boy et i will be on the road for august (and then at burning man), but if you end up in portland, OR late into august but before burning man, we will be there for a few days.

alternatively, if you hit the bay area post burning man, i will live in santa cruz....

[kilroi.livejournal.com]

I am out of town on:

June 27-29
July 25-27
September 6-9

the first two of those don't seem likely anyway, but letting you know :)

[perbac.livejournal.com]

I'm out of town:
June 19-22
July 1-6

I have other guests:
June 6-9

-- let me know if you're in the Pacific Northwest. :)

[skuldchan.livejournal.com]

Dropping by LA when <lj user="prisminawindow" is in town would be ridiculously cool, because then you could just chill in the apartment in general. XD <3 Unfortunately this summer isn't a great time for me to be hanging out for durations of whole days because I am preparing for both a giant grant and my oral examination for candidacy. @____@ But...if you want to come in for RATATAT and The Deadly Syndrome... YES! ~<3

[eowyns.livejournal.com]

I'll be away 6/27-7/20, plus at least a weekend or so visiting family (probalby the first weekend in August but I haven't heard back from the people planning yet). If I'm not otherwise busy (say with things like ComicCon or Seminar) I'd be happy to drive or take the train up to LA to see you when you're there (assuming I can't convince you you want to come down to San Diego to see me). So keep me apprised of your plans.