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flwyd ([personal profile] flwyd) wrote2007-07-10 11:17 pm

Pun Correction, Road Trip Recap

When I posted last week, I forgot the second half of the joke. The full exchange goes

Hello, I'd like to make a reservation. The name is Jackson. Andrew Jackson.
I'm sorry sir, we don't accept reservations.
Well that's all you'll get.

The road trip was fabulous. I managed to avoid a coyote on the way out and fires on the way back. I soaked in a river, two hot tubs, and hot springs in Nevada and Utah. I walked through Redwood forests, along sandy, rocky, and glass beaches, up and down slickrock, and 10+ miles from the Marin Headlands to Fisherman's Wharf. I ate copious grasses, flowers, fruits, and pseudofruits native and foreign to California, tasty dishes from the kitchens of people related to [livejournal.com profile] mollybzz, fantastic potluck dishes, and wonderful beverages ranging from Dr Pepper (for night-driving enhancement) to "four day old" green tea to California wines to mangosteen juice to homebrew beer and cider. I even ate at Woey Loy Goey, the same Chinatown restaurant my dad's still telling stories about from a trip in the early '70s. (The location has changed and the sign has "new" before the name, but the food is still good.) I played Apples to Apples, Scrabble, Boggle, and 20 Questions, all with formidable opponents (I've never been skunked in A2A before and I've yet to beat [livejournal.com profile] mollybzz in a game involving letters.) The only rain in two weeks came in Nevada and I managed to get sunburned in a city famous for fog. In sum, 3500 miles of great fun.

Incidentally, if I ever move to San Francisco I may have to cut my hair and take many of my hats out of daily use. Fortunately, Silicon Valley doesn't seem to have the same blustery tendencies

[identity profile] killersmart1.livejournal.com 2007-07-11 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds amazing. I'm super envious.

[identity profile] altamira16.livejournal.com 2007-07-11 11:42 am (UTC)(link)
Good to know that I was not too dumb to get the joke last week. I read it over and over, and it just didn't make sense.

[identity profile] trism.livejournal.com 2007-07-11 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I thought the joke was about slipping the maitre d' a bribe.

[identity profile] vvvexation.livejournal.com 2007-07-11 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh. This ain't the first time I've gotten the point of a joke without having to hear the punchline--but this time, it actually is funnier with than without.