Quick recovery post (Introducing Substrate!)

[alanajoli]

I got back yesterday from a wonderful, busy, and very full weekend in Chicago. It went by far too quickly, and my next trip to Chicago will definitely have to be a longer one, so I can not only fit everything in, but also say hi to the folks who live there who I didn't have time to get in touch with this trip. Highlights of the weekend include taking the tall ship Windy out on the water (I got to help hoist the main sail), touring Chicago's Sky Chapel, going to a Common Shiner concert, and generally spending time with my sister, who I hadn't seen in ages. Full weekend, lots of fun, and I'm still a little exhausted and recovering.

While I was away, the intrepid writers in my critique group, Substrate, started our new group blog. What does Substrate mean? Check out Max Gladstone's first entry at the Substrate blog. (Max also did a nice short post on his home blog about us.) Please, stop by, say hello, and generally, check us out! (As Strong Bad would say, "No, really... check us out!")

Now off to catch up on a deadline that got moved ahead in my schedule...

Comments

Re: substrate!

[alanajoli.livejournal.com]

Thanks for being interested! I added us:

http://syndicated.livejournal.com/substrate_blog/

Please feel free to follow us via lj. :)

Just missed you!

[(Anonymous)]

Carol and I are heading out for Chicago on Monday.

Interesting that I spent my first 27 years in Chicago and worked downtown for 5, but have never yet been to the Sky Chapel.

We'll connect with you sooner or later.

Re: Just missed you!

[jeff-duntemann.livejournal.com]

Too early to be awake and around, but I got up at 5 AM to see the occultation of Venus and the coffee hasn't soaked in yet. Therefore I commented (above) without logging in, sigh.

Re: Just missed you!

[alanajoli.livejournal.com]

The occultation of Venus is a far better reason for forgetting to log in than I've *ever* had. :)

I'm sorry we missed you! Maybe next time we'll be in Chicago at the same time. You really should visit the Sky Chapel -- I think it would appeal to your sense of history, and the architecture is truly beautiful. I can imagine what it must have looked like when it actually was the tallest building in the city!