Albuquerque
Nice day. Nice drive. Nice room - more spacious than I'm accustomed to, and certainly laid out differently.
Page One is as daunting as ever. To be surrounded by so many new and used book, and yet unable to find more than a couple that catch my eye. That's a little sad. Only found one book I was actually looking for and picked up two more on whim. I bought just as many from Borders and they had more of what I was actually looking for. Go figure.
Active Imagination is still a nice game store, though I miss the old days when they were more common. They've got gaming space, but that means less shelf space, so less games that aren't "mainstream" enough. Nothing looked like simple and sweet enough to try to import to Furryfaire. Ah well. ;) I see D&D Essentials selling in a box made to look like the old D&D Basic red box. Nostalgia!
The hotel is situated nearer the Coronado mall than usual - I was able to walk over. The mall there seems to be doing pretty well. They still even have an arcade, though it only somewhat resembles the arcades of their peak days.
I thought I'd walk over to the Winrock mall, too, and found that they're developing the area between the two into a more outdoor, but pedestrian-friendly, shopping center "Albuquerque Uptown." Of most interest there is the Borders, nothing really special. Clothing and fancy retail places mostly. Then I got over to the Winrock mall to find it dead. Apparently it closed down at some point, save for Dillards, Dillards (they needed more than one?), and a few of the outlying places like a Toys 'R Us.
Mentally, this has been nice so far, leaving behind work and normal, everyday thoughts. I don't think there's much left I feel the need to see. May queue up a movie on the TV or something and lounge. Doesn't seem much on in the theater that interests me at the moment.
Page One is as daunting as ever. To be surrounded by so many new and used book, and yet unable to find more than a couple that catch my eye. That's a little sad. Only found one book I was actually looking for and picked up two more on whim. I bought just as many from Borders and they had more of what I was actually looking for. Go figure.
Active Imagination is still a nice game store, though I miss the old days when they were more common. They've got gaming space, but that means less shelf space, so less games that aren't "mainstream" enough. Nothing looked like simple and sweet enough to try to import to Furryfaire. Ah well. ;) I see D&D Essentials selling in a box made to look like the old D&D Basic red box. Nostalgia!
The hotel is situated nearer the Coronado mall than usual - I was able to walk over. The mall there seems to be doing pretty well. They still even have an arcade, though it only somewhat resembles the arcades of their peak days.
I thought I'd walk over to the Winrock mall, too, and found that they're developing the area between the two into a more outdoor, but pedestrian-friendly, shopping center "Albuquerque Uptown." Of most interest there is the Borders, nothing really special. Clothing and fancy retail places mostly. Then I got over to the Winrock mall to find it dead. Apparently it closed down at some point, save for Dillards, Dillards (they needed more than one?), and a few of the outlying places like a Toys 'R Us.
Mentally, this has been nice so far, leaving behind work and normal, everyday thoughts. I don't think there's much left I feel the need to see. May queue up a movie on the TV or something and lounge. Doesn't seem much on in the theater that interests me at the moment.
Besides the loss of a place familiar, it sounds like you are having a good time. I hope you get recharged, as it were, and manage to come back home not only safely, but energized or interested in future endeavors.
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