May 4, 2008
Contented with the Table of Contents
The Table of Contents (aka: TOC) met today for lunch at Downtown, a restaurant in the Hawaii State Art Museum. TOC is a group of BookCrossers who have been meeting about once a month for the last four years or so. Above, left to right: Ghir, IsleVampir, Karen (whose BC name escapes me at the moment) and our special guest, FutureCat. Karen is a formerly active member we were especially pleased to see today after an absence of over a year (life gets in the way sometimes!)
It’s books and BookCrossing that bring us together, but I think we all agree that our friendships are the driving force. A special bonus that comes with being BookCrossers is that it frequently brings us new friends. FutureCat is a New Zealander who is visiting us this weekend. We’re one of the last stops on her around-the-world tour as an ambassador for the 2009 International BookCrossing convention, which will be held in her hometown of Christchurch. She showed us a very well-done video presentation about Christchuch, her local BookCrossing friends and the convention. Our other special guests were Robbie, daughter of TOC member Dustyflint, and Maggie Rose, future BookCrosser. Above, left to right: Hyphen8 (back to camera,) Purple58, Dustyflint, Ghir (turned away from camera) FutureCat, Robbie and Maggie Rose.
We met at The Hawaii State Art Museum (HiSAm) last August. We were thrilled to return to the restaurant and to have Chris as our waiter once again. He took wonderful care of us and I think he was as happy to see us as we were to see him. We left him about twenty books to distribute to restaurant staff and museum patrons. We’ve often noted that wait staff in Honolulu tend to be highly literate and they’re always pleased to be invited to help themselves to our books. Above: Chris and Hyphen8
You all knew to expect this picture, right? Despite her expression above, Maggie Rose is a very contented little girl who smiled and giggled all through her time with us.
I gave Maggie Rose a teeny-tiny BookCrossing tee shirt, which she was pleased to model for us with her mom and grandmother looking on.
This has nothing to do with our meeting, but I couldn’t resist snapping a picture and sharing it with you. The mosaic is installed above the main entrance to Alii Place, the commercial building where I parked today. Isn’t it lovely?
All in all it was a wonderful day. The meal was delectable, the deserts to die for, the fellowship warm and the books delicious and delightful, as always. My allergies kicked in about the time I arrived, but Hyphen8 was able to supply me with a non-drowsy allergy tablet and it got the sneezing and most of the snuffling under control. Hopefully I’ll be completely well by the time we next meet.
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Posted by skeet @ 12:02 am • Books, Society & culture
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May 4th, 2008 at 2:05 am, Denise Says:
Ghir!!!!!
Baby!!!!!!
Hawaiian “DAILY ART”!!!!!!!!
Look at all of my exclamation marks! lol
May 4th, 2008 at 9:13 am, Whim Says:
Sounds like a wonderful time.
And Maggie Rose is as cute as a button.
May 4th, 2008 at 10:12 am, skeet’s stuff » Self Portrait Sunday for April 4, 2008 Says:
[…] I love this picture. It’s what I was born to do. I’ve often said that I should have married a farmer at seventeen and stayed barefoot and pregnant for the next couple of decades, tending children and livestock and crops. Life didn’t work out that way, so I content myself with borrowing other peoples’ babies when the opportunities arise. That’s Maggie Rose, and you can see more of her in my post yesterday about our Table of Contents luncheon. […]
August 6th, 2008 at 9:12 am, Book Thongs by Julie at Skeet Shops Says:
[…] have a collection of book thongs. Several of the members of the Table of Contents are pretty crafty and have generously gifted their fellow book-lovers with them. I use them to mark […]