This morning I slept until 6. I might have gotten back to sleep until I thought to myself that it was 7 back home, and therefore time to get up. Then it was all over. Stupid brain.
Seeing as this morning is one of the few blocks of downtime I get all weekend, of course I spent the last hour .. debugging my blog templates. Yes, I'm a total geek. Like you're even surprised.
Today I have to pick Georg up at the airport at 1:30. Then we're meeting Lee and her husband Russ for lunch. Over the phone last night Russ gave me some wonderfully helpful advice about the airport -- on what road to enter it, and also the fact that they have a "cell phone lot" where I can wait for Georg to call me when he has his luggage, rather than parking and trying to meet him inside baggage claim.
Then tonight, the Art Car Ball! This year the logistics are a little different. In previous years you just showed up whenever. We were late due to getting lost, but they didn't care when we arrived. There were still artists arriving when we left, and my recollection was that the party was just getting started. This time the instructions say we have to be there between 4 and 6, no late entries. After that we can leave but our car can't until 10, and the party is over at midnight.
I'm not sure yet what we're going to do about dinner tonight. What with eating lunch around 2 we're certainly not going to have dinner before 6. I guess we'll have to get some takeout food and take it with us. I wish I had known how well those muffulettas from Central Grocery keep.
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Glad to see that the California contingent made it! We had dinner with them when they passed through Dallas. Jill and I will be in Houston by Friday afternoon. Seeya soon! -- Tim
Hey,
They had the same instructions last year and I rigged extra sails to arrive in time. There were only ten cars there when I arrived. Lots of folks arrived late. I try to follow instructions, but I also refuse to get stressed about them.
Getting out early will be a lot harder just because of all the people.
Have fun. Wish I could be there this year.
lewis
(in the pirate truck from KY)
sarah, there's a car there called WT Roadster, photographed here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/denaldo/140086693/in/photostream/
anything you can find out about how they did that would be gratefully received on this end. is it all welded or braised or soldered?
Check out this message on the Orange Show mailing list, there's an article about that car:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orange_show_art_cars/message/932
The article says it's made out of a 1968 Beetle, covered with two-gauge steel "stitched" together. I assume that means riveted? I would have guessed welded but I don't know anything about this kind of construction. I took some close-up photos that are posted now.