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hi jabba.

are you still in fiji?

xo, lxy

oh i read elsewhere you are in berlin (or will be soon). i <3 berlin vvv much. have a wonderful time!

thanks, i did! i love it there. was a shame germany didn't make the final but the playoff was lots of fun. fiji was also very nice. now i'm back in england. but i will be in america, including seattle, in august - is that where you all are??

hihi! i wish germany had made the final, too. i love them.

seattle indeed! please let us know when you'll be here. have you booked accommodations yet? yay, how great you're coming here!

Seattle! Exciting!

oh what, this is this week! i get to seattle on thursday....will be there for a couple of nights i guess? uh.......would be great to see anyone who is there. not sure where we're staying yet but gonna sort it all out this week.

talk to me about seattle!

I will host a barbeque while you are here, if that works for everyone - sandbox FAP @ jaq's?
Also, I love Seattle, probably too much. What kind of things do you like to do? There are many options here. Pike Place Market, Space Needle, Ride the Ducks, Underground Tour, EMP, all the standard stuff - but also, swimming in Lake Washington if it's a hot day, going to a neighborhood farmers market on Saturday morning, eating gelato outside of Cafe Umbria. The Blue Angels will be zooming overhead b/c of Seafair.

this is excellent news jabba hands

you are welcome to stay at our new place. we have an extra bedroom

i love being able to say that we are within walking distance of jaq's

Also, I love Seattle, probably too much

i was on th3 99 the other day thinkin this. it's surprising hiw hard it can hit me even after all this time

sandbox fap bbq would be awesome, fixing to see your gigantic yard

all good suggestions on what to do, there's enough here that another list with no repeats is possible:

walk around the newish amazing library, ferry back and forth to see town, drink and go out in pike/pine, thai or vietnamese or sushi amazingfood in whatever neighborhood, go to the park that overlooks the city from queen anne, light rail it to/from the airport or beacon hill or columbia city, walk the sculpture park

*filled with wist*

i would like to stay in your extra bedroom, forever. it would be a dream.

oh hahaharbl. <3

estela you come here soon, luv

everybody everybody everybody everybody everybody y y y y y

or alternatively, you all everybody

all y'all

jabba, i emailed you via sandbox webmail. which sounds like a device used by toddler spiderman.

i was in a weird state when i made that last post. too early.

oh hahaharbl <3 again.

if i went to lxy and jergins' house and harbl was there i'd be chuffed.

definition 1 or definition 2?

1. pleased, delighted, gratified, <3, etc.

my hope is that she would scowl at us.

i would bring a bottle of wine

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thx for email lxy i have replied to u and jergins :)

i will bring some marmite to the bbq if you like

i just cannot wait to be in seattle omg

i am definition 1 about jabba's visit.

Friday or Saturday for bbq'd marmites? Any prefs?

host and guest of honor get picks on the date. no matter to me which date.

friday would be great jaq!

i should be in bed my flight leaves quite soon

are you packing on a roof with a drink.

jaq, whatever time you want your bbq to start, pretend it's starting an hour earlier.

good advice but now i've read that so you'd better pretend it's starting 2 hours earlier

three now.

Friday @ ... um ... 9 am then

oops, I mean 3 pm!

Or do i? now am confused. 7 pm is the really actual start time, and people who turn up late risk only pre-nibbled food items remaining.

are you packing on a roof with a drink.

looool

omg, so great to meet jabba (+ friend) & to see lxy and jergins again - it's been ages! Also, lxy's lovely sister and beautiful niece. What a nice evening.

jaq is a dream of a hostess, people. seriously. thank you jaq for opening your home to us!!!

and jabba and jabba's friend: just wonderful company. come back any, any time.

yes, aren't k&k the most awesome?! i <3 them v much!

lxy, jergins, jaq, thank you all so much!! we had an amazing time thanks to your hospitality. josh said 'they were were such lovely ppl' and i said he was right.

also we loved seattle. we want to come back.

we didn't make it to portland. we're staying in beautiful aberdeen tonight! we saw lots of good trees and cold beaches etc earlier.

say hi to the ghost of kurt for us

where in the world is janbba hands

in san simeon near hearst castle. we couldn't go any further today because josh was extremely hungover and had to stop driving. big sur was cool and we also liked portland and yosemite and arcadia in oregon a lot. we failed to spend any time in san francisco but that's ok because i've been there before. the worst place we've seen is modesto. i like american motels and hot sauces - we don't really have either in england.

tomorrow...LA hopefully. what should we do in LA?

oh we've also really enjoyed all the big trees redwoods sequoia etc very good

Disneyland? Have you eaten at In-n-Out burger?

the getty museum in LA is pretty cool!

imo

Taco Mesa in what used to be a Taco Bell in Irvine/Costa Mesa is incredibly good, would highly recommend. I never got to the Getty when I was working down there, but heard many good things about it.

walk around melrose? go to the beach in santa monica?

i always had good luck looking up the gallery listings in the weekly and then getting led somewhere where the gallery would just be one cool part of the street scene.

i always hate LA during the day, but then if i go out i love it, the nights can be #magical#

I have been hearing that Sheryl Crowe song in my head ever since yesterday.

yes i had it in my head a lot when i was there too

LA....what a crazy place. i was expecting it to be big and weird but it way bigger and weirder. it kind of reminded me of beijing (lol)...just the vastness of it. we drove around for hours and hardly got anywhere, and there were no people. santa monica and the venice canals were nice. we got a good view from the observatory at night and we went to the getty, which was great. keen to go back.

home now.

and there were no people

this is what i thought when i was there, too! it was really weird.

i was all set to really hate LA before i'd ever even been there, but i love it. i don't know why. it's a just a ~vibe~ i guess.

oh btw guys check it out, i found this photo from my visit to yorkshire last month. it's nearly seattle:

http://i34.tinypic.com/2wdsoir.jpg

ribblesdale, robble

HI JABBA WHERE ARE YOU NOW?