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The inestimable, incomparable Zara Potts and I will be bringing the ruckus back from New Zealand and Australia this June, with a cross-country road-trip spectacular that starts and finishes in LA, proceeds through Vegas, Denver and Chicago en route to New York, and swings back through Nashville, Baton Rouge, Dallas, and, possibly, Roswell, before bouncing back and forth from LA and San Francisco a little.
Cool, huh?
I personally have a few humble goals to knock off my across-the-USAniverse itinerary, such as see the florist’s store when Dion O’Banion bought it in Chicago, 1924, get baptised in a river somewhere, and make sweeping generalisations about every state we pass through based on the entirety of my prior experience (‘This isn’t Heaven! It’s <i>Iowa</i>).
We touch down on June 5 at LAX. Come say hi.
On the trip, that is. Not just at LAX.
The travelling TPac show. The only thing I’m worried about is the music…
I’m saying again, how can you NOT go to New Orleans??
No, we ARE going to New Orleans!!
When?
Wait, we are?
Oh. Aren’t we?
Nope, I don’t think we are…
I hope you have a wonderful visit (said with trembling lower lip and forced pleasant smile).
Don’t you worry, Anon. We WILL be seeing you!
Sniff. For real?
For real!
For realsies.
We’ll find a way.
Sounds amazingly fun. Just remember “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” isn’t really true. Have fun you two. I hope to read some exciting stories about your road trip from both of you.
“Dear TNB. From Simon. Jailhouse, Texas.
Well, despite my firmly-held belief, I can’t Australian my way out of the long arm of the law. The trouble started in Dallas. Slade bought me a mint julep, and before I knew it…”
I’ll bail you out brew.
You should visit Austin, TX. The music’s good, the beer’s cold and the natives are freaks.
So many places, so little time… although I do have a soft spot for freaks.
Just stay away from Atlanta — traffic’s too thick. Unless you have a soft spot for traffic.
It’d be criminal to make it as far as New York and not jaunt north to Toronto.
Just sayin’…
So when will you be leaving the US?
I ask because I plan to be in Chicago the weekend of July 14-16, and around LA/SoCal on the dates August 2nd–12th or so.
Any of those dates cross with (both of) yours?
We leave July 2… Damnit.
Get ready for some Rocky Muthafuckin’ High!