Back East (again & again)

Lately I’ve been a travelin’ fool.  Counting Thanksgiving, I have been to the East Coast 4 times in 7 weeks, for a grand total of 28 nights away from my bed in SF. Remember, folks, I live in SF now.  It barely seems like it, but I do.  I’m currently waiting for time to advance so I can catch my flight back there from Philly, where I have spent the past 5 days conferencing at ALA Midwinter.  I’ll give a brief rundown of my various other travels, although most of you have probably seen me on one or two of these jaunts:

• Thanksgiving: visited B & B in Baltimore, enjoyed their new digs, saw Steffie & Jesse, and randomly interviewed for a job here. 
• Early December: went to Chapel Hill for a weekend, stayed with Angie, saw a bunch of people I had greatly missed, ate some real Southern food, drank some Maker’s at OCSC, and watched the Tar Heels annihilate Rutgers. 
• Late December: went to NJ, hung out in the city, ate a great meal prepared by Bill with my oldest friends, traveled to Maine for Christmas, hung out with my aunt, uncle, and cousin, shopped, showed Bill around the Vacationland State, visited RLT in Boston & Bill’s fam in Hingham.  Saw Juno and Sweeney Todd – I liked one a whole lot more than the other. 
• Early January: went to Philly for Midwinter, hung out with crazy fun librarians, attempted networking with crazy but less fun librarians, ate here a couple of times, accepted free drinks from this vendor, and danced the night away at an event hosted by these folks. I mainly enjoyed seeing friends that are now scattered around the country (myself included). 

After tonight’s flight, I have no immediate plans for travel outside of the Bay Area for the next few months.  Which means that y’all should come visit me in SF!