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so as some of you may know, some people are getting together this weekend in MA.

Posted by workmanda (aka amanda) Jul 22 '10, 15:20

maxine is staying at casa de mandy sunday night after you riff raff are through with us, which means we have time to do one fun new england thing.

should we
a) plymouth rock
b) lake winnepesaukee

I think if we plymouth rock, we might be able to do salem as well the same day (maxine? weigh in?). if we lake winnepesaukee, we could cruise the NH seacoast.

I lean towards the rock. you?

Responses:

my brother just got back from doing Fema Duty out there - visited some place called Authors Ridge - Thoreau, Hawthorne, Emerson, etc. all buried. - JenBro Jul 22, 15:40
i visited plymouth rock when i was 15. it is small - chuckles Jul 22, 15:22 22
- Nathaniel Hawthorne's house is nearby? - the liioulu with graphic novels Jul 22, 15:34 3
  - I thought that was in Salem, but I oculd be wrong. -- nm - loosilu Jul 22, 15:36 2
    - I think I went to both places on the same day when I was a kid. - the liioulu with graphic novels Jul 22, 15:39 1
      - House of the Seven Gables? Salem -- nm - CovingtonCat Jul 22, 15:40
- Sounds like my mom's experience at Gettysburg. Historically amazing, but, you know... it's just a field. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 15:23 17
  - no, there's tons more going on at Gettysburg than Plymouth -- nm - chuckles Jul 22, 15:24 10
    - Many monuments, and a Cyclorama. I believe that's been recently renovated. -- nm - the liioulu with graphic novels Jul 22, 15:35 1
      - /googles for cyclerama/ Oh, that looks cool. - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 15:36
    - indeed, they are not in the same universe. -- nm - loosilu Jul 22, 15:25 4
      - They gave out free buckets of hyperbole on your tour, eh? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 15:26 3
        
        I have to tell you, this is making you look like a douche. Anyone who has been there can attest. -- nm - loosilu Jul 22, 15:27 2
        
        I doubt anyone else would use "another universe" because there are lines in the ground. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 15:34 1
        
        yes, I am the only person who would ever say that. -- nm - loosilu Jul 22, 15:38
    - Perhaps she got a crappy tour. :) -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 15:25 2
      - I was dragged to a lot of Civil War sites when I was a kid, and Gettysburg has by far the most to see. -- nm - loosilu Jul 22, 15:25 1
        
        Oh, well that would explain it. When you were a kid, the blood was still drying, right? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 15:26
  - um, you must be thinking of somewhere else. Gettysburg still has earthworks intact all over the place. -- nm - loosilu Jul 22, 15:24 5
    - WTF are "earthworks"? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 15:24 4
      - trenches. -- nm - loosilu Jul 22, 15:24 3
        
        don't you think they are being kept that way - Danedukenuuk Jul 22, 15:28 2
        
        of course they are being kept that way. so? -- nm - loosilu Jul 22, 15:29 1
        
        what? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 22, 15:32
Don't let it land on YOU! -- nm - Vermin X Jul 22, 15:22
I would not to Plymouth and Salem on the same day. Salem is mostly crap, IMO. I would say Lake Win or seacoast. -- nm - loosilu Jul 22, 15:21 55
- Also, Crane Beach is the nicest beach in the area by far. -- nm - loosilu Jul 22, 15:23 9
  - hello boardwalk? arcade? -- nm - workmanda Jul 22, 15:26 8
    - we need to find a dangerous beach bar where I can fight some local surfers, bra -- nm - Max Jul 22, 15:28
    - Hampton it is, then. There is also Salisbury on the MA side. -- nm - loosilu Jul 22, 15:26 6
      - weirs beach on lake winnepesaukee has a boardwak and an arcade. alas, no photobooth. -- nm - workmanda Jul 22, 15:32 5
        
        I can recommend Wolfboro. Don't know if they have a photobooth. -- nm - CovingtonCat Jul 22, 15:38 3
        
        Isn't there a website somewhere that has a list of photobooths. -- nm - the liioulu with graphic novels Jul 22, 15:41 2
        
        photobooth.net -- nm - workmanda Jul 22, 15:45
        
        mandy can start one! -- nm - CovingtonCat Jul 22, 15:42
        
        okay, winnepeepee is out -- nm - Max Jul 22, 15:34
- SALEM IT IS!!!! nm -- nm - groiny Jul 22, 15:22 44
  - bunch of bullshit witchy shops. -- nm - loosilu Jul 22, 15:22 43
    - no better place to be a tourist. it's so super cheesy. also, the salem willows arcade has an *awesome* photobooth. - workmanda Jul 22, 15:25 33
      - i liked salem much better than plymouth, as i recall -- nm - chuckles Jul 22, 15:29 11
        
        I think we can do both. max, can we? how long does either really take? what's travel time? -- nm - workmanda Jul 22, 15:31 10
        
        an hour from Plymouth to Salem, but that just puts us closer to NH again. -- nm - Max Jul 22, 15:32 1
        
        my only thought is that it's sunday. what if salem closes at like five? plymouth rock is 24 hours. - workmanda Jul 22, 15:34
        
        plymouth is South Shore, Salem is NOrth Shore. depending on traffic could be long. -- nm - loosilu Jul 22, 15:32
        
        we drove down through plymouth, salem, and out on to the cape a lil bit all in a day -- nm - chuckles Jul 22, 15:32 6
        
        I would also love to go back to rockport, speaking of. max, don't get married! come for the whole weekend! -- nm - workmanda Jul 22, 15:34 2
        
        The one that intrigued me yesterday was Star Island, out in the ocean. It has a John Smith monument, and we could crash their conventions - Max Jul 22, 15:37
        
        Canada or bust! -- nm - Max Jul 22, 15:34
        
        on a summer weekend I would expect heavy traffic, fwiw. -- nm - loosilu Jul 22, 15:33 2
        
        oh well, sorry max and amanda. guess you'll just have to cancel :( -- nm - chuckles Jul 22, 15:33 1
        
        the photobooth at hampton beach sucks. we would have to drive to central mass to find another. -- nm - workmanda Jul 22, 15:36
      - oh yeah, that's on the list -- nm - Max Jul 22, 15:27
      - If you like it, do it. I have an intrinsic problem with turning the witch trials into a cheesy tourist industry. -- nm - loosilu Jul 22, 15:26 19
        
        But, but, but...there's a statute of Samantha, the Good Witch - CovingtonCat Jul 22, 15:34
        
        do you take issue with the redskins as well? it's pretty crappy, but it's commerce -- it makes the town a boatload of money - workmanda Jul 22, 15:29 14
        
        More than anything, I'm surprised the name is still there. - loosilu Jul 22, 15:31 13
        
        very little of history involves people doing nice things to each other. -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 15:35 12
        
        so you'd be cool with a massacre theme park somewhere? - loosilu Jul 22, 15:37 7
        
        the name of the biggest theme park company in the US is about how many people fought wars in Texas. -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 15:40 1
        
        that's not an answer to the question. -- nm - loosilu Jul 22, 15:43
        
        They should re-open the Colosseum -- nm - Roger More in the UK Jul 22, 15:40 1
        
        I have a Sex Pistols earworm from your handle. -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 15:41
        
        Like Gettysburg? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 15:39 2
        
        Gettysburg is the furthest thing from a theme park. -- nm - loosilu Jul 22, 15:40 1
        
        IT'S LIKE ANOTHER DIMENSION! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 15:47
        
        there's just not enough free ice cream in history. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 22, 15:36 1
        
        Marie Antoinette agrees -- nm - Roger More in the UK Jul 22, 15:38
        
        *ding.* nm - workmanda Jul 22, 15:36 1
        
        are you doing it in papier mach� or popsicle sticks -- nm - zork Jul 22, 15:38
        
        did you lose a relative to a witch trial? - groiny Jul 22, 15:27 2
        
        Let's just say loosi weighs the same as a duck. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 15:35 1
        
        Uhm, no, we said if you say the wrong thing to loosi, duck! -- nm - the liioulu with graphic novels Jul 22, 15:38
    - I would totally love that -- nm - Epiphany Jul 22, 15:25 8
      - the groin and the pip are right. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 22, 15:26 4
        
        I really do think. can you guys convince maxine when he shows back up? -- nm - workmanda Jul 22, 15:27 3
        
        I'm in! -- nm - Max Jul 22, 15:29 1
        
        I could not tell. nm -- nm - max's date Jul 22, 15:29
        
        you are the one with the vagina - groiny Jul 22, 15:28
      - *buys pippy a pair of hemlock squirrel covers* nm -- nm - groiny Jul 22, 15:25 2
        
        can we smoke them when I get lit on fire by the mob?? - Epiphany Jul 22, 15:27 1
        
        come on baby light my fire. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 22, 15:28

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