eric | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 18 2007 | books, Charles Dickens, London, literary, theme park, literary tour, thepugetnews
They're going to open a Dickens theme park in Kent next month. Definitely a stop I need to add for the inaugural London trip I've been trying to plan for years. Now if the exchange rate could just get reasonable!
Quoted: Sandwiched between a cinema multiplex and a factory outlet, and housed in a hangar the size of four football pitches, Dickens World is a theme park based on the Victorian answer to Mickey Mouse. Opening in Kent at the end of next month, it's a day out for the family that brings to life the 15 novels by Charles Dickens; actually make that 13 - they haven't managed to squeeze in Barnaby Rudge or Bleak House. Never mind that the books tackle child exploitation, poverty, murder and domestic violence; the indoor attraction is based on designs by the creator of Santa World in Sweden so the emphasis is firmly on fun, fun, fun.
eric | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 30 2007 | American Voices, foolproof, literary, events, Seattle, books, thepugetnews
Sarah Vowell will be performing at The Moore tomorrow night (3/31/2007) at 8PM. Cheap seats are $30 if you get them at the box office, otherwise, you'll pay nearly 10 bones, and I do mean bones, in additional ticketmaster fees.
I'll be there with a friend. Is anybody else going? Wanna grab a drink before or after?
Quoted: From wikipedia: Sarah Jane Vowell (born December 27, 1969) is an American author, journalist, humorist, and commentator. Often referred to as a "social observer", Vowell has authored several books and is a regular contributor to the radio program This American Life on Public Radio International. She was also the voice of Violet in the animated film The Incredibles.
eric | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 30 2007 | books, literary, travel, drinking, thepugetnews
eric | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 31 2006 | poetry, Arthur O'Shaughnessy, Ode, literature, literary, books
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