When the ethereal becomes flesh

2038-01-19T03:14:07Z

I finally got to meet one of my first online fandom friends, rabid_fangrrl and her sweet baboo when they passed through my area of the world on their March to the Sea, and I'm delighted to say she is just as cool as I always assumed she would be. (The sweet baboo is a doll, too.) We had a day of food and fun in the 1000-degree walking-on-the-surface-of-the-sun Texas heat with lots of eating and shopping and finally lounging about in the evening cool.

We found manga and anime (yay!!!) and rabid_fangrrl discovered the coolest little Japanese import shop with all kinds of wondrous thingumebobs. I got some onigiri moulds, ate a faboo Japanese waffle-chocolate-icecream sandwich, and can now proclaim that Choco-Banana Pocky is way better than one might imagine. We did not, alas, get to see bats or go to the best BBQ joint on earth, so they will just have to come back (maybe in one of those seasons where the Frigid North is covered in ice and it's actually pleasant and lovely down here.) I hope y'all made it down to the coast all right and got to dip your toes in the Gulf. Travel safe, and c'mon back anytime you want. :D

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When the ethereal becomes flesh