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Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Click your heels and make a wish...

Last night, we started to watch Sci-fi's new miniseries The Lost Room. Basically, the premise is that Peter Krause is given a magic key by a dying kid. This key, when put into any lock in any door, turns that door into an entrance to a magical hotel room. If you enter said "lost room", you can exit to any location you think of, making the room a kind of portal to places worldwide. Anyway, it seems like there's a lot more to it than all that, including magical objects and crap, but we only made it through an hour of the show before I fell asleep on the couch. Anyway, the show got me thinking- if I could instantly transport myself to any location on earth, where would I go? Two dudes in the show chose to go see Penn State play, which is cool in some regards, but kinda lame in others, given the possibilities. So, what would I pick?

Seattle - That's my first choice, no doubt. Maybe it's because I listen to KEXP all day, maybe it's just b/c it's awesome, maybe it's because it's so pretty, or maybe I've romanticized it in my head, but I have a bit of an obsession with Seattle. I don't know where I'd pick in the city to end up- maybe MB's living room or office and surprise her before venturing out, maybe I'd just wander around Pike Street market and take in the sights, but nothing sounds better on this gloomy Ohio day than jaunting off to Seattle. (And this is about location, not about picking one sister over the other. I'm sure I'd use my magical key to visit all my family once the novelty of it wore off a bit. )
Paris - Paris is definitely next on my list. After just watching the Da Vinci Code and seeing Mag's photos from her semi-recent trip, Paris is definitely on the brain. I didn't appreciate it enough the first time I was there, so just plop me down in the Louvre, please.
Tokyo - Paul and I often talk about how we're going to travel to Tokyo somehow, someday. Well, my magical key would obviously be an easy way to do so. This is probably one of those things that sounds like an awesome idea, but in reality would end up being frightening b/c I'd just pick Tokyo on a whim, with no planning or foresight, and I'd end up lost in a crazy city with no idea how to read or speak the language and knowing no one. I'd probably get freaked out and run to the nearest door and use my key to get me safely home, but at least I'd have been there, right? Maybe I'd grab some sushi or something to eat first, ordering by pointing of course, Lost-In-Translation-style.
Giorgio's pizza- I maintain that Giorgio's in East Lansing makes the best pizza I've ever had. Lunch, anyone?
Small's - What better way to use a magical key than to go grab a beer with one of your oldest friends/favorite bartender?

So that's my list, today at least, and I thought I'd share it with you all. Where would you guys pick to visit with a hypothetical magical key?

Carrie at 12/12/2006

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at 5:02 PM MB said...: What an interesting premise for a show... Will they repeat it? I didn't watch it, but I'd like to based on what you wrote.

As for where I would go, that is a much more difficult question to answer than I thought it would be. It's not quite just a location question. There is an implication of time too. (I'm sure that Carrie is imagining Seattle in the summertime, not this overcast, drizzly time of year.) Hmm... where would I go?

- Paris and then a bunch of European cities. Paris is my favorite city on earth, so that would be the first on my list. After that, Rome, Florence, Prague, Budapest, London...

- New York. I haven't been since the 4th grade.

- Seattle in the summertime. I love living here, which is why this question is so hard to answer. I do prefer the summer months, though.

- Glen Lake. I will always want to go back there. That is the most magical place on earth for me.

If I answered the question based on visiting people, I'd have an entirely different list. I tried to answer based on places I want to go, not who I am with or who I could see.