The Selfish Seamstress has been taken hostage! Unexpectedly roused at 5:00AM this morning, told to pack clothes for the next three days and bring my passport. Yes on sunglasses, no on hiking boots, maybe on bathing suit. Bring comfortable shoes for walking, one nice dress, and one nice pair of shoes. I’ve been told that temperatures will be in the mid-60’s at this thus far undisclosed location.
Where am I being taken, and more importantly, what fabric stores will be there?
Place your guesses for where I’ll end up, and please provide crucial corresponding information for fabric shopping in said destination. I’ll let you know where I am when I find out!
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April 24, 2010 at 6:20 am
Trudy callan
How utterly exciting. I wish would whisk me away. Hope they return you safely.
April 24, 2010 at 6:38 am
Rachel
3 days, temps in the 60’s, requires passport.
Hmmm…. odds of Europe with the volcano craziness are low. Mexico and Central America are way above the 60’s.
My guesses: a Canadian city (Vancouver or Montreal, perhaps) would be my first guess. Or, shoot, it could be a U.S. city and he told you to bring your passport to throw you off the scent.
April 24, 2010 at 7:26 am
CGCouture
Well, since you’d need a passport to get anywhere in the US (IIRC you said you didn’t live in the US), and knowing that my location has been above the 70’s, I’d assume north of here, so I’m going to guess Nebraska? Iowa? Illinois? Northern Missouri? I’m pretty certain they’d all be fairly flat (hence the lack of hiking boots), I probably wouldn’t count on the bathing suit (unless you are in a hotel with a pool), and sunglasses are a given pretty much anywhere that it isn’t covered in trees or under nearly constant rain.
April 24, 2010 at 7:52 am
Anonymous
Vegas, baby
April 24, 2010 at 8:07 am
daiyami
No guesses, but best piece of travel advice I ever got was ALWAYS bring your bathing suit.
April 24, 2010 at 8:17 am
Beangirl
San Francisco.
Britex. Stonemountain. Lots of others I’m sure.
April 24, 2010 at 8:41 am
Karen
mmmm, passport, sunglasses, maybe a bathing suit, temps in 60’s over the next 3 days??? Panama City Beach? Washington, DC? Chicago? I would have said Vegas, but the weather report is for temps in the 80’s…
April 24, 2010 at 10:00 am
Amy
Ooh fun! I love adventures! Now I’m jealous…
My guess is Portland, Oregon. Although that might require hiking boots, don’t know.
April 24, 2010 at 11:43 am
lorrwill
Not even enough clues for me. I thought it might be around here, like beangirl, except for the swimsuit. It is still too cold for that.
April 24, 2010 at 12:59 pm
P
Hopefully, You’re coming out here to LA!! We’re having Turner Classic Movie Festival – wouldn’t that be fun:) Plus, the shopping!
April 24, 2010 at 3:59 pm
Stephanie
It must be Wellington, you lucky girl. They have a great jazz scene, I hear.
April 24, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Vicki
Well, you are not coming to see me here in Australia. By the time you got here, it would be time to go back….just about where ever you live. So no point telling you about all our wonderful fabric stores…it would just make you jealous.
April 24, 2010 at 5:52 pm
Susannah
Hopefully Noo Yawk Cittee!!!! In which case, fabricwise, the world is your proverbial oyster…
April 24, 2010 at 6:17 pm
Jan
PR weekend in Philly? Although that’s not til next month, but …
April 24, 2010 at 7:28 pm
Rena
Ummm, not L.A. It was in the 60’s last week (brrrr!) but is going to be in the upper 70’s, low 80’s going forward. (Except maybe at the beach – but why go to the beach if it’s in the 60’s?)
Have fun!
R.
April 24, 2010 at 8:36 pm
Shams
I also vote San Francisco. It’s been in the 60s here the last few days.
April 25, 2010 at 12:04 am
Liz
London!
Wish I knew the fabric stores there…
April 25, 2010 at 12:32 am
vicky
Italy, fingers crossed!
April 25, 2010 at 2:24 am
gab
How about Paris or Venice? That would be pretty special….
April 25, 2010 at 4:29 am
Marsha
I have not a single guess, but I am so terribly excited on your behalf! It’s the kind of thing that years of romance novels and romcoms have influenced me to covet desperately. Enjoy!
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