Addresses

If you haven’t already given my your address … or you think i lost it or it has changed in the last few months please send me an update!!

i’m not sure this blog will be where i document the whole trip but this is a start …

When ... 's this all happening

 
 

Save the Date
November 19th

I fly out to New Zealand the day after Thanksgiving!
but on the domestic end of things i’m going to have a party the weekend before, probably on Saturday but …
i’ve got other pre-departure events, and some plans for when i get back that i wanna get the ball rolling on …

for the first time ever i’m looking forward to “Black Friday.“ and i don’t even have to get up at the crack of dawn! then after a brief stop in DFW and losing Saturday … i arrive in Auckland Sunday morning. i haven’t booked a hotel yet but i’m gonna stay in Auckland for at least a week. i’ve got a bunch of stuff on my to do list other than the farm, and i might try and get over to Australia this time … right now the plan is to come back somewhere around the end of February …
but before i go i’m gonna do my damnedest to have a party stateside. the weekend before thanksgiving, so the 19th-20th. i need to rally some party planning peeps and nail down some details. like … when and where and stuff. i’ve also got some big ideas for when i get back and i might try and make up a little deck of slides to show some people … so i guess watch this space …

well i actually updated this two days in a row … and might actually start sending this link out to people and stuff. this is also the first page in the book i’m working on! (the cover is on the main page). i also have a twitter for this stuff i should use but … that’s gonna require some more internetting then i can deal with right now …

right now it’s a “save the date“ but soon it’ll be a full on invite … now to set up an address book both digital and snail …

What ... 's the plan

 
 
 

Me and the Auckland skyline

-2009-

so …

To celebrate my 40th birthday i’m going back to New Zealand!
in addition to the magic of a summer birthday, i’m going to revisit the most magical place i’ve ever been to …
a couple of weeks ago i got flights, sent out a few emails and opened up some tabs with travel tips and currency info …

i’ve been thinking about doing this since just about the second i left Autumn Farm down in Golden Bay New Zealand … for a while it was just an abstract “i’ll go back when i’m 40“ idea to dream about … but then a few years ago after i moved back to Beacon i realized that it was fast approaching.
and last year when i turned 39 i realized it was time to actually plan it … first thing was renewing my passport! took me three tried but got that done before the leaves started coming out … then it was mostly hypothetical and trying to keep a balanced budget till midsummer. thats when the flight trackers got set up … and one day after work the price dropped into the zone where it actually made sense and … well here we are … there is actually a lot still to plan … but the basics are set up …


in theory i’m gonna keep this place updated with how that planning is going and how you can help if you want! though i’m not great at websites (you can tell by the rest of the place … ) i’ve got ones set up for the rest of the week so if i can get that momentum rolling i … might … be able to “live-blog“ this adventure …

the place that nocked the hall of Grand Central Station off the top of my all time favorite places in the world … The Summer house at the farm

the view , a sculpture built into a jacaranda tree