aw! i actually wont be this year. i did get this in the mail yesterday, though: www.flickr.com/photos/sta...6857011821/

instead, i will be at the family vacation home in the sierras with a few other NYC / burner ex-pats, enjoying the bribe pictured above... hangin with the pine trees, exploring caverns and making like a *real* steampunk:

Steam Powered Train Rides
Climb aboard a vintage steam-powered excursion train every weekend at Railtown from April to October. Trains operate every Saturday and Sunday, departing from the Railtown Depot on-the-hour 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Special "themed" excursions operate other times throughout the year. Enjoy a six-mile, 40-minute roundtrip ride through the scenic Sierra foothills, in vintage passenger coaches pulled by an authentic steam locomotive. Regular excursion train tickets are $8 adults, $3 youths ages 6-17, ages 5 and under ride free. Specially themed
excursion train prices vary; please inquire for details. www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp

have fun for me, miss ai-yaiyaiyai! i hope to see you again, soon. it has been far too long, girl!