Letterboxing Northern California - Yahoo Groups Archive

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January 2008

lock and lock

Started by Sally (sierra64@sbcglobal.net) | 1 message | First message: 2008-01-08
Hey I saw something that looked alot like LNLs today at Winco foods. I haven't used the orignal LNLs so don't know the finer points of their features. I was at a high trot when I went by the LNL...

Reminder PhotoShop class -- plz e-mail me to confirm attendence - Thanks

Started by Paul (pgonyea@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2008-01-06
Thanks to everyone who expressed an interest & e-mailed me their preferences for scheduling the class. Almost everyone prefer Sundays. Although I initially wanted to schedule it in January, that...

Not actually about letterboxing...but, hey, you all are crafty

Started by Lisa Lazar (lazar.bauer@earthlink.net) | 3 messages | First message: 2008-01-06 | Last message: 2008-01-07
I wonder if anyone can suggest good fabric stores in the East Bay. I'm looking for upholstery fabric. I've been to Discount Fabrics Stone Mountain and Daughters Jo-Annes and Poppy's is...

Rainy Rainy Rainy

Started by Lisa Lazar (lazar.bauer@earthlink.net) | 10 messages | First message: 2008-01-05 | Last message: 2008-01-09
Is anyone other than me wondering just how waterproof our letterboxes are right now? Lisa

While You're Away

Started by Lisa Lazar (lazar.bauer@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2008-01-01
Leaving Wassamatta_U in charge of ANYTHING is rather like leaving the fox to guard the hen house, don't you think? Take a look at AQ, if you don't agree. Lisa

Dem XX Men in Hell

Started by Lisa Lazar (lazar.bauer@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2008-01-01
Man, I miss these guys: http://www.atlasquest.com/events/event.html?gEventId=578 Lisa

Happy New Year and Letterboxing stories

Started by Sally (sierra64@sbcglobal.net) | 1 message | First message: 2008-01-01
Happy New Year Everybody, Just got an amazing story about one of my letterboxes. Had to share it. My box is called Blast off and it's a cartoon rocket stamp near Kennedy Space Center's Astronaut...

December 2007

Endangered Species

Started by Lisa Lazar (lazar.bauer@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2007-12-31
Did the article list the species? I didn't see one, but I ended up not following your link, which didn't work for me for some reason. I think one thing that we really need to keep in mind is that...

GGNRA Endangered Species Big Year

Started by Lea Shangraw Fox (princesslea@alamedanet.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2007-12-30 | Last message: 2007-12-31
There's an article in this Sunday's Chronicle Magazine about endangered species in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Apparently there are 33 endangered species found here, more than...

Class: Using PhotoShop to prepare images for carving

Started by Paul (pgonyea@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2007-12-30
Thanks to everyone who expressed an interest & e-mailed me their preferences for scheduling the class. Almost everyone prefer Sundays. Although I initially wanted to schedule it in January, that...

They Shot an Arrow

Started by Lisa Lazar (lazar.bauer@earthlink.net) | 4 messages | First message: 2007-12-30 | Last message: 2008-01-18
Robb and I were in West Oakland, so we scooped up Wendy's addition to the letterboxes at Middle Harbor Shoreline Park. Today was one of those misty silvery days, and it was almost impossible to see...

Thank you Wendy!

Started by Lisa Lazar (lazar.bauer@earthlink.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2007-12-28 | Last message: 2007-12-28
Robb and I took a stroll out to the Albany Bulb today, and found three wonderful letterboxes by Wendy in the East Bay. I don't know how long they'll stay out, since they are seasonal letterboxes. ...

PhotoShop class for Images to Carve -- Scheduling

Started by Paul (pgonyea@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2007-12-18
OK -- I see I have enough interest (minimum of 3 people) to go ahead with the class. NOW, to find the best date on a January weekend, from about 1:00 - 3:00 PM (giving you some time afterwards to...

Newer letterboxers & LbNCA

Started by Paul (pgonyea@earthlink.net) | 6 messages | First message: 2007-12-17 | Last message: 2007-12-18
Prissfaerie & I were sending messages via AtlasQuest when I mentioned my upcoming PhotoShop mini-class. As she was unaware of it, I sent her here to scroll through the messages for info. Then...

Oakland's Chinatown

Started by Lisa Lazar (lazar.bauer@earthlink.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2007-12-12 | Last message: 2007-12-12
I recently heard that my "Good Fortune" letterbox is alive and well, and that seemed like a good excuse to ask people for restaurant recommendations in Oakland's Chinatown. Robb's parents are...

"pretend" to be a time traveler day

Started by Lisa Lazar (lazar.bauer@earthlink.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2007-12-10 | Last message: 2007-12-13
http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2007/12/pretend-to-be-a.html Was Saturday, December 8th. But the REAL time travelers in our midst can go back again and again and chuckle knowingly.

Photoshop lesson

Started by Paul (pgonyea@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2007-12-08
Sounds like there's enough interest... let me pick a date, then we'll iron out the details... so it's a GO! P.S. When I check in with the stores hosting the "Cabinet of Curiosities", the oiwners...

Cabinet of Curiosities: Avia Airship is in the air!

Started by Paul (pgonyea@earthlink.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2007-12-08 | Last message: 2007-12-09
Clues can be found at: http://www.atlasquest.com/lboxes/clue/index.html?gBoxId=61908 Who is faster than Princess Lea? Paul

OB Juan branches out into other art forms...

Started by Lisa Lazar (lazar.bauer@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2007-12-07
http://www.miniaturebrainwave.com/2007/12/06/yoda-pizza/

Denise?

Started by Lisa Lazar (lazar.bauer@earthlink.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2007-12-06 | Last message: 2007-12-13
Where are you these days, Denise? Lisa

Anyone interested in a Photoshop lesson?

Started by Paul (pgonyea@earthlink.net) | 9 messages | First message: 2007-12-02 | Last message: 2007-12-16
If there are 3 - 6 people interested, I'd be willing to host a demonstration of how to use Photoshop or Photoshop Elements to convert photos, drawings & illustrations into letterbox images. I know...

November 2007

It is Square Dance Day for two more hours!

Started by Lisa Lazar (lazar.bauer@earthlink.net) | 3 messages | First message: 2007-11-30 | Last message: 2007-11-30
This really isn't a leterboxing discussion board, is it? I think we spend more time talking about square dancing than just about anything else. But who am I to talk? I'm the one who kept sharing...

Cabinet of Curiosities

Started by jceg5540 (greendoc@sonic.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2007-11-28 | Last message: 2007-11-28
I have only been down to SF once in the last 3 months...and that was to see the wonderful Joseph Cornell and Olafur ELiasson shows at SFMOMA. But thee cabinet of curiosities has me so straining at...

Is anyone headed out to the Wave Organ?

Started by Lisa Lazar (lazar.bauer@earthlink.net) | 4 messages | First message: 2007-11-27 | Last message: 2007-11-28
I may need some help replacing a logbook. I honestly don't remember how small this book was. Altoids tin, I think. Does anyone recall. Lisa

Coming back to SF in March

Started by aeckert1 (aeckert1@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2007-11-27
Hello San Francisco boxers, I will be making another trip to San Francisco in March 2008. This time I am planning ahead (Ok, WAY ahead!) and hoping to meet with some of you for some exchanging...