[lace] Re: IOLI Convention -location,

[Sally Schoenberg]

I was at the Pacific Northwest conference at Pacific Lutheran College in 
Tacoma a few years ago.  The campus was beautiful, I loved having real 
classrooms to work in, but the dorms were, well, spartan.  There were no 
elevators and many lacemakers were very unhappy with the stairs to their 
upper floor rooms.  If I remember correctly, there were no phones in the 
rooms, and there was no store within short walking distance.  But I really 
enjoyed being able to walk safely around the pretty neighborhood every 
morning before class.

Last summer I went to the Tonder Lace Festival in Denmark.  The tourist 
information center booked my accommodations.  I had picked college housing 
from a list that included B&Bs and hotels, and they put me in the Ecco 
conference center.  Yes, Ecco, the shoe company.  There was a monstrous 
bronze foot out front that took me a day or so to recognize.  I guess I just 
wasn't expecting a sculpture of a foot.  Anyway, it was a good 40 minute 
walk to where all the lace events took place and there was no restaurant 
closer than that same 40 minute walk.  Fortunately I found a bicycle shop 
that rented me an elderly bicycle for my stay for $20, and I had a 
delightful time pedaling all over town and out to the nearby villages.  But, 
without the bicycle, it wouldn't have been fun.  I learned my lesson on that 
trip.  My vote is for hotels.

Sally Schoenberg
Anchorage Alaska
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