Paul_Klein said:
Hey Gary! I live about 20 minutes south of you (Woodstock, Illinois), but I travel to Lake Geneva probably twice a month with my girlfriend to walk on the beach... one question tho: I don't know if you go out much on Friday or Saturday evenings... but Lake Geneva seems to attract the loudest most annoying teenage joyriders in the midwest! I'm scared just to DRIVE in that town on the weekends. HOW do you put up with it?
HAHA once time my girlfriend and I were sitting on a bench in downtown LG one Friday evening watching all the cars drive by. I swear, in 30 minutes, we saw 4 or 5 different guys in souped-up cars drive up that same street 10 times. Either they're desperatly trying to impress girls, or they need a HOBBY! Like...say... oh nevermind
Sure, and I know Woodstock p[retty well. It has sure gotten big over the years since first we used to drive down there as teenage kids looking for something to do. That brings me to the LG crowd.
As a resort town Lake Geneva changed from family vacation spot to young-folks hot-spot in the 1950s. As a teenager we would be out every weekend looking for girls. Being locals we knew which weekends were best, as they would alternate. One weekend a lot of guys would be in town, and we'd quit patrolling early then. Next weekend, when the girls had spread the word that there were five guys for every one of them, and vice versa, we'd sure be out and about
Now that I'm well past that stage, it's easy to just stay home on weekends--go to someone else's house, ot hit a place out of town where the kids don't go.
BTW, my house is a block and a half from the library pary, two from the beach. Most of the traffic is centered around the MAin & Broad area and the beach, of course, so it's pretty quiet here even on busy weekends.
And as a teenager I was usually in one of those cars endlessly circling. Finally we caught on to the fact that walking around was the way to meet girls. Then we parked the car and did just that... In fall-spring we did indeed pursue something other that girls--games!
Oh wait... I actually do have a game-related question...
What happened to the Game Guild? I know that it moved several months back, but it moved to a smaller building that's *completely* hidden from view by some smoke-shop. Why the move?
Don Perrin and MArgaret Weis sold the iperation, and now Dennis Harsh (a former member of my gaming group and a really great guy) manages the Game Guild. They moved to the second floor of that big mall-type building on the corner of Main and Mill street because of cost. Maintaining it in its second location--the two places on Broad and Dodge Streets--wasn't possible unless they bought them from Don & Margaret.
I agree with you that the new place is like a "blind ale house"--as if purposefully hidden to keep the uninitiated away. That's not by design. They need sinage--neon and large. I don't think that they'll get it though
I'd hang out there, play games and all, but as with most places these days, it's "no smoking." About half of my group smokes, myself included, so we prefer to be in less restrictive surroundings...and we can tip a brew here too
Cheerio,
Gary
Cheerio,
Gary