Good Morning,
Okay so I know I won't exactly be looking into a river in Vermont...it's a lake, my friends live on Lake Champlain. But, if you listened to the above this is my favorite Natalie Merhcant song...very soothing.
I am very excited to see my friends but still a bit nervous about the travel and being 700 miles away from home in Vermont! Not helping is the small matter of the research I’ve been doing lately.
"Law of nature prevails in Vermont
Brattleboro teens shed clothes with impunity"
``I think most of Vermont wants Vermont to be nude," said Hannah Phillips, 15, who added that she has not disrobed. ``People have a basic human right to be naked if they want to."
Since then, the no-clothes fashion has gained popularity and has expanded to include group bike rides, skateboarding, hula-hoop contests, and a grass-roots music event that the group dubbed the Brat Fest.
The stripping apparently started in early summer...
hmm, what else?
Here’s the correspondence I had with a columnist from the Seven Days News "We have Issues 7 days a week!" This is Vermont’s alternative webweekly at www.sevendaysvt.com.
Eva,
This is my first time visiting the 7Days online. I
was immediately drawn in by your unique blog title
"Stuck in Vermont." I am visiting Vermont in July and
will be writing a personal/travel essay on my
experiences. I was wondering if you could give me any
background on how you decided to name the blog “Stuck”
in Vermont.
Also, why is it that Cindy Sheehan is the
only person stuck in Vermont? I believe the activist Cindy Sheehan
lives in Virginia and/or Texas?
Thank you for such an interesting an entertaining
blog.
I look forward to your reply.
Amanda
(Reply I received from Eva)
Amanda,
Thanks for your mail. I named the vlog Stuck in VT because we get stuck in the snow and mud here every year AND a lot of people end up stuck here after visiting (watch out). Plus, it is a little sassy.
Cindy Sheehan spent a weekend in VT driving around on a bus and stumping for impeachment of Bush. During that time I made a video about her so she was temporarily stuck in VT (there was a snowstorm and she actually did almost get stuck).
Glad you like the vlogs and have a great time in VT!
best,
eva
took me about 5 minutes to figure out why the title is “sassy” about 10 not to point out my sky rocketing pulse…
according to the alternative paper there are…
Artists Stuck in Vermont
Companies Stuck in Vermont
Musicians Stuck in Vermont (C Funk, James Kochalka Suprstar!, Tell No One)
And entire organizations?
So…If there’s one place I’d like to get stuck in Vermont it would be with my friends Mary & Kay. (very goood folks) For the next week or so you can find me here.
Peace and Happy Monday.
Amanda
p.s. Mitty the Kitty is in charge of next week's post : )
1 comment:
Hello Amanda, thanks for the post!
Still Stuck in VT,
Eva
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