tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post116699656594551182..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: ClinkShrink's TravelogueUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1167372952874953532006-12-29T01:15:00.000-05:002006-12-29T01:15:00.000-05:00Fascinating post. I love reading the history of so...Fascinating post. I love reading the history of some of these places. Some of the earlier settlement prisons are interesting too although the last one I visited had a room full of bottled snakes and spiders which ended my tour pretty quickly.HPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409589783052980600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1167363466421971802006-12-28T22:37:00.000-05:002006-12-28T22:37:00.000-05:00Thanks ;)Thanks ;)NeoNurseChichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16120931307124798416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1167309711475081932006-12-28T07:41:00.000-05:002006-12-28T07:41:00.000-05:00I've toured Alcatraz twice, first because I though...I've toured Alcatraz twice, first because I thought I should, second because I thought the audiotape guide was so well done. Loved it.Fat Doctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09672076019531106668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1167292730325528302006-12-28T02:58:00.000-05:002006-12-28T02:58:00.000-05:00Hey, Carrie, they actually comment on YOUR blog; t...Hey, Carrie, they actually comment on YOUR blog; that's more than they do for me, lol.<BR/><BR/>Ok, mock jealousy aside, just teasing you.<BR/><BR/>I miss the east coast sometimes and its history; I remember Philadelphia, from a child's point of view, anyway.<BR/><BR/>I miss all the Revolutionary and Civil War era stuff.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes I get sick of pioneer this, and pioneer that, out here, lol.<BR/><BR/>I don't think I could tour a prison; I had a hard time working up at Primary Children's Hospital for a couple weeks, once, and knowing all the suffering that was going on. Not that I think people are wierd for touring prisons; just that I couldn't I don't think.<BR/><BR/>Although I did enjoy seeing Adam and Jamie (Mythbusters) bust out of Alcatraz.Sarebearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09208596053319110470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1167286861442408172006-12-28T01:21:00.000-05:002006-12-28T01:21:00.000-05:00Dinah,I know where Lucky Strike is! You were in P...Dinah,<BR/><BR/>I know where Lucky Strike is! You were in Philly and didn't tell me.... *pout* Maybe someday we could meet and have lunch! I promise I'm not nuts... LOL I have to go to Philly tomorrow for the psychiatry appt at Penn and then an orthopedic appt at Rothman. I was originally going to take the train so that I could read my book or watch episodes of Gray's Anatomy on my ipod, but I have to be back by a certain time to have lunch with my friend. (I only have a long commute for now because I'm out at my parents' house in the West Chester area.) So I'll have to drive in and pay high prices for stupid parking garages and fight dumb traffic on the Schuylkill and 202 (can you tell I hate my commute?) instead of a nice little trip on the train and the happy excited feeling I get when in 30th street station and I momentarily consider hopping a train to New York City to start my performing career.<BR/><BR/>But anyway...<BR/><BR/>Check out the nursing blog carnival I just posted... <A HREF="http://neonursechic.blogspot.com/2006/12/change-of-shift-vol-1-no-14.html" REL="nofollow">Change of Shift Volume 1, Number 14</A> on my blog. BTW....am I ever gonna earn a link? LOL<BR/><BR/>Happy New Year! Hope LA is nice - my aunt used to live in Santa Monica, and I loved it out there. My mom and I woke up early one morning and got a huge blueberry muffin and sat down by the beach to eat it - very peaceful (and yummy!) memory! :)<BR/><BR/>Carrie :)NeoNurseChichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16120931307124798416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1167283883327513052006-12-28T00:31:00.000-05:002006-12-28T00:31:00.000-05:00Very interesting post. I didn't know so many pris...Very interesting post. I didn't know so many prisons offered tours. I think it would be cool to see one. Since I'm hoping never to see the inside of a prison using the justice system, this may be my only way to see what it's like inside the slammer. I don't live that far from Philly, so it might be a fun trip to do this summer.<BR/><BR/>Dinah...how funny that we both are from the same general area (I'm in DC) and now vacationing in the same general area. I'm also in one of the LA beach cities right now (where I grew up). I definitely like the weather better!!! Hope you enjoy the rest of your trip in LA. I'm crossing my fingers that DC gets the worst weather of the winter while I'm gone. A girl can dream!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1167280563579066082006-12-27T23:36:00.000-05:002006-12-27T23:36:00.000-05:00Okay, Hi From Los Angeles (or an outlying beach to...Okay, Hi From Los Angeles (or an outlying beach town). We're having fun and for the record of my recent travels:<BR/><BR/>Two weeks ago I was in Philly (and I really like Philly, much more a real city than Baltimore) for a party at Lucky Strike (yup, a bowling alley). We walked by the Walnut Street Jail and thought of Clink.<BR/><BR/>Three days ago, I was in Simsbury, right near the Newgate Prison. Again, I resisted the urge to visit. My husband has toured it as a child and says "the torture techniques are pretty cool".<BR/><BR/>I believe I've been to Eastern State Asylum (it's in Williamsburg, right) and did drag the family. <BR/><BR/>Yesterday, I saw Dream Girls in Hollywood, sort of Karma with Fat Doctor who was supposed to see it but didn't. Today, my crew insisted a ride at Universal Studios wouldn't be too scary. Sigh..... ("You went on a big people ride, Mom, put it on the blog," ....said teenage son.<BR/><BR/>Max, sadly, is in prison for the week.Dinahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227988351623862689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1167279287830825262006-12-27T23:14:00.000-05:002006-12-27T23:14:00.000-05:00I loved this post! Perhaps that's because there i...I loved this post! Perhaps that's because there is so much here that relates to what I know and love: Philadelphia! (I'm probably one of the very few who live and work in this city who actually say they love it...that may become pathological! *grin* )<BR/><BR/>I've actually never been to Eastern State, although I hear advertisements for tours there all the time on the radio. Having just clicked on the site, I want to browse around now and maybe visit when they reopen in the spring or summer... I said before that I wanted to go check out the Walnut Street Jail. I can't believe this one - I walked by that every single day. I lived in an apartment at the corner of 10th and Walnut for a year! I took walks nearly every day on Chestnut down to Penn's Landing and then back Walnut, which means I've walked by this site hundreds of times...and never realized it was this historic jail site.<BR/><BR/>My family was just in Philadelphia today to see "Chicago" (which was amazing!) and I take such pride in our city. I love telling them what all the sites are. I loved living right in the middle of the historic section - and having an ancestor who signed the declaration, meaning I've stood in the very same places that his feet stood - but 3 centuries ago. That's a totally awesome thought.<BR/><BR/>Of course, we have scored nearly a record number of murders this year (over 400 so far, and the last time we had this many was in 1997 when there were something like 417) - so we may have a need for jails and prisons more than ever before! Heh...<BR/><BR/>Hope Max doesn't see that last picture on there - he might get worried based on principle alone!<BR/><BR/>Take care!<BR/>Carrie :)NeoNurseChichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16120931307124798416noreply@blogger.com