MV Lotus

[jinian]

I actually have been doing and seeing cool things lately, just low on output/interaction points due to stress and illness. One of the things was from the 8th, when Wim and I went rowing and also prowled around the Center for Wooden Boats area. We found a nifty Edwardian houseboat, the MV Lotus. The owner was aboard and giving little tours, in which she claimed that it had been in terrible shape but everything was original (?) and "the real thing." I think she means it was lovingly restored, which certainly seemed to be true, flocked bedspreads and all. There were several bedrooms and bathrooms, in addition to the very nice sitting room. We climbed to the pilot house on the second floor, walked across the top next to the swanky, wickerish lounge area, and came down a tiny steep stairway that the owner then said she should have prevented us descending -- she disappeared too quickly to block it off for us to understand why. The kitchen seemed pretty spacious too. In short, I am hoping to find an excuse to rent this boat for some kind of event at some point, because it was really rather amazing.