Shanachie interview with the Librarian in Black
Erik Boekesteijn and Jaap van de Geer, otherwise known as the Shanachies, conducted an interview with me as part of their Shanachie Video Project, a tour around the world interviewing librarians. The interview was done at the Point Reyes Lighthouse inside the Point Reyes National Seashore.* We took a half-mile trail hike, plus 308 steps down to the lighthouse (and back up!). I was also lucky enough to have Erik & Jaap stay with us for a couple of days, including a whirlwind tour of the best Marin County has to offer–including walking over the Golden Gate Bridge, eating lunch on the Bay in Sausalito, driving through pastureland/mountains/national parks, the Point Reyes Lighthouse of course, Drake Beach, and oysters and champagne. Our San Francisco dinner at Korea House wasn’t bad either. I should be posting all my photos to Flickr soon.
You can view the Librarian in Black interview below, or view or download directly on Vimeo. Does this interview leave you begging for more? All 56 of the Shanachie videos are available online too! And you should definitely check out the LBI Shanachie Tour website. You can also follow them on Facebook & Twitter if you prefer.
The Librarian in Black interview from Jaap van de Geer on Vimeo.
* The Point Reyes Lighthouse is stated by the National Park Service to be the westernmost point of the contiguous United States, but it would appear there is one island further west in Washington (see comments for more)
November 2nd, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Westernmost point? Where do you get your information? Citations or it didn’t happen.
November 2nd, 2009 at 6:59 pm
I got my information from the Point Reyes National Seashore itself. And as I don’t believe every article I see on the inter-webs (e.g. the one you linked to), I did a bit more digging. According to Wikipedia, the westernmost point of the contiguous United States (not including small islands that are not contiguous), is Cape Alava, Washington at 124.73306c. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_points_of_the_United_States However, the National Park Service does indeed confirm the information I have. See the NPS page, 2nd paragraph: http://www.nps.gov/pore/parknews/newsreleases_20090930_lighthousefencing.htm According to several sources, the Point Reyes Lighthouse is at 123.02325°W. So…yes, it would appear that Cape Alava is further west…which is curious. I suppose it proves once again that I shouldn’t trust the government.
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:14 pm
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November 9th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
Really nice interview Sarah! And honestly, I can’t believe that the first person to see & respond to this felt the need to harp on about the “furthest point west” thing, and didn’t say a single nice thing about the interview. Shows how selfish, self-important, and inconsiderate some people are! But good job!