"Jewel Case" - August 13, 2021

[mntlblok]

Traveling today, but now on the masked shore of Rittenhouse Square.

Can't see such references without googling. 7.1 miles from Germantown Cricket Club.

And only 2.5 miles from one of my favorite childhood memories - that zoo.

[Abide]

Traveling today, but now on the masked shore of Rittenhouse Square.

Traveling, in Rittenhouse Square? Welcome to my hood!

Wrong shore. I’m at the original hood laid out by William Penn three centuries ago.

[CPJohnson]

Still with Isaac; now in my 3rd rabbit hole.

Here are all 3 thunbergias:

[ChrisKochmanski]

Ashore!

Solved it last night, but could only post now. Power outage here, near Ann Arbor. Internet just back; still no electricity.

[KayW]

@madhatter5 was prophetic in yesterday's MEOT - I'm HANGING OUT WITH ISAAC this week. Saw lots of but no just yet. Reworked grid in Friday for first in a long time. Still nada. Hoping for post-enlightenment.

[mheverson]

Took me a moment, but ashore!

[mlvilv]

Bobbing around the sea in my floaty. Catching small waves that lead to nothing. I think I'm going to be annoyed when I see it. If I see it...

[DBMiller]

Late start, but quickly done and done

[TeaJenny]

All the posts along the lines of, "Well, it sort of clicked, but I'm not happy with it...wait, now it clicked!" had me second guessing myself. So, I revisited the grid, took into account something that had been bugging me, and voila! there was the hard click, confirming my original answer.

There is definitely a click. You'll know when you get it.

[whimsy]

i appear to be stumped for now --

[Bob cruise director]

Honestly, how do you guys get it so fast?

Well, basically, I arrange my work, exercise, and gardening schedule so that at 3:58 p.m. every Thursday I am sitting in front of the computer, lucky pen at the ready, hitting "refresh" repeatedly.
You think I am kidding, don't you.

Not at all. Remember when the WSJ was having problems and the meta did not come out until 4:25 or so. I had to write Mike Miller to keep an uprising from happening

[whimsy]

On shore. I got a late start today because I was taking care of this little 13-month-old: IMG_1833.jpeg
Yes, that is a cast on his right leg. We committed a major grandparent faux pas last month. Our daughter and son-in-law entrusted him to us for a weekend and by the time they got home, he had a fractured leg! (Not a complete break, fortunately.) The cast came off a week ago and he's fine now, but still, that's not how the weekend was supposed to turn out. We're still allowed to see him, I'm happy to say.

I doubt it was you. With that mischievous grin and adorable gleam in his eye, I'd predict that won't be the last of the ER trips. (And not all on your watch!)

[Bob cruise director]

On shore. I got a late start today because I was taking care of this little 13-month-old: IMG_1833.jpeg
Yes, that is a cast on his right leg. We committed a major grandparent faux pas last month. Our daughter and son-in-law entrusted him to us for a weekend and by the time they got home, he had a fractured leg! (Not a complete break, fortunately.) The cast came off a week ago and he's fine now, but still, that's not how the weekend was supposed to turn out. We're still allowed to see him, I'm happy to say.

Too bad you had to tell them. My mother in law and a friend had our son for a weekend. 40 years later we found out that they locked him in the car at Sturbridge Village and had to have the police open the door.

[HunterX]

Traveling today, but now on the masked shore of Rittenhouse Square.

Traveling, in Rittenhouse Square? Welcome to my hood!

Wrong shore. I’m at the original hood laid out by William Penn three centuries ago.

That's where I live. One block from that particular one of Billy's five original squares. Only one is no longer a square, having eroded into a circle long ago. And good luck crossing one of the streets around Franklin Square. That one is an island in a sea filled with frantic drivers.

[lacangah]

Ashore - fun construct.

Afterwards, went out and watched for the Perseid meteor shower. I found an app which will take pictures of meteors, but found only one hit out of the many images ‘triggered’ last night. I’m still figuring out how to insert a picture into a post, so for now I’ll include an ASCII version of the meteor image:

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Good health and good cheer,

[LadyBird]

Honestly, how do you guys get it so fast?

Well, basically, I arrange my work, exercise, and gardening schedule so that at 3:58 p.m. every Thursday I am sitting in front of the computer, lucky pen at the ready, hitting "refresh" repeatedly.
You think I am kidding, don't you.

Not at all. Remember when the WSJ was having problems and the meta did not come out until 4:25 or so. I had to write Mike Miller to keep an uprising from happening

That was a traumatic Thanksgiving Day, if I recall correctly.

[SReh26]

Haven’t really started yet after completing the grid, so please count me as still on the ship. Thank you.

[Bob cruise director]

Good Friday morning muggles.

This one appears to be either a Kas 1 or a Kas 5 depending on whether you see the path or not.

So far we have 4 on the air conditioned ship's bar and 75 on the shore hoping for an onshore breeze to keep things cool

[Lmoire]

I’ve got the grid finished but can’t figure out where to go from here. I’m new to the puzzles contests.

[Joepickett]

I’ve got the grid finished but can’t figure out where to go from here. I’m new to the puzzles contests.

I've been doing it for a year and I'm in (on) the same boat. Hi Isaac!