Reykjavík Grapevine - 06.06.2014, Blaðsíða 4

Would you be willing to run an ad to help
me find my penpal from fifth grade? Her
name was Andrea Avarstadottir or some-
thing like that. She was from Reykjavik.
I can't remember the proper spelling as
it has been more than 20 years since we
wrote. I was connected with her through
my teacher in Havre, Montana USA.
Thank you for any help you can offer.
Sarah McKinney
Dear Sarah,
Here’s to hoping that somebody read-
ing our issue can help you out. Right
off the bat we can tell you that her last
name is probably not Avarstadottir,
as it’s not really an Icelandic name,
but you’re probably close! She could
certainly be called something like An-
drea Ævarsdóttir (there’s one living in
Reykjavík) or Arnardóttir (there’s one
living in Mosfellsbær and her middle
name is Anna), or Arnarsdóttir (there’s
one living in Akranes and her middle
name is Ýr), or even Árnadóttir (there
are three of those, one living in Reykja-
vík, another in Hafnarfjörður and the
third in Akranes).
In case you want to try phoning any
of them, you can find their numbers at
www.ja.is (that’s our phonebook and
most people are listed).
We hope you reconnect!
Grapevine
Dear friends,
Now we desperately need your help and
we want to test the power of Facebook!
These young women came to our shop in
Reykjavík, Iceland, on Saturday the 31st
of May 2014.
They left their camera which con-
tains a lot of photos and we want to try to
get it back in their hands.
Attached are photos of the women
in Iceland and a photo of a graduation
at Cornell which might help us find the
owner.
It would mean a lot if you shared this
post so we can find the cameras owner!
Thank you,
Kraum
We want to help, Kraum, and we want
to test the power of the printed word,
too. Anyone know who these travel-
ers are? Lotsa karma points if you can
help us return a camera and prove that
the written word isn’t dead at the same
time.
Optimistically,
The Grapevine
Hello Grapevine,

I was reading your latest issue on my iPad and couldn’t
help but notice your cover photo of your beloved mayor…
err… your loved mayor… err… let’s just say your mayor, Jón
Gnarr walking on water. A photo that was inspired by the
Peter Sellers film Being There.
Well this was a pretty cool photo for me because I work
at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, which
is a 175,000 square foot house built in 1895. We have 43
bathrooms, 101 bedrooms, a gymnasium, an indoor swim-
ming pool, and a stable. It was built by one of the Vander-
bilt’s and is a popular tourist attraction here in the moun-
tains. Right about now, you most likely are asking yourself
“What the hell is your point?”. Well it was here at Biltmore
where Being There was filmed.

Here is Peter Sellers walking on the lagoon behind the
house:
So I thought to myself, what better place to read your maga-
zine, then at the Lagoon? So I did.

Have a great day!

Bryan
Hey Bryan,
Thank you for your nice letter! We had no idea that ‘Being
There’ was filmed at the Biltmore Estate, but that’s a fun
fact! And we’re glad you could enjoy the issue by that beauti-
ful lagoon…
For those of you who missed our last issue, you can find a .pdf
and issuu version on our website, www.grapevine.is.
All the best,
The Grapevine
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