Trying to anticipate the structure of this, my first blog, has turned out sounding all serious on the About and How To pages. In reality, I’ve been having a blast going on this dream treasure hunt for a few weeks now.
The idea’s been germinating in my mind for a few years—originally as a scavenger hunt. In events calendars a couple of times, I’ve seen a listing for a scavenger hunt at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It sounded like a fun time, and I kept trying to think of a way to hold a dream-related scavenger hunt. But it’s challenging enough to get people together for a single-place, stationary event in New York City (long commutes, tons of other events to compete with), and the answer just wasn’t coming to me. I got more intrigued, though, on a trip to Chicago last year, when I discovered that the Chicago cultural center has handouts leading visitors through self-guided scavenger hunts as a way to discover Chicago neighborhoods.