Source: 2015 Spring Equinox Storytelling and Sushi Feast

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The **Spring Equinox Festival** on March 22nd, 2013, was held simultaneously in both Ottawa and Redmond ([Ben](/Ben)'s home city), with Ben's parents joining the audience from Portland during the storytelling.  It started a little before 1 PM PST when [Brandon](/Brandon), [Shelley](/Shelley), [Sequoia](/Sequoia), and [Ren](/Ren) arrived at Ben's apartment, then we all adjourned to a nearby sushi restaurant for a vegetarian lunch. Shortly thereafter, at 1800 EDT (3 PM PDT) [Eric](/Eric) and his family also ate a vegetarian sushi meal in Ottawa.

At 1930 EDT/4:30 PM PDT, we began the storytelling via Skype and shared four stories across the continent:
- [Sequoia](/Sequoia) shared a brief retelling of the story of Peter Pan
- [Ben](/Ben) shared a [story about a bird who lived through the Fifth Great Extinction](/Flight,_Interrupted)
- [Brandon](/Brandon) shared a [futuristic tale of a girl choosing between immortality and motherhood](/Unexpected_Belligerance‎)
- [Eric](/Eric) shared a [story of a battle between two hyper-advanced arboreal ecosystems](/A_Clash_of_Trees)

In Redmond, we finished the day with an excursion to the playground in my apartment complex and the neighboring riverbank, followed by dinner and sci-fi trivia at another nearby restaurant called Flying Saucer Pizza.