2nd Mac - best practices using iPhoto on both?

Hi -
I just got a new MacBook and have an iMac that is still the "hub" of my photo library. It is, in fact, about a 180 GB iPhoto library. I know that I can't sync libraries between Macs (a shame - someone should come up with a way to that assuming they haven't already!) so I'm just looking for any best practices?
I got the MacBook to be able to work on some photos while on the road - I can at least work on post processing in Photoshop, etc. I'm thinking now that my best strategy is to possibly work with the images on my MacBook, importing them into the iPhoto library if desired. Then use my Photo sharing service - Phanfare - to "sync" them? It requires me to download them on the other side and pull them again into the iPhoto Library on the iMac?
I don't use the Mobile Me Gallery but I suppose that would be another way to have access to them on the alternate computer?
Any other best practices or suggestions?
Thx!

So, if there are times when I'm not home to access my external drive, then going with the two libraries is the best solution, yes?
Perhaps, but you can get very small and portable external HDs these days.
I'm not sure though if I should really make both a 180 GB iPhoto library, do you? It is a back up true, but seems like a chunk to move
But you only do it once. The first time. Thereafter you're simply updating the other with the changes.
At least maybe I could split into pictures from 2009 - 2010 and have that library for both my iMac and the MacBook. I very rarely access before then (only if I need something specific) so then I could access that via the iMac exclusively?
That would be viable.
I would maintain a +full Library+ on the Desktop, the mobile versions a Smaller subset.
I'm sort of ruling out the one library on the external solution because it eliminates the possibility of being remote -
As I said above you can get tiny portable drives...
unless there is some swanky Login to My Computer or something that works with a Mac that can go remotely to my computer and then to my external drive.
*_This_* might help.
Regards
TD

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