Is that ChiKat sitting on David's right? Or Kathy Astrom? And then who's the person sitting between her and Madrigal's boy? Is aurelia in any of these pictures? I realize I don't know what many of the Chicagoistas look like.

erinaceous looks very much like the woman who runs one of my favorite local bookstores, who is smart and sweet and awesome.

That place we almost went to?

I don't remember. Although we might have almost went to Pot Pan, where P-C and I had lunch. That's about two or three blocks away.

Is that ChiKat sitting on David's right? Or Kathy Astrom?

ChiKat has short-ish blonde hair, and Kathy has dark hair that's between chin- and shoulder-length.

Is that ChiKat sitting on David's right?

Yeah.

Or Kathy Astrom?

She's to ChiKat's right.

Is aurelia in any of these pictures?

She had to work late that night. She showed up at Miriam's, but I didn't take any pictures there.

When I get time I'll have to put proper captions on that page....

I think the order was Hec, ChiKat, Kathy A, then Madrigal's BF.

Such a fun weekend. So cool that Hec talked Madrigal into coming down. And then Scola shows up, and virtually all the Chicago area Buffistae managed to put in an appearance at some point. (I missed aurelia, though. Hi!)

I had a friend with me on Saturday for the reading, and it was so funny making introductions at the dinner table. "This is David. And David. And this is Kathy, and next to her is...Kathy. Oh, but here's Tom! And, um, Tom."

Somehow I managed to take one picture and appear in none. I'm not very good at this camera thing.

"This is David. And David. And this is Kathy, and next to her is...Kathy. Oh, but here's Tom! And, um, Tom."

Ha! That's great. Man, I wish I'd been able to go. At least now I have a couple more faces to put to the names.

Somehow I managed to take one picture and appear in none. I'm not very good at this camera thing.

I managed to do neither, so you're one up on me. I agree about the turnout being awesome, though.

Sorry for not getting pictures of everyone. I was afraid of being "annoying picture-taking guy" so I limited my photo-ing....

So good to see Knut. He was one of the first Buffistas I ever met, right after Juliana.

I was afraid of being "annoying picture-taking guy"

Not a problem. I'm very much in favor of "better safe than sorry" on this in general. Also not big fan of having my picture taken most of the time anyway, so less blinding by camera flashes=good in my book. (Which is funny because I'll get disappointed when there is no photographic evidence of my existance, but will often not like the acquiring of or my appearance in said evidence when it does exist.)