Damn, must be a bad week to come to NYC, the Blakely is booked too. And running upwards of $300/night for a few of the nights it is available.
Take jobs as they come -- and we'll never be under the heel of nobody ever again. No matter how long the arm of the Alliance might get, we'll just get ourselves a little further.
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
F2F 3: Who's Bringing the Guacamole?
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: San Francisco, May 19-21, 2006! Everything else, go here! Swag!
NoiseDesign - Apr 05, 2005 11:52:43 am PDT #1886 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
Jessica - Apr 05, 2005 11:55:13 am PDT #1887 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Hm...the only other hotel I know of at all is the Brooklyn Marriott, which is within walking distance of my apartment and in your price range, but probably not the most convenient location for you. (It's only 2 stops into Manhattan, but 20-40 minutes to midtown.)
-t - Apr 05, 2005 11:57:19 am PDT #1888 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I stayed at the Westin at Times Square last time I was in NY. I was nice enough, nothing special, good location, I think around $200/night, but we had a weddingblock so I'm not sure what the normal pricing is.
NoiseDesign - Apr 05, 2005 12:01:12 pm PDT #1889 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
It seems like all the likely places are sitting at around $250-$275 all through midweek that week. I'm just running budget numbers for my trip and last time I was able to do rooms at close to $200 but it looks like this time they'll have to pony up for more.
Jon B. - Apr 05, 2005 12:21:07 pm PDT #1890 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
The one time I stayed at a midtown hotel, I stayed at the Paramount. The decor was great -- Gary Panter designed the kids common room! Doing a quick check online, room are also $250-$275.
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NoiseDesign - Apr 05, 2005 12:23:48 pm PDT #1891 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
Looks like rates are just high that week. I sent the quote off saying that my lodging will be running $275 a night for the trip. Once the final green light is given then I'll see what I can do. I'm going to call The Library Hotel again once I'm ready to book and see if there's any chance of a room again.
meara - Apr 05, 2005 6:02:53 pm PDT #1892 of 10001
Try "Dream"? It's on...57th or so, between 7th and 8th, I think? I got it for about $190, last time I went, and it was super nice.
Fred Pete - Apr 10, 2005 7:38:01 am PDT #1893 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Bad news -- due to inability to find kitty-sitting, it looks like we won't be going to the NOLA F2F this year.
OTOH, we visited a boarder that's trying to find a home for an abandoned pair of 6YO Himalayans. So we may become a 3-kitty home in the very near future.
JenP - Apr 10, 2005 9:43:29 am PDT #1894 of 10001
ND, I'm sending a contrib., but you can just put it towards whichever fund is in most need.
Have fun, ya'll. Wish I could be there, too. No muffaletta for Jen this year, though.
NoiseDesign - Apr 10, 2005 10:33:55 am PDT #1895 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
F2F Update
Here's where we currently are:
Main fund $780 (minus some PayPal fees)
Travel fund $40
We need to have close to $2500 for our expenses for the weekend. We are now 5 weeks away from the event. I'm not sure where we are on the hotel room bookings, hopefully Kristin will post that information soon so we can find out if we're in trouble there.
Cutoff date for our block of rooms is April, 20th.
That means you have 10 days left to get room reservations at our rate, and it also means that we only have 10 days left to fill the block of rooms that we signed a contract on.
I'm starting to get a little worried about our funding situation. We've had very low numbers of folks donating so far. And by low I mean less than 15 people so far.
No matter what I'm really looking forward to seeing folks in N.O. and I know we're going to have a good time. However, if you've been procrastinating on reserving hotel rooms or on sending in a donation, now is when I ask you to please stop procrastinating.