I think Seattle or San Fran. Both have high Buffista contingents, and are cities that would be funfunfun to see.
See, in my fantasy, when I'm kissing you... you're kissing me. It's okay. I can wait.
Oz ,'First Date'
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!
Strix - Jun 27, 2005 9:29:37 am PDT #3192 of 10001
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Jessica - Jun 27, 2005 9:29:41 am PDT #3193 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Compared to Seattle and SF, San Diego's relatively cheap to fly into. (And because it's such a big convention town, there may be good deals on hotels.)
lisah - Jun 27, 2005 9:41:52 am PDT #3194 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Though it's probably more reasonable for West Coasters to fly up to Seattle than it is for the rest of the country.
From BWI it's about the same to fly to Seattle as it is to fly to SF. My friend is flying from here to Seattle in Sept. for about $200 roundtrip. It was a special Southwest deal but I don't think it's usually that much more expensive.
NoiseDesign - Jun 27, 2005 10:48:56 am PDT #3195 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
Seattle seems to be ridiculously expensive to fly to, based on my past experience of tentatively planning vacations.
This was the case with New Orleans as well.
Atropa - Jun 27, 2005 10:52:22 am PDT #3196 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Speaking as one of the Seattle bunch: I have NO organizational skills. Plei has slightly more than me. Unless we can talk Susan into doing event-planning things (which I know she's very good at), Seattle might not be such a good bet. Plus, yes, expensive to fly to.
tommyrot - Jun 27, 2005 10:52:56 am PDT #3197 of 10001
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When I lived in San Francisco, SouthWest Airlines often had ridiculously cheap airfare to Seattle (like, $40 one way). But this was ten years ago so I have no idea what the market's like now, or if it's more expensive to fly from places other than the West coast.
Susan W. - Jun 27, 2005 11:18:23 am PDT #3198 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I'd certainly be up for organizing, as long as I had minions to help out.
(It's a big step for me to admit I need minions. Normally I try to do it all myself, but, let's see, I've got a kid, a novel, a job search that I hope will be a job by then, etc.)
P.M. Marc - Jun 27, 2005 11:21:49 am PDT #3199 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I'm good at minioning.
Atropa - Jun 27, 2005 11:26:38 am PDT #3200 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I'm not bad at minioning.
JZ - Jun 27, 2005 11:27:03 am PDT #3201 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
One advantage San Francisco has price-wise is that both the Oakland and San Jose airports are relatively reasonable alternatives (price difference anywhere between $10 and $50/ticket, depending where you look). I don't know SJ at all, but Oakland has a fairly cheap shuttle between the airport and BART, which will then get you within shouting distance of most anywhere else in the Bay Area (or at least connect you to other public transit to all the most anywhere BART itself doesn't go).
Another is that it has a goodly number of localistas available for tour-guiding and shuttling. And I hesitate to offer up anyone else's couch, but I'm fairly certain, barring freak happenstance, that Hec and I could host at least one Buffista if someone couldn't afford the hotel.
But I got no dog in this fight, myself. I'm totally happy to go to Seattle, or anywhere, really, assuming the financial demons don't eat us from our bottoms in 2006 the way they did this year.