This is true...I just said I would...maybe we could do that sometime, flip the dates or something.

It seems to be hot no matter what side of the street I'm on, frankly.

Erika, I still fully believe you should pimp Phoenix. Like Liese and NoiseDesign have said, some people like the heat and actually thrive in it. You never know how many others feel the same way until the votes are in.

Ok, so, I want City Pimpage (tm) by the close of business PST on the 22nd. We will vote from the 26th through the 29th in the evening (It's finals for me, so I can't guarantee a specific time)

City Pimpage (tm) Format(everyone please give feedback on this):

City

• Hotel blurbs (cost, ammenities, Prom & HS plans, parking, etc), plus a few Things to Do in the immediate area. Try to keep it short.
• Alternate Hotel Stuff option: what we're looking at being able to get for each/any price level (all under $99/room). *
• Transportation (public transit, especially. Where does it go? It is reliable? Easy to navigate?)
• Number of locals and/or approximate free beds available
• Anything else you'd like to highlight (or that other people have highlighted.)
• Concerns, based on the above and other discussion.

(* I will be wicked pissy if you give us a list of all the ammenities of all the hotels in that range and don't say, "more or less any 3 of the following", or something. Don't be pitching us pool and free full breakfast if we won't be able to get both in one place.)

For those just joining the pimping: the rules of the hotel-choosing:

• Rooms must be available in the hotel for under $100
• High-Speed Internet must be available in the room
• The hotel must have easy access (through proximity or public transit) to things to do
• Easy Handicapped access, especially to Hospitality Suite and Prom Room
• Prom venues must be within staggering distance of the hotel, if not within the hotel itself

I sent our IFB (what DOES that stand for?) to Seattle's convention bureau this morning and already heard back from them with a few clarifying questions. Knock wood that this is a sign of things to come.

Yeah, I'll check around. What the hell.

I sent our IFB (what DOES that stand for?)

Invitation for bids, IIRC.

Such a smart sweet Canadian.

Even your plane crashes are polite.

I'm sure everyone got off that plane in an orderly and civilized fashion (and thank goodness that they apparently all got out of there).

The fact that no one was killed. What could be more polite than that?

It's like the plane was thinking, "oh dear, plumetting now, better be careful not to squash anyone inside of me."