Anya ,'Storyteller'
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!
Things for ND to do in Somerville:
Fri. Dec. 17 - The Lothars are playing at a dive bar called the Abbey Lounge.
Sat. Dec 18 - The Somerville Illuminations Holiday Tour. Not to be missed! Bonus for this year: I will be leading a couple of the tours! Probably at 7:30 and 8:45pm, but I'll let Buffistas know which ones for sure as soon as the schedule is finalized.
Both of those sound way cool!
Ngah! So it's N'Orlins?
gnashes teeth.
This is one of the places in the world I really want to go to, and never have. And it has added Buffistas? Oh, hell. Hell. How am I going to wrangle this?
Er. Also? Hello, lovely and rarely-glimpsed tribe o'mine.
smooches Fay!
Hi lovely lady. New Orleans is the place to be missy, get your plan on.
Fay, you must come to New Orleans. There will be ribaldry. And tasty tasty food. Almost certainly bawdiness and indulgence. Plus beautiful old history and funky culture and fantastic music.
Fay, much ~ma to your friend, and bit of standard, instant karma to your employer, such that you get reinsured/get the insurance issues cleaned up, immediately.
May I ask to be included in the ND DC events?
Me, too.
Chicagoistas
If I stay in the Loop I presume I'll be close enough to transit to get to Quimby's and around town. Is that going to be dead at night or inconvenient to everybody else? What neighborhood is Quimby's in?
Also, if I go into Midway instead of O'Hare am I out in the boondocks? 'Cuz its cheaper going into Midway. Would I eat up that difference in shuttle expenses coming into the city?
Midway is a lot closer to the Loop than O'Hare is. It's sort of the Wrigley Field of airports, because it's size is defined by the city blocks it was built on.
Quimby's is in Wicker Park / Bucktown. (There's some confusion over the two - people often use them interchangeably.) Pretty close to downtown, when compared with the rest of the city.
Both Midway and O'Hare have 'L' trains that go to them. O'Hare's goes into the terminal building itself. Both these trains can take you downtown in about 45 minutes and will cost $1.75.
It seems to me that most all the decent hotels are either downtown or near one of the airports. So I'd say downtown is your best bet. Unless others know of a good hotel in the near-north side.