Hmmm. Wondering about the WInchester House expedition - it's actually in San Jose, a good 50 miles south of the City. Since it's essentially on the way out of town for ND, I'm not sure how you're going to a) fit it in, and b) get AmyLiz and others back up to the City, unless there are two or more vehicles going. Saturday morning might actually work best for that particular expedition; less timecrunched for people. Just sayin'...

But I think Deb was just demonstrating her chilled-with-people-smoking-outside-ness, rather than suggesting a link between the sheesha and the ashtray, as such. Maybe.

Yep!

Oh, while I'm thinking about it, a request, specifically for Fay and AmyLiz, but just something to remember: I am grotesquely perfume-sensitive, and Nic is nearly as bad (which pisses me off, because I used to at least be able to dab one wrist with Bal a Versailles and now it brings up itchy hives and makes Nic choke). So begging for the environmental allergy understanding-indulgence-awareness thing, please? I know perfume is as automatic as toothpaste in the morning for a lot of people, so I thought it best to mention it.

Tequila lime tart it shall be. One more thing for the list for Lilibeth - getting me early access to the hospitality suite. If it's possible for Nic to get the time together, I can have him hook up the DVD player and not have to bug ND with it; Nic has a weekly status meeting at work everyt Thursday, so it may be tricky.

Also, asking for two small fridges for the suite, but I'm also going to bring up one of my coolers and put it probably in the suite's bathroom; that can be loaded with beer and soda, and replenished from as needed.

DYING over the haute couture Gaultier champagne bondage bubbly.

So begging for the environmental allergy understanding-indulgence-awareness thing, please?

That would make me happy too.

Deb, I'm getting in Thursday afternoon, so think of me if there's anything I can help you with Friday.

Tequila lime tart it shall be

This sounds absolutely marvelous.

deb, thanks again for all your hard work. I know you dig it, but it's still a lot of work. And, it's appreciated.

Oh, deb? How are you around things like hairspray? Not that I use a ton, but I don't know how sensitive you and Nic are.

Please to consider this a general "my pleasure".

Also reminding both Amy and Fay that we have multiple cats. Luckily, we also have hard floors rather than carpets, air purifiers up the wazoo, and Robbie the Robot (I love the Dyson suckmonster with a stone passion) and I'm fierce about minimising the cat hair deal. Remember to bring allergy meds, just in case, though. And I usually have some in the house.

How are you around things like hairspray?

Nic hates but, but since I've been known to use it, he sucks it up. But if you mean just wearing it, rather than applying it in our bathroom? No problem at all. It's the mist that gets to him.

I will attest to the lack of cathair tumbleweeds in Deb's multicat household, plus the lack of attack-allergens for the mildly cat-allergic. In fact, my one-cat household has more visible cat hair on any given day than hers does.

I'm arriving on the same flight as Ginger, and hoping for a chance to hang out and kibbitz at least, if more hands-on help isn't needed. If you're not mired in prep, could we beg a pickup at SFO mid-afternoon Thursday? Gas money eagerly provided, as always.

Bev, thanks for reminding me - those needing pickup please email me? I can't do Oakland or San Jose pickups, but both of those have easy connectors to the City, and BART stops at the corner of 8th and Market, thirty seconds' walk to the HICC.

I can never remember to wear perfume, Deb, and truthfully, much as I love it, too much makes me wheeze. So I never wear it anymore.

Also, will bring Claritin or something -- I'm cat allergic, but we had Puck for fourteen years anyway, because I wanted him. I know not to touch my eyes, or face, really, if I've touched a cat.

Saturday sounds like it might be better for Winchester House, but it's up to whomever's driving because I will be carless. And if I don't get to go, it's no big. I really want people, not sites.

Deb's house has the least cat hair I've seen in any house with cats, much less a gang of cats.

I've been trying to figure out if I can bring something like cheese straws or cookies, but the whole flying across the country thing makes it awkward.