I'll be happy with just about any place. I'm much less familiar with the east coast than the west coast, so it will all be new.
Yeah, but you're an amateur fry cook and I come from a long line of fry cooks that don't live past 25.
Buffy ,'Showtime'
F2F 4: Too Much Candy, Never Enough Mojitos.
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: Madison, WI from June 20-22 2008! Official website.
SailAweigh - Jul 16, 2006 9:41:43 am PDT #3240 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Jon B. - Jul 16, 2006 10:10:37 am PDT #3241 of 10002
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Unless rates have gone up since thanksgiving, the Harvard Square Hotel has freakishly low (for the area) room rates of $99/night. That's the AAA/AARP rate, but I'd assume group rates are no more than that. As long as we don't pick a weekend near graduation, we should have no trouble getting rooms. We had family members make reservations there for last thanksgiving, and there were no complaints.
And the name is accurate. It is RIGHT in the Square.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 16, 2006 10:32:24 am PDT #3242 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Is that the one just north of the Charles River, near the indie cineplex?
Beverly - Jul 16, 2006 10:43:26 am PDT #3243 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
NC probably will be gorgeous and comfortable for most folks through late May and early June. By mid-June, it's just too humid, along with the hot, to do much of anything outdoors.
Gris - Jul 16, 2006 3:37:18 pm PDT #3244 of 10002
Hey. New board.
I don't really have much to say, but I could probably make it to Prom if it's a more NorthEasterly city (Boston, New York, Philly, Providence, etc.) by pulling the same bus deal I did today, but probably not anywhere else. Unless we do very late June, after I don't have students to herd, but that's unlikely I'd think.
Not that that's pimping.
I'd try to pimp NYC because I love it here ever so much, but I'm quite aware that a city where $250 for a hotel room is considered low end is probably out of the picture.
Pix - Jul 16, 2006 3:47:06 pm PDT #3245 of 10002
The status is NOT quo.
P-C, we'll be around on the 23rd but likely packing. Whee. You're welcome to help us packcome visit if you'd like!
Amy - Jul 16, 2006 3:51:18 pm PDT #3246 of 10002
Because books.
Just for fun (and because I do indeed love New York) I found this through About.com, which claims The New Yorker Hotel has rooms for about $100. I don't think it's impossible to find them, especially with a group rate.
Polter-Cow - Jul 16, 2006 3:56:07 pm PDT #3247 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
P-C, we'll be around on the 23rd but likely packing. Whee. You're welcome to come visit if you'd like!
Aw! I don't know about my mobility. I'll be staying with a friend. I'll look into it.
Jon B. - Jul 16, 2006 6:05:44 pm PDT #3248 of 10002
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Is that the one just north of the Charles River, near the indie cineplex?
There are a bunch of hotels right in Harvard Square so I don't know which one you're thinking of, Matt. But the one I'm talking about is this one.
Although, I'm now seeing rooms in the $150 range so they either upped their rates significantly in the past year, or else I'm not looking in the right place. I fear it's the former...
vw bug - Jul 16, 2006 9:28:38 pm PDT #3249 of 10002
Mostly lurking...
Jon, while that hotel looks lovely, I'm not sure it has everything we want. It doesn't look like they have suites, for the hospitality suite, or any kind of meeting room/ballroom we could have prom in.
I've been doing some looking, though, while waiting to get my hands on the RFP, and I don't think we'll have any trouble getting a place in our price range. Harvard Square is a wonderful, idea, though.