I've always wanted to go to a burrow.
Are the Weasley's there?
Big stop just to renew your license to companion. Can I use companion as a verb?
Wash ,'Ariel'
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.
Aims - Aug 17, 2006 9:31:49 am PDT #3493 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
victor infante - Aug 17, 2006 9:48:48 am PDT #3494 of 10002
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Are the Weasley's there?
Actually, for that you'd want to come to Boston. I know a dead ringer for the Weasley twins, except this one's openly gay.
NoiseDesign - Aug 17, 2006 10:17:48 am PDT #3495 of 10002
Our wings are not tired
Did North Carolina already fall out of the running?
Aims - Aug 17, 2006 10:19:08 am PDT #3496 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Not that I now of. Just noone's mentioned it the past couple of days.
Trudy Booth - Aug 17, 2006 10:21:30 am PDT #3497 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I think we should consider the proposals being for a place AND a weekend... since some weeks are bad for Boston, some might be bad for NC (local festival or whatev).
brenda m - Aug 17, 2006 10:22:53 am PDT #3498 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Since we've got the poll running, I suppose we might as well wait and see what comes of it - if there's one weekend that's a dominant favorite, I think we should go for it. If things are more spread out, considering the cities along with the dates might make sense.
flea - Aug 17, 2006 10:31:29 am PDT #3499 of 10002
information libertarian
Chapel Hill - Durham NC:
Advantages:
Several localistas (me maybe, amyth, smonster, amych, Calli, and others)
One airport (RDU) with decent rates available; train and bus too.
Lots of hotels, due to RTP and business needs; I'm sure we could find something reasonably priced, though the location might be sort of suburban.
Good food of various kinds, from foreign to down-home.
Chapel Hill and Durham are college towns - there's music scenes, art-house movies, thrift stores, Durham Bulls baseball, etc. I think others would be better pimpers than me on this front - my pimpage tends to be "there's a great museum for kids and a farmer's market with heirloom tomatoes!"
Disadvantages:
Limited public transportation and not very walkable outside the immediate downtowns of Chapel Hill and Durham.
Definitely more limited entertainment options when compared with Boston and NYC.
Date considerations:
Avoid like hell Mother's day weekend, which is graduation for UNC and Duke.
It can easily be in the 90s by May.
vw bug - Aug 17, 2006 12:53:10 pm PDT #3500 of 10002
Mostly lurking...
Another thing with picking dates first -- at least in Boston, those first two and maybe three weekends are going to very difficult for hotel availability due to graduations.
Yes. I meant to say this. If we want to do Boston, it needs to be the second weekend of June or after. Which, is still pretty nice weather-wise.
squooshes Jilli back
Java cat - Aug 17, 2006 9:07:38 pm PDT #3501 of 10002
Not javachik
No March or April dates for NC?
Fred Pete - Aug 18, 2006 3:49:16 am PDT #3502 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
NC in May is a lot like NOLA in May. But somewhat less humid.
But yes, Mother's Day weekend is an absolute no-no unless you want a hotel somewhere like Hillsborough. Not that there's anything wrong with Hillsborough, but transportation issues would be worse.
Another nice thing about Salem that doesn't get attention. Right near the pedestrian mall that's downtown, or at least tourist central, there's a residential street full of Federalist-style homes built in the 1790s. It's a delightful walk on a sunny day.