Bay Area-istas (and anyone else visiting the area) - just a reminder about brunch on April 21st at my place, 11am for Daisy Jane.

In case I haven't made myself clear I AM SO FREAKING EXCITED!!!

Also SQUEEEEEEE!

::points at tag::

If there are only going to be 20 or so of us, I think I'd rather just unofficially take over Manuel's or another lounge/restaurant venue nearby and not have anyone have to deal with the headache of meeting space rental, food & bar setup, and so forth. A big meeting room can start looking awfully empty and forlorn if there are only a few handfuls of people present. And I've had very enjoyable times when medium-sized groups of Bronzers or con attendees have gathered at a place with couches and pool tables or a dance floor.

I'm leaning towards how Matt's thinking, but the convenience factor of the hotel is nice. The money (if the calculation of 60-70 a head is correct) isn't an issue.

Which means I'm not being very much help.

The convenience factor's not that big a worry to me when we're talking about a few blocks, but then again I like to walk and won't be wearing heels.

My thinking is similar to Matt's. If we have a small group it seems less effort to just go somewhere close by. Walking is fine with me, but we have a lot of vehicles too. I'll be driving and I know a number of other people are driving.

If we are a bigger group then the convenience of being in the hotel wins.

Here's the actual ballroom: [link]

Hell, if it's only 20 people, we could have it at my house, although there'd be no dancing if it was raining, since the only room for dancing is outside. I'm about five miles away, though.

I think Manuel's is probably the best idea. I'll bet they could do something for us music-wise if we asked. It's just too bad the hotel won't let you rent part of the space but not all.

Oh! Should also offer that I'll have a car with room for 3 passengers if we do pick a separate prom location (and for jaunts at other times over the weekend too, though I'm not familiar enough with Atlanta to offer airport rides).

The easiest thing for most people flying in will be to take MARTA to the Inman Park station, which is only a little more than a mile away. I figure we can have some people shuttling back and forth between the hotel and the station. We can always work out airport rides for people who don't think they can manage the train or pick them up somewhere on the north-south line if they don't want to manage changing trains. The station is actually in the airport, so it's easy on that end.

They can't really only rent part of the ballroom. It's just one big room without any dividers.

I'm not sure what vehicle we will be bringing, but we would have room for at least a couple extra people for jaunts.