I'm very much in favor of Chicago being in the running again. I'll still put together pimpage for St. Louis, if people would be interested
Plus bonus points for use of the word 'mosey'.
Oz ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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.
Anne W. - Jul 31, 2007 9:42:00 am PDT #6353 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Daisy Jane - Jul 31, 2007 9:49:20 am PDT #6354 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Ok. Looks like in order of cheapest it goes 1) KC 2) St. Louis 3) Chicago 4) Nashville 5) Minneapolis
Aims - Jul 31, 2007 10:01:58 am PDT #6355 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Cheapest what?
Daisy Jane - Jul 31, 2007 10:03:35 am PDT #6356 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Flights for me.
The only reason Minneapolis is the most expensive is that there's no competing SW flights.
None are over $260 round trip.
Aims - Jul 31, 2007 10:44:54 am PDT #6357 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Also, in case anyone was wondering, there is no access to platform 9 3/4 in Chicago's Union Station.
At least, I couldn't find it.
brenda m - Jul 31, 2007 10:45:50 am PDT #6358 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
Aside from airfares, one of the advantages of the better-populated cities is more non-hotel options for people who might not be able to swing both hotel and travel.
Laura - Jul 31, 2007 10:49:40 am PDT #6359 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.
muggle
Aims - Jul 31, 2007 10:53:08 am PDT #6360 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I know. *pout*
shrift - Jul 31, 2007 11:31:28 am PDT #6361 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I'm in favor of Chicago, because that means I'll definitely be able to attend the F2F.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 31, 2007 11:54:39 am PDT #6362 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
Chicago's great, though I think people counting on cheap-yet-decent hotel rooms are doomed to disappointment. (I stayed at the 2002 F2F hotel in Evanston a couple years later on a business trip and both it and the surrounding area had gone seriously downhill.)
Minneapolis is a really good walking city if you stay downtown, as is St. Louis. Nashville doesn't strike me as such, but it does have a lot of attractions, and holds the possibility of an Opryland Hotel stay where everything we need is under one roof.