Jayne (Husband): Oh, I think you might wanna reconsider that last part. See, I married me a powerful ugly creature. Mal (Wife): How can you say that? How can you shame me in front of new people? Jayne (Husband): If I could make you purtier, I would. Mal (Wife): You are not the man I met a year ago.

'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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.


Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 28, 2008 4:39:46 pm PDT #9963 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

Pacific Northwest is northerly enough that a July f2f should work out great temperature-wise the way Madison did, right?

If Southern California or someplace in the Southwest is an option this time around, we should probably consider much earlier for those locations.


Java cat - Sep 29, 2008 3:08:50 pm PDT #9964 of 10002
Not javachik

[link] Mmmm, mmm, long days in WA state in July, too. I picked Anacortes for the city in WA State (it's a harbor city for the San Juan Island ferries) and the sun rises around 5:15-30, sets around 9:00-15.


Toddson - Sep 30, 2008 5:13:09 am PDT #9965 of 10002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

For Perkins' visit to DC - Bistrot du Coin? are they open on Sunday evenings? I know they have the big table upstairs (from when Suzi was in town).


SuziQ - Sep 30, 2008 5:31:15 am PDT #9966 of 10002
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

For Perkins' visit to DC - Bistrot du Coin?

That place was NUMMY!!! Easy access to the Metro too!


Lee - Sep 30, 2008 6:55:02 am PDT #9967 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I like both those things!


Toddson - Sep 30, 2008 7:05:40 am PDT #9968 of 10002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Yes, that was a consideration - close to Metro, a place for a large-ish group, and yummy (not necessarily in that order).


smonster - Sep 30, 2008 7:49:12 am PDT #9969 of 10002
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

(I kinda had a lot of fun in Madison)

YAYES.


Java cat - Sep 30, 2008 2:25:53 pm PDT #9970 of 10002
Not javachik

I thought I'd look at the Salish Lodge for the heck of it. It's at Snoqualmie Falls, the place in the opening credits of Twin Peaks. This [link] They are completely booked for July and August of next year. I doubt we could have afforded it anyway, but, yeah.

Fort Worden in Pt. Townsend is interesting. Upon a closer look, it's sort of like the Presidio in SF if it had been converted to vacation rental housing: lots of houses all converted for guest use, plus a beach and an upper camping area. It would seem to have a range of lodging, then, for all budgets. Folks can group up for house rentals, or camp. The camping isn't dirt cheap, actually. It's around $30 a day, but still, if you had a $150 lodging budget, you could stay 5 nights instead of 1.


Polter-Cow - Oct 01, 2008 9:32:16 pm PDT #9971 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

That comic is totally neat, Kristin!


Kate P. - Oct 02, 2008 4:31:08 am PDT #9972 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Kristin, I love that comic! And thanks for the heads-up about the software, too -- I could see possibly buying that for a program at my library, since I have a lot of kids who are really into comics.