I'll have to wait until your next trip to see you, Shir, because I'll be in Ireland while you're in the US! You're visiting four great cities and seeing some great people, and there will be cities and people left to tempt you to come back!
I'm a vision of hotliness, and how weird is that? Mystical comas. You know, if you can stand the horror of a higher power hijacking your mind and body so that it can give birth to itself, I really recommend 'em.
Cordelia ,'You're Welcome'
F2F5: I forget that everyone isn't us
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon.
Zenkitty - Apr 23, 2014 11:50:16 am PDT #10198 of 12695
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
omnis_audis - Apr 23, 2014 11:50:45 am PDT #10199 of 12695
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
That's really gonna happen. I jumped with joy in my office when I got the call from the travel agent.
Yippee!!
Laura - Apr 23, 2014 12:20:44 pm PDT #10200 of 12695
Our wings are not tired.
Awesomeness. Now I just have to figure out if we travel to Seattle, LA, Chicago, or NOLA to visit with you. Decisions...
EpicTangent - Apr 23, 2014 12:25:23 pm PDT #10201 of 12695
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Starting to pin down details for my (substantially less exciting than Shir's) trip to LA this weekend. Are any LAistas close enough to the Westlake/Thousand Oaks area to be up for dinner (or movie or whatever) on Friday night?
EpicTangent - Apr 23, 2014 12:26:22 pm PDT #10202 of 12695
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Awesomeness. Now I just have to figure out if we travel to Seattle, LA, Chicago, or NOLA to visit with you. Decisions...
I vote LA!
megan walker - Apr 23, 2014 1:38:08 pm PDT #10203 of 12695
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
L.A. - May 8/9 till May 12 (no SF - sorry, megan and others)
Silly Shir, she thinks she can avoid me by not coming to SF. I mock her with my monkey pants.
Laga - Apr 23, 2014 1:48:22 pm PDT #10204 of 12695
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Chicago is closer than NOLA but still quite far for me. I wish I could make it but I don't think I can. *sob*
Java cat - Apr 23, 2014 2:55:49 pm PDT #10205 of 12695
Not javachik
Javachik, d'oh! and here I thought she was just across the Bay.
Oh bummer, sorry no SF visit, but it is nice to have more time in the other places. Pt. Townsend is *awesome.* Dear friends live there and I've been up there the last three, four summers. Lots to do and see.
Java cat - Apr 23, 2014 3:00:59 pm PDT #10206 of 12695
Not javachik
So I'm going to fly a friend from an on-line book group out here to house/cat sit for me. We met at a F2F/book signing a few years ago.
Here's the sitch -- she's in or near Des Moines, Iowa. I'm not finding any direct flights out of Des Moines via travelocity, or United, and I know you get penalized for doing lots of searches.
Here's the question -- now that I know about Allegiant Airlines, the weirdo airline that flies between Oakland and Eugene, Oregon twice a week only, I wonder if there are other weirdo airlines like that in the midwest? If I could fly her cheaply to Denver, then UAL has lots of flights. Or cheaply to Austin, then Jet Blue (non searchable except on its own site) goes to Oakland.
Seasoned travelers have suggestions?
megan walker - Apr 23, 2014 3:42:32 pm PDT #10207 of 12695
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Apparently, Allegiant flies from Des Moines to both Las Vegas and L.A. and Frontier flies to Denver: [link]