I didn't have my own room until I was 23. Of course, these days sharing a house with another human seems problematic.

Anyway, I wouldn't mind exploring one of those mansion-y options for our theoretical 2017 20 years of Buffy F2F, see if there is an intersection of occupancy and price that works for us.

20th anniversary! Wow.

Right?

maybe we should look into "F2F sleep apnea surgery. Buffy the Snorer Slayer". Get one of the mansions as a luxury recovery zone. Shared rooms makes it easier for the nurse(s) to make the rounds. Each room can have a binge watch room. Those who heal fast are in the Firefly room (too soon?).

If you do big group with a place like that, best way to price is by rooms. Most of those places are pretty reasonable even with 1-2 people per room.

My only hesitation would be that we would need people to seriously commit — probably pre-pay — and I know that hasn't been easy to do in the past. My fear would be that whoever reserved the property would have the potential to get screwed if people backed out. So I don't know if it's actually a good idea...just really tempting when I saw all those amazing places.

Sometimes when I think of Buffista Island, it contains a mishmash of architectural styles, spaced irregularly around the commons. Well, except for the OCD houses whose immaculate, straight-line group has a place all their own.

I need a house that one half has no walls, so the sun and the breeze and even the rain can sweep through--and the other half earth sheltered concrete bunker. Can our architect do that?

Beach house, please, guaranteed hurricane-proof.

As long as I can visit the people with arboreal mountain retreats.

NYC and NYC-adjacent Buffistas: I'm in the area through early Monday morning. Would anyone be interested in Sunday brunch?