Oh hey, just a note to ask people to also use email if there are Bay Area gatherings happening. I'm also in the SF Bay Area. Happy to be a tour guide around Marin also, if anyone has the time or interest.
Spike: You pissed in the Big Man's Chair? That's fantastic! Gunn: Spike, can you please turn off that warm fuzzy? Spike: What, the Lorne thing? Worn off. I just think that's bloody fabulous.
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Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon.
Java cat - Jun 01, 2017 9:08:52 am PDT #12104 of 12685
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aurelia - Jun 08, 2017 7:18:27 pm PDT #12105 of 12685
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
How crazy would it be to vacation in New Orleans in July? I generally deal with heat pretty well.
Hil R. - Jun 08, 2017 7:46:57 pm PDT #12106 of 12685
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
It'll be really hot and humid. If you wear glasses, they'll fog up every time you go outside. It's cooler at night, so planning things around that can be useful.
Dana - Jun 09, 2017 4:19:49 am PDT #12107 of 12685
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
It depends how much you plan to walk around outside. If you're in the Quarter, it's actually designed to give you some shade, at least. Uptown/Garden District is pretty shady. But yeah, like Hil said, it'll be hot.
flea - Jun 09, 2017 9:29:22 am PDT #12108 of 12685
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The other thing about New Orleans in summer is the occasional unpredictable hour-long torrential downpour. I was there in June for a conference and spent an hour waiting for it to stop raining enough so I could go to my next destination (I had an umbrella, but this was the sort of rain where that's almost no use.)
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 09, 2017 10:47:39 am PDT #12109 of 12685
"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
I went to New Orleans in the summer once for a cousin's wedding. I would not recommend it, particularly if you're going to be pushing a 200 lb. man in a wheelchair over French Quarter sidewalks. That Jazz Festival in the spring is much more my speed.
smonster - Jun 09, 2017 10:59:37 am PDT #12110 of 12685
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
These things are all true. Other things to consider - you can easily spend a day or more in the WWII museum, if that's your thing. Umbrella is a must for shade or sun. Don't recommend touring St. Louis #1 cemetery in the summer - it's rumored to be the hottest place in the city and having worked there in summer I believe it. There will be fewer tourists; there's still generally a festival or two every weekend.
It's a whole 'nother level of hot and humid down here, and I'm a longtime Southerner. But if you do visit, there's me and Nora and maybe even Tom to hang out with!
Dana - Jun 09, 2017 12:01:46 pm PDT #12111 of 12685
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
The Aquarium's another good air-conditioned place.
aurelia - Jun 10, 2017 1:30:43 pm PDT #12112 of 12685
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I'm also looking at Denver possibilities. Or I may do a stay-cation and save up for an international trip later.
Considering what has happened to Big Sur since I vacationed there, NO may not want me.
flea - Jun 16, 2017 2:03:58 am PDT #12113 of 12685
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DC-istas, I am in town June 20-28 for my annual workshop, which has moved to June. Free all day Sunday June 25 - I have still not been to the Renwick or the Building Museum, so those are top of my list.