Video conferencing into the party was nowhere near as good as actually being there, but it was cool to virtually attend.

Thank you for the Prom report, SA. Praise be for making out. IM me with details.

I was very sad to have missed all of my drunk dials!! We were at a wedding and then I was passed out. I was doing vodka tonics with ND and Vortex in spirit!!

Prom looks like it was a total blast.

I got to watch some making out. Not as good as actually making out with Buffistas, but it'll do.

Oh, fine. Save the making out for AFTER I leave already. Sheesh!

Plei, I REALLY missed you. I mean, I miss everybody, but I seriously miss you, too.

Aww! I miss you, too.

We left around midnight, and didn't get to bed until closer to 1. JZ and Matilda are out visiting a friend, Lillian and Paul are still asleep, I'm attempting to decide on nail polish for today.

Saturday pictures updated. Prom pictures to follow soon.

I will put in a reminder that this is a public board, so please exercise discretion when posting pictures or tagging people on Facebook.

Buffistas? Pretty! And handsome!

Prom? Awesome,from the sheer combustibility of so much pretty in the same room. Juliana is to be commended for how smoothly everything went. Magnificent wrangling, J! And while looking extra stunning in red and black roses and skulls, too.

Vortex's boobs of war were both stunning and magnificent, as is she herself. Meara was a knockout, as usual, in severe black, and I learned, possibly later than anybody, what a kickass singing voice she has to go with the kickass face and bod. I won't ever hear Son of a Preacher Man again without thinking of her.

Smonster was smokin', as always. I missed her SPN Woman in white number, having stepped out of the room for a few minutes, but ND promises he has video. Her second number was plenty gorgeous, though. The Liltilda duo was the bubbles in our champagne for the early part of the evening, both of them in velvet and sparkles, as befits baby buffistas. Jilli was resplendent in black velvet and pink satin, and brought the Stunt Husband along as accessory--the Actual Husband was quietly and tastefully sartorial, as ever. JZ was glorious in red and black.

Kristin and ND have this...glow...about them that's apparent, and different from previous F2F's. Nice to see. , omnis_audis and Laga were fun to meet, and omnis was eager for Shir to have a chance to talk to everybody. Java cat showed up late to prom, but happy from her bike trip and impressed with the local scenery. Trudy wore a miniskirt and fishnets, Erin was period chic in black and red. Zen rocked the turquoise satin and black, and Sail's scarlet boa made the little black number she wears so well.

Fay graced us with two gorgeous outfits, as did a few others. Plei's little black number was sizzling hot, and SA was resplendent in a star-spangled white sheer dress with a tulip skirt and whoa, mama! cleavage. Sj wore a soft aqua and reddish-purple outfit that matched her stunning hair.

Plei's DH, dcp, and Scola were ravishingly handsome in suits and bright white shirts, dcp with tie. Frankenbuddha rocked the bowler as only he can manage. TCG, Dana's and -t's DH's were casual chic, Dana wore blue and her shiny, shiny hair, -t had on a velvet number that just begged to be petted.

I know I'm missing people, I'm sorry! It was a hot, bright swirl of a night, and I'm glad I was able to make it.

The day started when DH dropped me off a few doors down from Plei's (and then ran like a rabbit. No peeps for him!) and I smelled bacon, and as I approached the gate, heard the happy babble of voices. Pounced on with glad cries, I was immediately immersed in hugs and the effervescence that is us en masse. Plei, Vortex, Dana, and whoever else was helping produce that prodigious brunch are to be thanked profusely (oh, shut up. I like language), because it was a raving success. Everybody was fed, happy, and buzzing with comraderie. The day only got better, as people peeled off for tours and sightseeing and points of interest.

Several of us lingered in Plei's front garden, soaking in the sunshine till the cab arrived. I was granted the front seat, and Zen, Sail, and dcp took the back, with SA draped across their laps. The driver thought we were amusing.

The hospitality suite was truly amazingly spacious and comfy, and there was slounging, and need mentioned of a booze run, so a collection was begun, and collected in Juliana's cleavage. Vortex had to count it, in situ, of course. Folks left for lunch, errands, naps--though smonster and Scola napped out on the couches and chaises amid the happy babble--and sightseeing.

Sail kindly loaned me her laptop, and dcp and I had some time to discuss his photography and other life stories. Fay, SA and I scurried across the street from the hotel to have sushi for dinner, and were joined by Jilli, and later Erin, Kristin, and ND. Back in the HS, Dana produced vids (vids!) and we talked vids and vidders for a bit. People started a balloon fight, and then started peeling off to dress for prom.

I wound up in Vortex's and Juliana's room helping lace (continued...)