I would dearly love a Seattle or Portland (seems like Portland is cheaper once you're there, but more expensive to actually get to, right?) F2F next year.
I love camping, but I usually camp to get away from people, not spend time with 'em. ;)
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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.
javachik - Oct 04, 2008 3:42:11 pm PDT #38 of 12685
Our wings are not tired.
Barb - Oct 04, 2008 4:02:38 pm PDT #39 of 12685
“Not dead yet!”
I love camping, but I usually camp to get away from people, not spend time with 'em. ;)
Whereas my idea of roughing it is when they don't leave a chocolate on the pillow.
::not outdoor girl::
Anne W. - Oct 04, 2008 4:31:34 pm PDT #40 of 12685
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Barb's idea of roughing it is verra similar to mine. I love nature, and being out in the wilds, but I like having civilization to return to in the evening.
juliana - Oct 04, 2008 5:12:52 pm PDT #41 of 12685
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
(seems like Portland is cheaper once you're there, but more expensive to actually get to, right?)
This has been my experience.
And I am with Barb and Anne on the whole "roughing it" thing. Even going down to Joshua Tree - I stayed in a motel (that the SPN set dressers would LOVE).
Okay - let's get this sucker rolling. It's the weekend, so shall we give until Wednesday, 6 p.m. board time for everyone to make suggestions as to time & place, or shall we just say it's between Seattle, Portland, and some wooded spot and make a poll between those places and the possible weekends we can go?
javachik - Oct 04, 2008 5:28:54 pm PDT #42 of 12685
Our wings are not tired.
Works for me, J.
And I am equally at home at a 5-star hotel, and in a tent.
Pix - Oct 04, 2008 5:29:46 pm PDT #43 of 12685
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Works for me too. Post in Press?
juliana - Oct 04, 2008 5:52:58 pm PDT #44 of 12685
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Post in Press?
Right, right.
Um.
Okay, on it.
Laura - Oct 04, 2008 6:02:06 pm PDT #45 of 12685
Our wings are not tired.
And I am equally at home at a 5-star hotel, and in a tent.
Same here. Add Buffistas and it is all good.
libkitty - Oct 04, 2008 7:41:05 pm PDT #46 of 12685
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
It's not much more practical than Bangkok, but I'd like to offer Alaska. We could have it in Juneau, and there's plenty of hotel space here if we have it in spring or early summer.
What I think would be even more fun, though, would be to have it on the ferry. We could get on in Bellingham (near Seattle), and ride the ferry together up to Skagway, with fun and hijinks at either end.
I realize that I've not been to F2F before, and I've been mostly lurky here lately, but I would be willing to take point, and I have coordinated conferences in Juneau and Barrow.
Or, um, pretty much anywhere from California's central coast north works for me.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Oct 04, 2008 9:24:31 pm PDT #47 of 12685
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
I'm for Seattle or Portland.
I totally agree with Kristin about not doing a wooded spot for all the reasons she listed. Also, Jilli doesn't do camping. No, really, don't bother trying to persuade her.
The key thing that both Portland & Seattle have over anything else I've seen suggested so far, is that there's a lot to do. Lots of restaurants, bars, other good stuff. And both have good tolerance for weirdness. You know full well what I mean, you party-crazy fiends.
Seattle also has the Science Fiction museum. Oh, and that music museum, but, y'know whatever. Science. Fiction.
July or August would be good for Seattle. You'd want to avoid Seafair weekend (July 31 to Aug 2nd)as it's a bunch of crowds & noise and pricier hotels for no good reason.
Also, please, please avoid July 23 to 26 which is San Diego Comicon. We have to attend Comicon in 09. Have to.