The only thing Richmond has going for it is a most wonderful cemetery.

Well. Yes. This may have biased my view. Also biasing my view is having worked in Norfolk for a while at a sucky job.

(It's a great cemetery, though. We could have the F2F IN the cemetery - it's cheap, but the accommodations are somewhat cramped and musty.)

I've been to that cemetery!

Of course, it also takes me three flights to get to Richmond. t sigh

Providence! Providence! Providence!

I grew up in a tiny rural "town" - no post office - called Providence, that wasn't even on the map until recently. It was 1925 there at the time. It may be up to 1950 by now. I hated it, and it didn't like me much either.

Whenever I see a reference to Providence, the undoubtedly fine town in Rhode Island, I get an existential shiver. As if, I might take a left out of the airport and find myself back on the steep downhill road to grandma's house.

Hm. Actually, that might make a decent horror story.

Given that the undoubtedly fine town in Rhode Island is the home of the Chthulhu mythos, horror stories would not be out of place.

I didn't know that!

The Miskatonic F2F. Has a ring to it. A ring of EVIL.

Providence is also easily with in driving distance of Boston, Newport, Worcester (turtle boy!) If people wanted to do day trips.

I could be down with Providence. What's the public transportation like?

Sail, if we can get one of hotels in downtown we would be in easy walking distance of a mall and a bunch of restaurants. In the city there are buses and cabs, but to go to the other cities, it would probably be easiest to carpool.

I have been woefully not monitoring this thread. Are people coming to Portland, OR? Soonish? I am here! I have free evenings and enjoy wining and dining and pedicures!

Re: F2F, i was born and raised in Richmond. Hollywood Cemetrary is indeed a gorgeous (and ginormous) place, and the city is lovely, but i also hate it for various personal reasons. However, i never mind an excuse to visit with the parentals and old friends.