calli you should be able to go up to western MD and then drive straight over skipping DC - i think it's Rte 80 up - i did that a lot going back and forth to Asheville NC
F2F5: I forget that everyone isn't us
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon.
Brooklyn to Philly is only $45 each way on Amtrak! Woo hoo!
Philly gives me an opportunity to reconnect with friends from the 'burbs where I grew up.
Or Lancaster County.
Dutch Wonderland! (warning for audio) I can't believe that place still exists.
I really like Philadelphia and am fairly familiar with it (boyfriend's hometown and common business conferences location).
Calli, if you're headed to Jersey, you can take 50/350 across Annapolis and up through Maryland, and avoid both DC and Baltimore traffic. It's a little bit longer distance, and you have to stick to the speed limit, but the actual time is about what you'd get if you went through DC with no traffic jams. Plus, you arrive with your sanity.
Thanks!
Asheville's in the other end of the state from me (lovely city--I need to get out there this fall), so I'd have to weigh the western jog against DC traffic.
Zenkitty, I was exploring whether I could drive to Baltimore for a possible F2F in a reasonable to me amount of time. Although the map suggests that Jersey's not that much further. Hmmm.
I'd have to weigh the western jog against DC traffic.
hit the beltway at the wrong time and ... but yeah i know :) I should have looked up Carbondale.
You can totally make it!
Nashville's not on the East Coast. Wouldn't it have to wait for the Central location?
Oh, duh, yes -- it is really a central city (in the Central time zone and everything). I'm too used to being an East Coaster!
I was just in Philly this past weekend and loved it, so that one might have the edge for me, but any of the ones mentioned so far would be great. Provincetown with Buffistas would be LEGENDARY.
All of these options sound good to me.
I am sad that I didn't get to lunch with Scola, etc., today, but ecstatic that I got to see Nora and Tom (for just a few minutes, but a truly excellent few minutes, in between their wine tasting and dinner) and JavaCat and Katerina and spend some time taking the waters, as they probably don't say anymore.
Jersey Shore sounds fun. I don't know the bus transit too well, but there's a direct train from Philadelphia to Atlantic City, and one from the Newark airport that makes a bunch of stops between Long Branch and Bay Head.
Philly sounds good too. As does Providence.