Montpelier is awesome, and there's lots of little funky things to do, and it's all Lebowskis and hippie chicks all the time.
Dude, that would even tempt me to go out there!
Hey! What a surprise! Hostile 17! Can I get you a drink, Hostile 17?
Xander ,'Dirty Girls'
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.
P.M. Marc - Jan 27, 2010 7:48:45 pm PST #4990 of 12706
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Pix - Jan 27, 2010 7:51:43 pm PST #4991 of 12706
The status is NOT quo.
I adore Vermont, and Vermont in the summer is gaw-jus. I would be so tempted to find a way to get out if there were any possibility.
meara - Jan 27, 2010 8:40:13 pm PST #4992 of 12706
Um, but how do we get to Vermont? Especially for cheap, or quickly, for those who are further away or only have time to take one day off?
Barb - Jan 27, 2010 8:45:12 pm PST #4993 of 12706
“Not dead yet!”
Um, but how do we get to Vermont? Especially for cheap, or quickly, for those who are further away or only have time to take one day off?
Fly somewhere larger and pool resources for a rental car?
beth b - Jan 27, 2010 8:51:27 pm PST #4994 of 12706
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Burlington has a great airport - jet Blue goes there - and seriously nice people there
megan walker - Jan 27, 2010 9:44:02 pm PST #4995 of 12706
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Um, but how do we get to Vermont? Especially for cheap, or quickly, for those who are further away or only have time to take one day off?
This is sort of the problem with Vermont. And why it has taken me 2 years to see the place my sister built (the closest airport being Montreal).
javachik - Jan 27, 2010 10:22:23 pm PST #4996 of 12706
Our wings are not tired.
Right, we talked about that a few hundred posts ago. The problem with the more remote locales is that people who can only take a Friday or Monday (or no day at all) off of work end up spending hours on a plane followed by hours in a car. (And I say this as someone who has one of the more flexible schedules on the board.)
NoiseDesign - Jan 27, 2010 10:37:22 pm PST #4997 of 12706
Our wings are not tired
It becomes especially troublesome for people that are already looking at a 5 hour plane trip combined with losing three hours due to time zones just to make it to the east coast. I do that trip a lot and even with an 8 AM direct flight it's 5 PM before you land in most west to east flights. If an hour or more in the car is added to that it gets pretty brutal very quickly.
I'm very much in favor of the location being near some kind of reasonably sized airport.
Anne W. - Jan 28, 2010 1:17:10 am PST #4998 of 12706
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
What javachik said.
Speaking of easily accessible cities, has Boston been mentioned yet?
Frankenbuddha - Jan 28, 2010 4:13:21 am PST #4999 of 12706
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Do we have anyone in Maine? Cause we've learned that there needs to be someone on the ground in the host city, even if they're not the one who's organizing. I mean, we could make Frank stay with his family for a while, but I don't know how he'd feel about that ;)
Heh. While not as remote as Vermont, flights into Portland are a limited option (though Boston and, I believe, Manchester NH are often used as a nearby substitute). And while I wouldn't mind doing a little a ground work (I do try to get up there once a month or so), you most definitely do not want me as the point person.
Speaking of easily accessible cities, has Boston been mentioned yet?
I think lack of reasonable hotel rates has always been the big sticking point there - between the colleges and the sports teams, there aren't many times of the year that aren't filled with people coming into town.