I'm kind of hoping that Philly gets chosen for the f2f, but I am admittably biased. I'm proud to be a Southerner, but Philly will always have a piece of my heart.
Everybody plays each other. That's all anybody ever does. We play parts.
Saffron ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
smonster - Mar 01, 2010 5:30:18 am PST #5168 of 12707
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Vortex - Mar 01, 2010 5:42:34 am PST #5169 of 12707
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I've never been to Philly and it's easy to get to for me, so I'm leaning that way. But, other cities have a chance to steal my vote!
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 01, 2010 6:56:24 am PST #5170 of 12707
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Yeah, Philly would increase my chances of attending this year what with the just barely driveable distance, but if there are affordable options to be found in NYC that'd be pretty hard to pass up too.
javachik - Mar 02, 2010 11:00:28 am PST #5171 of 12707
Our wings are not tired.
Okay, Juliana just emailed me a copy of the RFP and I'm trying to update it with the last few years (using this thread). I've got 6 hotels narrowed down, to which I will be sending the inquiry (this is for Philly). By the way, a contender is another Kimpton hotel, which I am excited about since it looked so lush in all of the Seattle photos!!
Depending on timing, I am going to have to cc someone else on these for the hotel to be able to negotiate with. I leave for London for ten days on Thursday the 11th and will not be able to go back and forth in email during my trip.
JZ - Mar 02, 2010 11:14:57 am PST #5172 of 12707
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
The one warning about the Kimpton hotels is that they really need to be aware that we are numerous and not silent; if they have a block of rooms on a lower floor (or maybe immediately over the restaurant) so we're not walking on someone else's ceiling that would be the absolute best. The hospitality suite got constant noise complaints from downstairs and across the hall, and IIRC the complaints continued even though everyone kept dialing down the noise further and further.
javachik - Mar 02, 2010 11:16:50 am PST #5173 of 12707
Our wings are not tired.
Good to know!
And whoa Philly gets cheaper in the Summer by far. I was doing searches with no date set and then started putting in Summer weekend dates and the prices fell by $100 in most cases.
meara - Mar 02, 2010 11:27:14 am PST #5174 of 12707
Did the hospitality suite get that many? I knew we got some that first night when the kiddos were tumbling around but once they left didn't realize we were still having issues?
Toddson - Mar 02, 2010 11:32:54 am PST #5175 of 12707
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I think the complaints continued even after the kiddos went home to bed.
(And I was just about to post something about trying to get all together - not only would it have cut down on the noise complaints, but we could have ambled from room to hospitality suite and back in our (nifty animal-print) robes.)
juliana - Mar 02, 2010 11:33:14 am PST #5176 of 12707
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
We had a couple noise complaints post-Prom, IIRC. It's a small hotel, as Kimptons tend to be.
Laga - Mar 02, 2010 11:41:55 am PST #5177 of 12707
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I thought it was odd that we ended up on so many different floors.