I'm definitely interested, and hopeful I can swing time off this year since work exploded right at the time I was signed up for vacation last year and I ended up losing leave time at year's end. (Father's Day weekend was my only absolute no-can-do date; Dad's 74 and has already outlived all the men of his family for generations back, so there's no way I'm skipping out on one of these holidays.) Money will be the determining factor for me.
Jayne: Yeah, that was some pretty risky sittin' you did there. Wash: That's right, of course, 'cause they wouldn't arrest me if we got boarded, I'm just the pilot. I can always say I was flying the ship by accident.
'Serenity'
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 18, 2010 6:08:20 am PDT #5383 of 12708
"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
Toddson - Mar 18, 2010 7:40:07 am PDT #5384 of 12708
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I've been following along and I want to go - and should actually be able to (finances permitting). I just haven't had anything to say.
megan walker - Mar 18, 2010 9:24:17 am PDT #5385 of 12708
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
A quick note from a former colleague who lives in Philly:
Warwick, Le Meridien, and Crown Plaza are all centered right in the middle of center city. The Best Western is 8 blocks from my house and is in a more residential part of the city (though across the street from the Rodin Museum and down the block from the Art Museum).
javachik - Mar 18, 2010 9:43:55 am PDT #5386 of 12708
Our wings are not tired.
Yeah, I think there are a couple of Crown Plazas - the one who sent us a quote is over near Fairmount Park. I think it has a free shuttle into Center City anyway.
I love to walk right out my door and be "in the city", but Madison wasn't like that and I still had fun. The Crown Plaza is the cheapest, most inclusive option so far. But I would be okay with any of the places, and I am choosy about my hotels.
Trudy Booth - Mar 18, 2010 11:56:59 am PDT #5387 of 12708
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I just heard back from the Weehakwen Sheraton, our rooms would be $139 a night for either weekend.
Tom Scola - Mar 18, 2010 12:07:58 pm PDT #5388 of 12708
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Hey, Trudy, have you checked out the Jersey City Ramada? It's right by the Journal Square PATH station, so it's easy to get to the city, and it looks to be similarly priced to Weehawken.
Polter-Cow - Mar 18, 2010 12:10:37 pm PDT #5389 of 12708
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Weehawken? As in Jolly Fats? Heh.
Trudy Booth - Mar 18, 2010 2:23:26 pm PDT #5390 of 12708
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
have you checked out the Jersey City Ramada?
I haven't. I'll give them a shout.
Sparky1 - Mar 19, 2010 3:26:29 am PDT #5391 of 12708
Librarian Warlord
I, too, am hoping to appear at the F2F but have been hanging back because one of the weekends under discussion is an absolute no (my parents' 50th anniversary, yo!). I'm lurking, but I vote!
Nicole - Mar 19, 2010 5:46:11 am PDT #5392 of 12708
I'm getting the pig!
Two of the date options are a "can't go" for me. One is the day after my sister gets into town and the other is the day after she leaves (and I'll be exhausted, as usual).
So I'll just be over here in the quiet corner until we fully decide on a date.