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.
Zoe: I thought you wanted to spend more time off-ship this visit. Wash: Out there is seems like it's all fancy parties. I like our party better. The dress code is easier and I know all the steps.
'Shindig'
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.
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.
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.
Java cat - Mar 19, 2010 4:15:53 pm PDT #5393 of 12708
Not javachik
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Java cat - Mar 19, 2010 4:20:20 pm PDT #5394 of 12708
Not javachik
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Java cat - Mar 19, 2010 4:31:05 pm PDT #5395 of 12708
Not javachik
sj, insent with a copy of the updated RFP. I submitted it to the Providence Visitors and Convention Bureau.
Planning guide -- [link] I like the one on the water! They all look fine.
Trudy, I'll send you the updated RFP, and javachik to be a completist.
Java cat - Mar 19, 2010 4:52:04 pm PDT #5396 of 12708
Not javachik
Oh, and DX said that he'd come to a Providence F2F but he wouldn't offer to help organize it.
sj - Mar 19, 2010 5:14:22 pm PDT #5397 of 12708
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Planning guide -- [link] I like the one on the water! They all look fine.
Thank you. I have already submitted the RFP to all of the hotels in Providence that I think are suitable, and I am waiting to hear back from several of them. I am not sure which hotel you mean by the one on the water, but if you are referring to any of the hotels in Newport, I seriously doubt that they would be affordable or offer us any kind of deal in the summer months, since that is their busy season.