I will happily vouch for the fact that meeting Matilda should be on everyone's to-do list. She completely charmed HPF. Sad we won't be able to get all the way to LA for F2F. One year, I will make this event.
Hands! Hands in new places!
Willow ,'Storyteller'
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.
hippocampus - Mar 10, 2012 7:11:55 am PST #7914 of 12706
not your mom's socks.
Vortex - Mar 10, 2012 8:32:40 am PST #7915 of 12706
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Matilda will live in Buffista infamy for life for the Polar Bear incident alone.
Pix - Mar 10, 2012 8:46:38 am PST #7916 of 12706
The status is NOT quo.
You...Polar Bear!
Right up there with Kara and Schmacky the Man Pony, which will never not be funny.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 10, 2012 8:52:39 am PST #7917 of 12706
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Schmacky the Man Pony
I can't even think it without laughing out loud.
Laura - Mar 10, 2012 9:03:29 am PST #7918 of 12706
Our wings are not tired.
Chicagoistas! We are arriving in your fair city Friday morning. Well, hopefully. The weather report says fog in the am. DH doesn't know, but I have booked us for massages at the spa in the hotel when we arrive. No plans Friday night.
Saturday we plan to walk the couple blocks to the Michigan Ave Bridge to watch the dyeing of the river and then wander about to enjoy the parade. Nice of the city to have such festivities to celebrate our anniversary. No other plans.
Sunday we depart at 6pm so we should have some time during the day. Objectives include seeing Buffistas whenever and wherever possible, and eating pizza at some point. We have heard that the Chicago pizza can be okay. We know NY pizza rocks, and FL pizza is not noteworthy. I feel like we need to at least give it a try.
We are staying at the Swissôtel. If you have a Chicagoista email address I can send my cell number, or send a note to my profile email. Looking forward to the escape.
eta: we will have a car because DH can't live without one
aurelia - Mar 10, 2012 10:19:40 am PST #7919 of 12706
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Laura! I am currently scheduled to get off work at 1pm each of those days and I will be working downtown.
I've forgotten the deets on ChiKat's play. There are evening shows Fri and Sat, right?
Laura - Mar 10, 2012 10:33:45 am PST #7920 of 12706
Our wings are not tired.
Yay! I have the cell number in my profile. I chose downtown for ease of walking to the festivities Saturday.
ChiKat's show is 7PM on Friday. The shows Saturday are 11am and 2pm, so that wouldn't work with the parade schedule. I would love to go Friday night and see ChiKat. Also, I am a great audience member. Since we have the car it won't be hard to get there.
omnis_audis - Mar 10, 2012 11:22:18 am PST #7921 of 12706
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
It's a bit of a drive from Pasadena, but it's very cool kids thing to do in SoCal: [link] Science for kids!!
Yeah, it's a drive. Sorry, don't know LA area, I know OC area a bit better.
Burrell - Mar 10, 2012 11:45:16 am PST #7922 of 12706
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Discovery Cube is fun, omnis, although I usually default to the California Science Center for that kind of hands-on museum because it's free and it's close to my work. Several other good museums there as well. But that's downtown, not Pasadena. Just as you don't know the LA area, my knowledge of Pasadena area is thin. I'm better with LA proper.
Oo Pasadena does have Kidspace Museum, which isn't free but it is fun. Skews a bit younger than the Science Center.
NoiseDesign - Mar 10, 2012 11:57:11 am PST #7923 of 12706
Our wings are not tired
If any other car nuts would like it, I'd love to do a trip to the Peterson Automotive Museum. [link]