Babe, we won't need to get you drunk to get crazy Mardi Gras action out of you.

Thank you for giving me the first (and much-needed) smile I've had all day.

I don't think alcohol will be required- I sense you on the cusp of a little wildness. Buffistas are good companions for that, and NOLA's a great city for it. I don't generally drink much myself. Exceptions occasionally noted.

Though somehow I suspect in the company of Buffistae I probably will become intoxicated whether libations are involved or not.

Come, the Garden District, the French Quarter, Lake Ponchetrain-not to mention the food-these are Buffista magnets. Ann Arbor may have your charming self, but you're portable...

And, of course, Laura says what I mean with charm and brevity.

Where's an editor when I need one? Heh.

Do we have any NOLA-istas? Astarte, where are you?

Austin, TX.

Which would also be a fabulous place for a F2F, btw, but I figure it to be a harder sell than NO.

Also, thanks to the Nilliest Nilly for collecting the links. I'll email you the link to my very few pictures when I finally put them up. Must cook dinner now.

NO has been mentioned before, and I think Laura said she could drive up and we could ride in together. Which makes it even better!

Laura--it was so great to see you and hug you and I'm sorry that it took going to DC to finally meet my fellow Floridaista.

SA--I wish I could have spent more time with you.

David and JZ are just so wonderful together and it was so cool seeing the video of their wedding.

Also David I meant to tell you this several times ---- I've seen Moon Pies in both bananna flavor and strawberry flavor. Do you think Emmett would be interested in either?

Serial to note that we may not have a lot of NOistas, but Dana, Hil, and I think Heather have much knowledge.

NO has been mentioned before, and I think Laura said she could drive up and we could ride in together.

Absolutely! This would provide that ever so desired one on one time too.

I can't believe that I left out David and JZ on my long report! Stupid head me. So fabulous that they took time out from the honeymoon to play with us. The medals presentation was wonderful, even with the suspense factor. They were absolutely glowing with newlyweddedness.

Special thanks to DX for the wedding video too! What a nice surprise treat.

Teppy and SA are totally exaggerating my hottness.

No. They. Are. Not.

Well, on Saturday night, I didn't feel that at all. For once, I felt really beautiful. I keep going back and looking at the pictures of me and thinking, hot damn, that's me!

Kate, you are about the HOTTest thing since HOTT came to HOTTtown. As were all of the foamy, foamy, foamy Buffista babes.

I am home safe and sound, though all the sadder for the now lacking Buffisae. I had a fantastic time over the weekend, and got to see and hang out with previously encountered Buffistae (all of whom are among the finest people in all the world), as well as meet many new ones (who also take their place among the finest people in the world).

There were many wonderful people, conversations and events that I won't recount here just yet, save to note that there were many of you whom I did NOT get to spend anywhere near as much time with as I would have liked, but that's about par for the course for these things.

I also got to get a little kissy with quite a number of very foamy people, all of whom shall remain nameless, and therefore chaste. (Yes, I am a great big MAN-HO)

I have pulled my pictures off the camera, and will now go caption them, and put them up (in between bouts of catching up in all the other threads).