I would vote for Minneapolis with Kansas City as my second choice of the cities suggested so far. What are some of the other choices?
I love NOLA, but not the heat, and I suspect it would be more expensive than either of the other cities.
And I wonder, what possible catastrophe came crashing down from heaven and brought this dashing stranger to tears?
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
F2F 2: Is there anybody here that hasn't slept together?
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: New Orleans! May 20-22, 2005!
Lee - Jun 10, 2004 5:32:05 am PDT #5173 of 9999
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Laura - Jun 10, 2004 5:45:05 am PDT #5174 of 9999
Our wings are not tired.
It must have been Sandpiper because it is the only Florida Club Med. I was there last October. Maybe they had some serious policy changes. Of course they had golf, but I didn't see the course. The overwhelming majority of guests were European. It was particulary fun for me to watch my 11 yo son playing pool volley ball with a group of Italians. The women were all in string bikini's and hugging the embarrased boy like crazy. They were delighted to have the child join their team because of his height advantage.
I sat soaking up the sun and drinking vodka tonics, because free booze. Also, on mini-vacation. Trapeze guys were seriously drool worthy. Also, funny and snarky with the adults and endlessly patient with the children. edit to note that the only way off the trapeze was to fall into the net unless you knew what you were doing. Basically they taught you a couple moves and dropping to the net back first.
On topic. I have been to NOLA a couple times, but not any of the other mentioned cities. Nashville, Kansas City, Minneapolis. I'd love to visit any of them. I can't really pimp any of them because they are all far away and foreign locations to me.
Polter-Cow - Jun 10, 2004 5:49:35 am PDT #5175 of 9999
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'd like to remind people of Cleveland. Hellmouth, people. Hellmouth.
Lee - Jun 10, 2004 5:54:21 am PDT #5176 of 9999
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Thanks, P-C. I'd actually like Cleveland too. Deena did a nice post about the place a while back.
Trudy Booth - Jun 10, 2004 5:57:15 am PDT #5177 of 9999
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
Oooooh...
(It's a Kansas City tourism page with $64 for a two night stay. They got whole other kinds of numbers out there in the flat lands.)
Polter-Cow - Jun 10, 2004 6:06:20 am PDT #5178 of 9999
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'd actually like Cleveland too. Deena did a nice post about the place a while back.
(It's a Kansas City tourism page with $64 for a two night stay. They got whole other kinds of numbers out there in the flat lands.)
Oooh. Cheapness. Intriguing.
smonster - Jun 10, 2004 6:25:55 am PDT #5179 of 9999
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Are we going to do a FredPete counting of the top 3-4 sites, then send out RFPs? What about a Mr. Poll "Pick your top 4 of the following cities" linked in Press?
Insert pointless rambling about various cities here. Pretty much all the ones suggested sound good. Have special place in heart for Buffistas in NOLA, but understand that the climate is a challenge.
Fred Pete - Jun 10, 2004 6:36:27 am PDT #5180 of 9999
Ann, that's a ferret.
I can set up the poll, smonster. Or people can e-mail me (or the Buffista vote address), because a poll might leave out cities. If we're going to narrow down the cities by 7/15, we have time to work up a format.
What we might want to do now is divvy up city research. Everybody pick a city and look up things like climate, transportation, hotel pricing, attractions, and the like.
(Edit to fix typo.)
juliana - Jun 10, 2004 6:40:18 am PDT #5181 of 9999
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Everybody pick a city and look up things like climate, transportation, hotel pricing, attractions, and the like.
I thought we had....
I'm so confused now.
I know that I'm proposing and researching the Cities. That much I know.
Fred Pete - Jun 10, 2004 6:42:07 am PDT #5182 of 9999
Ann, that's a ferret.
I'm so confused now.
Maybe I'm the confused one.