I promise you'll laugh your ass off. And tell her I said hi.

For the record, the only con from my stay in Minneapolis 7 years ago was that the bars closed at 1 am. I don't know if that's changed, but it did make partying until the wee hours a bit problematic. (Not sure if blue laws would affect the cash bar at a prom though...)

Minnesota blue laws have changed in most towns to 2 a.m., including Minneapolis. (St. Paul still rolls up its sidewalks at 8, leaving the bars open until 1.) If the prom can be held in the hotel, I think it is at the hotel's discretion. However, most hotels choose to observe the 2 a.m. close.

NO is very cool. I was there for a convention a few years ago and then big issue was transportation. It felt like a city where cabs were the way to get around. I did a lot of walking long distances and paying for cabs while I was there. Public transit didn't cut it.

or a visit to the drive-through safari park or the tiger habitat.

Eeeeeeee!!! bouncebouncebounce

Deena - if the F2F isn't held in Cleveland, know that I'll be coming to stay with you so we can spend a day at the safari park and the tiger habitat!

SOON!

I did a lot of walking long distances and paying for cabs while I was there. Public transit didn't cut it.

They actually have three street car lines now: St. Charles (very convenient for going out to the Garden District, Tulane/Riverbend and the Zoo), Canal Street (just opened, but good for North/South) and the short one along the river (good for getting to the Arts Warehouse district). If you're mostly in the Quarter/Marigny/Garden District you can get around well with walking/cabs/Public Transit.

We could charter a train for a wine tasting; and/or a boat for a tour of the river.

Wow, that sounds like so much fun!

We could hold the prom in the hotel, on a yacht, at the botanical gardens.

Ok, now I really want to dress up in something amazing and floating and dance among the flowers.

hairy armadillos What?! That's bizarre.

We could take a tour of the cemetary where Garfield was buried I know you don't mean the cat, but...how hilarious would a Garfield mausoleum be? (I guess it would have to be a MOUSEoleum...)

Visit Sephora or tour a chocolate factory

God, my perfect day: ODing on makeup, choolate and wine.

Nicole, any time baby. You're always welcome!

Hee! I knew I should have said President Garfield.

I just thought of a cool place for the prom. Not far from my house is a gorgeous park on the lakefront. It's got what they call the rotunda, but would be more like what I'd call a clubhouse. It's a very pretty circular building with a big stone fireplace, a kitchen, a huge wooden deck with steps down to the grass and trees leading off to the lake. I seriously doubt it's very expensive to rent. We could hire a bartender and bring in our own booze, decorate it ourselves, and have a really great prom there. It's not a huge room, but it would certainly be big enough, I think.

God, my perfect day: ODing on makeup, choolate and wine.

Boy, do you need to visit the Bay Area, honey....

I think it would be so cool to have the 2006 F2F in SF. Of course, I also like the idea of Seattle, and I think Tucson would be a huge amount of fun, though I don't know if we have any Tucson locals. It would be close to Erika, though.

I don't know how we're going to pick a city this year. They all sound like they've got great things going for them.

Oh, I was thinking less about the F2F than about Erin having a stolen orgiastic weekend within three minutes of the big downtown Sephora, twenty minutes from the Scharffen Berger factory (or, for less inspiring choc, eight minutes from Ghirardelli Square), and a gorgeous 40 minutes drive up to Napa and Sonoma, aka the Wine Country.

Makeup, choc, vino.