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.
We're deep in space, corner of No and Where.
Mal ,'Objects In Space'
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!
NoiseDesign - Jun 10, 2004 3:45:33 pm PDT #5267 of 9999
Our wings are not tired
Nicole - Jun 10, 2004 4:07:16 pm PDT #5268 of 9999
I'm getting the pig!
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!
DavidS - Jun 10, 2004 4:18:48 pm PDT #5269 of 9999
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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.
Strix - Jun 10, 2004 4:38:41 pm PDT #5270 of 9999
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
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.
Deena - Jun 10, 2004 5:30:55 pm PDT #5271 of 9999
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
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.
deborah grabien - Jun 10, 2004 6:57:07 pm PDT #5272 of 9999
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
God, my perfect day: ODing on makeup, choolate and wine.
Boy, do you need to visit the Bay Area, honey....
Deena - Jun 10, 2004 7:34:13 pm PDT #5273 of 9999
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
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.
deborah grabien - Jun 10, 2004 8:38:21 pm PDT #5274 of 9999
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
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.
Astarte - Jun 10, 2004 9:08:49 pm PDT #5275 of 9999
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
I grew up in Tucson. It would be fab, but really, not so much in May.
If y'all are concerned about being too hot in Austin or NOLA, you don't want to face a Sonoran Desert May.
I think a fall/winter F2F would be perfect, though. Might have to watch out for the snowbirds a bit,
Trudy Booth - Jun 11, 2004 6:50:10 am PDT #5276 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
My concern with NOLA is less about the heat and more about preferring to go there when the raison d'etre is seeing the Big Easy as opposed to hanging out with y'all. (something I would do at a cooler time, actually)
I'm going to be with Buffistas-- a few venues for food and amusement will do the trick and can be gotten quite cheaply in a small midwestern city that's gunning for tourists and will cut you deals.
Kansas City, as an example, has a walkable downtown with plenty to do and two-for-one hotel deals that can get you a hotel room for $65 for TWO nights. It's quite driveable for the folks on the middle and those of us on the edge can get short, direct, flights for under (and sometimes well under) $300.