Would both Lawrence and KC be up? I don't really have anything invested in the answer, but it might split the KC contingency (if there was one built) in a poll.
Wait- we're doing a vote on our favorite 2 first.
Nebbermind.
Don't worry, I'm not gonna start any sword fights. I'm over that phase.
Mal ,'War Stories'
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!
Daisy Jane - Jun 13, 2004 8:23:07 pm PDT #5463 of 9999
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
aurelia - Jun 13, 2004 8:27:26 pm PDT #5464 of 9999
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
That's one of my definitions - a fairly broad-ranging one - of a cosmopolitan destination: one where variance in the visitors to said destination can be absorbed without making said visitors wonder why they're throwing tourist dollars at said destination in the first place.
Lawrence, KS is largely defined by the fact that it is the home of a Big 12 university. I suspect you'd find the atmosphere to be similar in Columbia, MO or Ann Arbor or any number of towns in which the bulk of the population is associated with a university (some comparison could be made to Evanston as well). Will corsets and tiaras be the norm there? No. Will they draw some stares? Probably. Will the attention be enough to make you uncomfortable? I doubt it. (Same goes for KC). The phalanx of courdory jackets with the FFA conventions draw similar attention from the locals.
I'll try to get some KC pros and cons posted in the next few days.
deborah grabien - Jun 13, 2004 8:30:09 pm PDT #5465 of 9999
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
aurelia, yup - your take confirms Mister Broom's take on his city, and his info.
Works for me.
Mr. Broom - Jun 13, 2004 8:30:22 pm PDT #5466 of 9999
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
I could get behind Lawrence. Hey, you think they'd let us have a Buffista Smackdown!?
Oh, hell yes. Buffistas would own at trivia night. Might finally be able to assemble a team that could win. Plus, Sunday nights at the Bottleneck are dollar-fifty draws. Had me one tonight. That's another thing--Boulevard Beer. My favorite beer in the world, and it's made in KC. Some Midwestern Buffistas may know what I'm talking about--I know it gets at least as far as Iowa. Damn good beer.
NoiseDesign - Jun 13, 2004 8:37:46 pm PDT #5467 of 9999
Our wings are not tired
My thinking is that KC and Lawrence are close enough that for the voting we treat them as one city. If we end up choosing KC/Lawrence as our F2F location we'll spend 2 weeks looking at costs and such in both locations and then choose. A similar thing happened with Baltimore/DC this year.
Daisy Jane - Jun 13, 2004 8:40:39 pm PDT #5468 of 9999
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Cool. I just know if say (having no idea how close KC and Lawrence are) NO and Metarie were pitted against each other along with the others, I'd not be happy.
billytea - Jun 13, 2004 8:42:11 pm PDT #5469 of 9999
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Cool. I just know if say (having no idea how close KC and Lawrence are) NO and Metarie were pitted against each other along with the others, I'd not be happy.
Preferential voting would negate that problem...
aurelia - Jun 13, 2004 8:44:30 pm PDT #5470 of 9999
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
KC and Lawrence are about a 20 min. drive (depending on where in KC).
Trudy Booth - Jun 13, 2004 8:44:31 pm PDT #5471 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
goes after billytea with pipe
Daisy Jane - Jun 13, 2004 8:46:21 pm PDT #5472 of 9999
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I was going to mention those dreaded words bt, but I knew better.