Hmm. I just thought of something. The projected date for 2005 F2F is the weekend of May 20, right?

If so, that is KU Graduation weekend - with commencement on May 22 (Sunday). Hotels will be jam-packed all weekend and going for their highest rates. Not to mention the town is like - well a town with a 4,000 college seniors and their parents all freaking out collectively. It's a fun atmosphere, for sure, but big crowds. And the hotel thing.

Believe me when I say I would love Lawrence to be considered for the F2F, but that is a bad weekend for semi-large group outings.

KC is not affected by KU graduation crazyness, though. Just thought I'd let ya'll know.

Ya know, I'll check those dates for NO colleges too- shouldn't be too much of an issue as far as availability (NO has plenty of accomodations) but may affect rates.

Good to know about Lawrence. Sounds like we should stick with KC. We could always get a group together for trip down to Lawrence from KC.

A Warm Welcome is the version I'd heard.

Me, too. I have it on video.

Minneapolis is much like NO in the college graduation issue. There's a reason why I'm concentrating on downtown.

UTSA commencement weekend weekend is May 14-15 2005.

UT in Austin is May 21-22.

If we decide on the Resort option, that won't effect too much as far as rates and availability, but it might effect airfares into Austin.

Astarte! Did you get to go see it?

Unfortunately, no. I suck.

Work ate me this weekend, starting with my bottom. I was going to try to take a break Saturday evening, but I was just fried by the time I was at a stopping point.

It's still gnawing on me, unfortunately, which means another late night tonight.

You do not suck. I just didn't get to go and I was wondering how the show was going. Perhaps next time she does something, I'll come down and take you out.

I could go on and on about how much Buffistas would like Lawrence and the very cool stuff there is to do in KC. But I'll just second what Mr. Broom said. Lawrence is an extremely cosmopolitan town

... that is home to an *extremely* cool gothy clothes designer, not to mention two of my dearest friends. I'd be all for the F2F to be in Lawrence.

Man. The Buffistas and the ancestral hometown. Talk about worlds colliding. On the one hand, my aunts are totally proto-Buffistas. On the other, I don't know that I want to explain slash to them.