Sail, I'm sorry, I'm sharing with Nicole, but I'm betting you could doss down at any number of buffista homes. There were several who said they had room farther back in the thread. I'd nilly it, but I never seem to get it right. Deb, JZ and Hec, and Consuela were the most recent mentions.

Oh! Plei. That does make me sad, so I will make doubly merry and lift a glass of something in your honor.

Don't worry about it Deena. I'll give my friend a holler and see if he's in the mood for a little SF fun. Haven't seen him in 4 years, so it'll give us a chance to catch up.

The only things I'm actually hard-planning at all are the BBQ, and taking Nilly shoe-shopping, which she asked me about.

Everything else is completely mutable.

I wish I could come to SF as well as LA but that is pushing my luck right now.Still very excited, anyway.

Haven't seen him in 4 years, so it'll give us a chance to catch up.

Yeah, "catch up."

YAY!

Looks as if plane ticket and hotel reservations will be taken care of tomorrow. Eeeee!

Deb & Deena - I'll e you once everything is set up. Probably flying in on Thursday.

I've decided to skip the LA portion (*sniff*) since roundtrip ticket prices non-stop to SFO just dropped about $80.

Bev's said she'd love to come along on a "feed the ferals" ride, for instance, so we work that into the weekend.

Me too! Me too!

I am not working that weekend!! Deb, I have car, I have spare trifold, I have desire to help. Anyone needing picking up at airport, I can do that. Need ride back to said airport, I can do that too.

I have to make a Costco run tomorrow, or Soon. I can pick up paper plates, plastic glasses, knives, forks, etc. All new and kosher.

Just let me know.

Hey, you know what I just realized? I'll have free time in the daytime to show Nilly the NYC! All the rest of us have jobs at this point, no?

Astarte, if it's any consolation, I'm a wee bit jealous of your home ownership.

And it comes with mind numbing fear as a bonus. Who knew?

I want to meet you, too. I want to meet EVERYONE! But I'm so excited at this little bit that it's probably a good thing I haven't yet made it to a big F2F, otherwise I think my heart would stop.

We will meet, by hook, crook, or frequent flyer miles. I really am beyond thrilled that you'll get to be there.

Want Buffistas! WANT!!!

Mart, excellent! Let's hook up on the phone tomorrow, and, best of mamas-in-law ever, we can make a list. I'll need to hit the Great Mall (where they keep the Pyrex outlet store) for a set of things specifically for Nilly's use. Also need to hit the linen outlet, but that's local.

Costco run, yes! We make list.

Nicole, you shall come and meet the ferals. I bet the kittens will be around. Be warned: hard to resist, including the adults.