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24 October 2007 @ 11:35 am

The upcoming trip -- NJ, NYC, yadda

Has anyone received tickets yet for the Con in NJ? I haven't yet but I've dug out my statements and printed copies to have in hand when Creation inevitably bungles the tickets.

So, here's the final itinerary I've come up with. Not a whole lot of changes. I need to get to NYC earlier than planned so that I can catch dinner with

la_directora before she takes off to work on a film. I've added in a side trip to the Smithsonian this coming Sunday, though I know it'll make me weep for all of the stuff I *won't* have a chance to see.

Friday, 26 Oct: Arrive Newark 10:50 a.m. Drive with

jalabert to Maryland. Lunch or dinner in Delaware maybe? I haven't ever been to Delaware!
Saturday, 27 Oct: Underground Railroad exhibit at the Baltimore Historical Society.
Sunday, 28 Oct: SMITHSONIAN!!!!! Drive to

yams69's house in NJ. Meet the newest Honorary Texan. :)
Monday, 29 Oct: Mutter Museum in Philadelphia with

yams69, wife, and the Magnificent Ms. M.

jalabert -- you're planning to go with us, yes?
Tuesday, 30 Oct: Motor to

mcroft and

immlass's abode in slightly less rural NJ. Visit, kibbitz, tour the area. Chill.
Wednesday, 31 Oct: Check into con hotel, leave luggage with front desk, return car to Newark airport, catch the train or something to Manhattan. Meet

la_directora for dinner. Halloween Parade!
Thursday, 1 Nov: The Met. Maybe the Cloisters.
Friday, 2 Nov: The con.
Saturday, 3 Nov: The con. Pack to go home.
Sunday, 4 Nov: The con. Kate Hewlett play with

selmak,

janiekins,

triciabyrne1978, and her mother. Unless they see me first and run fast enough to escape. ;) I'm betting with Tricia's heart, though, that I'd catch y'all. ;)
Monday, 5 Nov: Fly back to Houston.

yams69,

mcroft, and

immlass -- PLEASE look over this schedule and make certain it still works for you. If not, don't be shy about telling me. I can happily adjust so that I spend more time at the Smithsonian or I can go to Manhattan a day earlier and catch more time with

la_directora, maybe a full day at the Cloisters or some time at the Frick? There's always more to do than I have time so you won't hurt my feelings. :)

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selmak.livejournal.com on October 24th, 2007 04:51 pm (UTC)

They supposedly sent out the last batch of tixs out yesterday, as NOBODY I know has gotten them. They are offering a Friday night dinner with Tony and Alexis for $65.00. did you see that?

Janet and I will be at the hotel around 8:00 PM thursday night.

Helena

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hsapiens.livejournal.com on October 24th, 2007 05:02 pm (UTC)

Wouldn't you send out the damned tickets just so that you didn't have to answer all of the phone calls? Or else stop sending tickets and just tell people to bring their credit card statements with them? Idiots.

I DID see the dinner and I'm waffling. $65 is ridiculous --Don eats breakfast with us for free! -- and there's no mention of what the meal is. I'm assuming it's food from the crappy hotel restaurant which means inedible and not vegetarian. I, however, am a sheep on this and if a lot of youse guys are doing the dinner, I'll do it too just to be sociable. Alexis IS an interesting person and I feel like dinner with him would be interesting.

I figured I didn't have to decide now. They haven't sold out of gold passes so I'm guessing there will be tickets available on Friday. Besides, I'm leaving in two days and there's no way Creation could get the tickets to me in time.

What time are y'all arriving Thursday? Morning? Noon-ish? After noon? Late night? If you're there early enough and game for it, we could try to meet for dinner. I'll be in Manhattan and there are at least a billion restaurants there to choose amongst. The Met closes at 5 p.m. Would anything like that work for you and Janet?

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selmak.livejournal.com on October 24th, 2007 05:12 pm (UTC)

I have to work on Thursday, so the earliest I would possibly get there is 8pm. Possibly later, as my fur child will demand a nice long walkie as I am abandoning him for four days. Tricia is at the hotel earlier that day though.

I'm not doing the dinner. It's interesting, but so far this month, I've got car insurance, new tires for my Pathfinder, an A/C computer part... vet bills... kaching kaching kaching.

Don doesn't eat with us for free. He eats with us to get his ego stroked... he goes home to Mrs. Don and yells, "Yeee Hawww! I've still got it, darling!"

:P

I have no idea if that's happening this year. Our usual Top Secret Don Contact isn't attending.

Helena

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hsapiens.livejournal.com on October 24th, 2007 05:19 pm (UTC)

Ah, postings that pass in the night. Or the ether.

I'm perfectly happy skipping the dinner. I'm doing this vacation on a budget since we're putting money aside to buy a house. Doing the dinner means giving up other things in my vacation. I'm happy to do so if that's where my friends are going to be but I'm not dying to have an intimate dinner with near strangers, either. Especially one I'm almost certainly going to be unable to eat.

OK, yes, I know he gets a kick out of it but that's a different kick than "people PAID just to watch me shovel food into my mouth and dispense pearls of wisdom" kind of ego stroking. Are we doing weird shirts this year? It's really too late for me to ask since I don't have time to purchase anything but I thought I'd ask just in case something in my drawers would pass.