The upcoming trip -- NJ, NYC, yadda

[hsapiens]

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. :)

Comments

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Maybe instead we should plan a nice dinner out somewhere else? It will almost certainly be less than $65/person and since it sounds like we're all interested in having time to chat, that might be a better choice. I say this, of course, without plans to have a car so I'd have to bum a ride with someone. Maybe the TGI Friday's we went to last year? And the year before?

I'll let you be in charge of the sundress wardrobe. I've dug out my sweaters and it's 73 degrees here. I have a doctor's appointment this afternoon and hopefully they'll adjust my thyroid medication so that I'm not so cold. *crosses fingers*

[selmak.livejournal.com]

I'm willing to do dinner out - or having take out brought in. Just as long as we have enough time to do it, before the cabaret.

[triciabyrne1978.livejournal.com]

And we could always just get some quick take out and eat in someone's room or hang out elsewhere (as I'm sure the lobby will once again be quardoned off so that we can't move furniture and all again).

Though we will need to beware of flipping mattresses and the likes.

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Hee! What can I say? I make the Earth move. ;)

[triciabyrne1978.livejournal.com]

Well, as someone who wasn't directly effected by the flipping mattress, I can't say for sure.

But *I* found it memorable.

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

The question is, did Selmak and Janet? ;)

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Oh - good point. I don't want to miss the cabaret, 'though they're going to be hard pressed to beat last year's. :)

I bet delivery would be our best bet. Or that Quizno's. It doesn't have to be fancy to make me happy.

[triciabyrne1978.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

Hope all adjustments work well.

As for the driving/going places for food... I'm fine with that, though I won't have a car either (am flying up from AL with Mom, not driving this year like I usually did from SJ :-( ).

I have no problems with going out to Fridays... we might even be able to drag Mom along. She's looking forward to meeting all the wacky people that I come home with stories about.

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'm tired of being tired. :)

Happily, I always wore my panties so at least *I* am not the one with the wackiest stories preceding my meeting with your mother. ;)

[triciabyrne1978.livejournal.com]

Well, I dunno, not many others have flipped beds over in hotel rooms that I've been in.

And Mom found THAT story rather amusing.

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Oops. Uh, that was some OTHER person, I'm sure of it.

[selmak.livejournal.com]

That's fine. One year we had thirty seven bottles of alcohol on ice in our bathroom sink.

We don't really drink, so janet and I were unsure why we had it! :)

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

37?!?!? Hon, that's called a "tub," not a sink. ;)

[selmak.livejournal.com]

:P