Two views from our hotel room in Seattle.... (Click through to see them larger)

Morning Skyline


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*WOW* I though this would prove challenging, but it exceeded my expectations and then some. Changing and challenging light conditions, bad poses by the cosplayers, bad composition by me... and all of these things having to be dealt with on the fly as fast as possible. These folks are here to enjoy the con too, even if they do want to share their ( Read more... )

The quick-and-dirty and easy photos... the general convention shots, which I actually didn't take too many of.

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Tadaima! (I am home!)

The hotel had storage for guests that weren't leaving right off, so we packed up and stored our stuff. The breakfast place totally messed up our orders, but since they weren't unpleasant and we were in a hurry we went ahead and ate them anyhow. Bacon instead of ham on my breakfast sandwich isn't exactly a deal breaker.

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Day 2

We founnd a nice little deli for breakfast just a few doors down from the convention center. I had a nice English muffin with ham, cheese, and egg... The only drawback was that they had no coffee, only hot tea. What kind of place has no coffee at breakfast. What kind of place in Seattle has no coffee period? We're going back this morning ( Read more... )

Ohaiyo! (Good morning!)

I found a different set of complementary computers this morning, in the back if the lobby bar. (!?!) Speaking of which, the lobby here is huge, it wraps around two side of the buildng and runs the length of the block on both sides. But, between being only steps from the convention center and having three floors of ( Read more... )

Found a complimetary computer in the lobby... So I'm actually able to make a full post! I apologize for any spelling mistakes, no spell checker that I can find, but I don't know IE all that well.

Day 0

We caught the ferry we planned, and had a nice ride over. Ran into both other otaku and friends on their way to the con. Downtown traffic wasn't ( Read more... )

The freaks and geeks and nerds and otaku are on the move in Seattle... A bunch of friends are on their way to, or are already at, Norwescon down in Seatac and we're off to Sakura Con in Seattle itself in just a few hours.

Not that much to do today, but it all has to be done in time to catch the 3PM ferry out of Seattle...

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Almost ready for Sakura Con...

Completed:

• Hotel reservations and con pre-reg: Done!
• Schedule printed out and both of our schedules gridded out: Done!
  (There's still some details to be worked out - mostly because we don't have all the panel descriptions.)
• Lens rented (A better indoor/portrait lens) and on hand: Done!

In Work:

• Laundry
• Packing list

Went to Kingdom A&S on Saturday, and by the end of the day my brain hurt badly... soooo much good information. Plus plenty of time hanging out and chatting with friends.

Two funny anecdotes...

• We stopped by Starbucks on the way out of town, and the lady at the drive up window asked if we were "going to Seattle". The looks of confusion on our faces ( Read more... )