*Well there's certainly nothing like going food shopping at 4:30PM on a summer Monday to slam you back into 'reality' after a Convention weekend. There is not enough Oy in the world to describe the stupid I found there, but I digress....*

( Long-ass con report )

Well, since the convention looms upon the horizon, I might as well get this posted:

Where will you be most of the time during the day/s?
Most likely wandering about the hotel and dealer's den and art show. I might venture out into Pittsburgh itself to do some photography, and plan to eat at Primanti Brothers at least once. Sammiches of doom!

I' ( Read more... )

Originally posted by unclekage at Helping Fernando
Most folks know by now that Fernando DeCarvalho, owner of Fernando's Cafe, is going to be forced due to financial hardship to close up his shop in Pittsburgh. This hits me particularly hard. When we first moved to Pittsburgh and all of the local storekeepers were hiding behind their shutters and wondering ( Read more... )

Around 12:45pm today I clocked out for a quick lunch and to make my hotel reservations for Anthrocon. Much to my surprise, the Westin was already sold out, as was the Courtyard. In the words of my favourite foul-mouthed tv Lieutenant: Holy Fuckballs. So, I'll be at the Omni this year. I've never stayed there before. I hope it's nice.

Well, just got back about 25 minutes ago, we made record time too, Pittsburgh to home (nearish to Atlantic City) in just under 6 hours, including two brief stops. (That's about 350 miles)

All in all it was a pretty good weekend. Saw u_t_tiger briefly, hope I didn't interrupt your conversation too terribly. Also managed to bump into torakiyoshi for a bit, along with rmoorcat ( Read more... )

Anthrocon Dos, Don'ts, whys, wherefores and whatsits, etc ( Read more... )

Where will you be most of the time during the day/s?
Most likely wandering about the hotel and dealer's den and art show. I might venture out into Pittsburgh itself to do some photography, and plan to eat at Primanti Brothers at least once. Sammiches of doom ( Read more... )