Otakon 2010, DAY ONE POST
OTAKON. WAS FUCKING AWESOME THIS YEAR!
Okay, but I'll back up to stupid Air Canada first. Mom picked me up on the Wednesday to drive me to the airport and all was well. We got there in good time and went to check my baggage (I had to pay for my second suitcase this year since they changed the baggage allowance back in Dec)... only to be told that my flight had been canceled. And oh, they didn't even bother to call me to tell me. UGH. So they put me on a later flight and I had to bum around the airport for three hours while I waited. Whatever.
Once I actually got on the plane the flight was relatively uneventful, with the exception of one really obnoxious passenger that was being a bitch to the flight attendant. The flight attendant put her in her place though, and all the rest of us had to try really hard not to laugh. XD
Anyway, when I got into Baltimore airport I went to get my bags and while I was waiting I texted back and forth between Maddie and Chloe and Pronnie, trying to get things figured out. Turned out Pronnie was sitting like ten feet away from me the whole time. *facepalm* XD! So then it took like 45 minutes for them to finally get the baggage from my plane unloaded, and then while we waited for Maddie and Chloe to get there to pick us up (via light rail), we got lost and wandered and generally were all "derp, we're Canadians!"
So then the light rail to the Days Inn, and we chilled for a few minutes before heading out to get foodz.
We ended up wandering around until we got suckered into a restaurant called Dick's Last Resort. This place was fucking AWESOME. It was very loud, but totally worth the noise. The whole place was just full of random signs and decorations and posters, and the servers were paid to basically insult you (in a joking way, of course) and you could snark right back at them. It was expected.
They put paper hats and bibs on us, and Chloe and I ordered alcohol (hers was better than mine) and at the end of the meal we got to keep the glasses as souvenirs. And the FOOD. The food was AMAZING. I just got an appetizer of Gator Bites (deep fried alligator!) and it was DELICIOUS. Chloe got Crabby Balls (lmao) and Maddie got Mozzarella Sticks, and Pronnie got a full meal of fish and chips. It was all SO GOOD.
Dick's Last Resort has officially taken over Uno's as our sit-down meal for Otakon weekend. ♥♥♥ Sorry Uno's, you're just not as good!
Then we went back to the hotel and crashed, because the next day we had to check out of the Days Inn and move to the Mariott, where we spent the rest of the weekend. But that's another post. Day one down, rest of the vacation to go! :D
Okay, but I'll back up to stupid Air Canada first. Mom picked me up on the Wednesday to drive me to the airport and all was well. We got there in good time and went to check my baggage (I had to pay for my second suitcase this year since they changed the baggage allowance back in Dec)... only to be told that my flight had been canceled. And oh, they didn't even bother to call me to tell me. UGH. So they put me on a later flight and I had to bum around the airport for three hours while I waited. Whatever.
Once I actually got on the plane the flight was relatively uneventful, with the exception of one really obnoxious passenger that was being a bitch to the flight attendant. The flight attendant put her in her place though, and all the rest of us had to try really hard not to laugh. XD
Anyway, when I got into Baltimore airport I went to get my bags and while I was waiting I texted back and forth between Maddie and Chloe and Pronnie, trying to get things figured out. Turned out Pronnie was sitting like ten feet away from me the whole time. *facepalm* XD! So then it took like 45 minutes for them to finally get the baggage from my plane unloaded, and then while we waited for Maddie and Chloe to get there to pick us up (via light rail), we got lost and wandered and generally were all "derp, we're Canadians!"
So then the light rail to the Days Inn, and we chilled for a few minutes before heading out to get foodz.
We ended up wandering around until we got suckered into a restaurant called Dick's Last Resort. This place was fucking AWESOME. It was very loud, but totally worth the noise. The whole place was just full of random signs and decorations and posters, and the servers were paid to basically insult you (in a joking way, of course) and you could snark right back at them. It was expected.
They put paper hats and bibs on us, and Chloe and I ordered alcohol (hers was better than mine) and at the end of the meal we got to keep the glasses as souvenirs. And the FOOD. The food was AMAZING. I just got an appetizer of Gator Bites (deep fried alligator!) and it was DELICIOUS. Chloe got Crabby Balls (lmao) and Maddie got Mozzarella Sticks, and Pronnie got a full meal of fish and chips. It was all SO GOOD.
Dick's Last Resort has officially taken over Uno's as our sit-down meal for Otakon weekend. ♥♥♥ Sorry Uno's, you're just not as good!
Then we went back to the hotel and crashed, because the next day we had to check out of the Days Inn and move to the Mariott, where we spent the rest of the weekend. But that's another post. Day one down, rest of the vacation to go! :D