Friday, August 21th:

Breakfast buffet in the hotel.

• 10am: Urban Fantasy as Modern Fairy Tale: Megan Frank (M), Patricia Briggs, Yanni Kuznia, Rhiannon Held, Michelle Sagara
  When the classic fairy tales were first told, they were about people living in places much like those known by the storyteller, mostly small towns and rural areas. Now, people ( Read more... )

Thursday, August 20th:
Protein bar & a piece of fruit for breakfast, then Kev & I did the 9am Stroll With the Stars. (David Gerrold, Tom Smith, Lawrence Shoen, Stephen Segal, Stu Segal, Cat Rambo, & Vonda McIntyre). There were probably 40 or more people chatting and strolling through Riverfront Park. I discovered the giant red Radio Flyer slide ( Read more... )

Wednesday, August 19thWoke up real early so that I could be good and off to the 7am Weight Watchers meeting I went. Go Me ( Read more... )

Tuesday, August 18th:
Breakfast at Cousins, up the street from the motel. You were addressed as "Cuz" or "Cousin". I bought a cap that said "Cuz" and a toy VW bus. Good food and nice staff. Joey ended up dropping off some chocolate for our waitress on the way out ( Read more... )

I had decided to do a road trip to Sasquan (WorldCon) in Spokane, WA. I'd only been as far north as Medford, OR and I thought it would fun. trektone was going as co-pilot and navigator. When I had started to plan the trip, I had been debating on whether to take Eeyore II (260K miles and counting!), buy a new car or borrow K's Highlander. I keep hoping ( Read more... )

I'm on VACATION!!!! YAY ( Read more... )

Note to self: If you are doing a 5K walk with friends who are ALL at least half a foot taller than you, be prepared to do some jogging to keep up. Oy ( Read more... )

Had dinner at Kamakura's with Kyle & Alani Friday. Yup, teenagers can eat. Miso soup, sushi - Alani had both negihama and a bowl of udon. Kyle had some negihama, cajun crawfish roll and Philadelphia roll, udon, yakitori, gyoza, and tempura udon ( Read more... )

A quick catch up of what I've been up to

• Really enjoyed seeing Kinky Boots at the Orpheum
• Had planned to go to Carmel, but the weather was lousy, so went to Graton's for the day. Lost as usual. herefox even got carded at dinner. I mean, "REALLY???"
• Dicken's Fair with Sean, Kyle & Alani. Tea was awesome as usual. I finally broke down and bought a bonnet ( Read more... )

Geez louise, I've been doing a lot of stuff, but I haven't posted about anything. I keep thinking, "I need to post about that thing I did 4 months ago first" and then I never post at all ( Read more... )