Weekend Update

[vettecat]

Hello out there in LJ land! Well, we're back from Arisia. Everything went smoothly (with minor snags - see below), and a good time was had by all.

Highlights include:
* A lovely Shabbat dinner hosted by chaiya and hakamadare, with actual tables and chairs - and even a sofa :-)
* An opportunity to watch Shaolin Soccer with a crowd... accompanied by many shrieks of laughter
* Watching sdavido run teams of eager volunteers through the Dr. Who Alien Challenge (and then watching several contestants show off their creations at the Masquerade)
* A midafternoon fire alarm which was caused by a basement leak (any drop in pressure in the sprinkler system summons the fire department)
* A concert by edstauff on a real, live organ
* gnomi's birthday party
* Dinner and conversation with folkmew and edstauff
* And, of course - the snowstorm! The div-heads started laying out a contingency plan as soon as we realized people might be staying at the hotel longer than they'd intended. Fortunately we were able to move things around into available space to keep people entertained. The gamers kept gaming, the filkers kept filking, the video-watchers kept watching videos, the dealers kept dealing, and assorted groups of people gathered on the mezzanine or in the consuite to hang out and chat. At a (total) guess there were probably 400 people in the hotel over Sunday night. Once the dust settled it was actually really nice - we got to relax and catch up with some people we only saw in passing during the weekend.

Tomorrow, back to reality! There is a lot of snow out there... the heaps by the sidewalks are shoulder-high, and the streets are narrowed as a consequence, and fairly messy. I hope I don't have any trouble getting to work in the morning!

Comments

[madfilkentist]

For me, it was a great Arisia! Congratulations to you and all the people who worked on it.

Getting out through the snow-laden Massachusetts Tangle was tough work, though. Let's hope things are better today.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it!

[catalana.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear it went well!

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Thanks, me too! :-)

[running-girl4.livejournal.com]

I think I missed you at Gnomi's birthday party. Too bad. I think I went wandering on after that. I danced till I was too tired to stand in the Ballroon then I went to sleep. It was a great convention.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Ah, I was looking in the wrong place... I thought you'd be at Cris' party. :-)