The March dates would probably count me out, travel gets way pricey. May probably won't work for me either, as Senior grads around here are the first week of May, and -yay, oh yay- my sister will be a grad next year.

August, though, I'm cool with.

Edit: Just read the post over on ExC -god that school is fond of screwing you over! Christ almighty. :hugs: If you ever need a weekend to just decompress, you get your butt up here, or I'll haul mine own there. :hug:

Last edited by MissMocha (07-14-2008 02:03:27 PM)

I think the most logical time for me to go would be August. That way I'm not swamped with Foundations year at art school and that date will be the time before my second year starts. It also gives me more time to save up and plan ahead.

I read your blog post about this yesterday, and I'm so very sorry for you, Gio.

I think August sounds best simply because there will be a bigger window for people to work with, and it will be less likely to interfere with schools.  Some high schools start pretty early, but if we stick to the earlier part of the window, it might be more doable.

I personally won't be in school anymore (unless something goes terribly wrong) after December 2008, so technically any of the days would work, but Spring Break time is not one of my preferred times for travel.

Raven Nightshade wrote:

1. First and foremost, GIO IS GOING, NO EXCEPTIONS. THE END.

I really have to agree with Raven on this one. Half of the point of me wanting to go to the second year of the con is so that I can actually meet you guys... especially the ones that made it possible. If you guys aren't there, I suddenly lose part of my reason for wanting to go. Not that I wouldn't want to meet the rest of you... but I think you all understand my point.


If I can go at all, I don't think I have a preference to any of the dates at this point other than 'oh god August ;_;', which is only a 'I HATE SUMMER' thing. I have no idea how vacation time works with my new job, but I'm certainly going to find out.

Last edited by Lady Chani (07-14-2008 05:15:15 PM)

Early August works better for me, if only from the POV that my younger sister wants to go to Canada for her birthday on July 27th, and I was thinking I'd prefer to do some of my travels with her. Which would mean I could travel in July and come back to San Fran for RoseCon, and then catch a flight home from there. (Seattle works as well, though I've no idea of the weather there at that time of year. All I know is that I was in Seattle in September and all it did was rain. Ha ha ha. )

Dammit, I didn't make RoseCon 2008 because of money issues and this year might be more of the same goddamn thing. (I'm saving up for a laptop I can call my own, only it's Alienware and thus hideously expensive.)

At any rate, I doubt highly that timing will be a problem for me. Money shouldn't be THAT big of a problem, considering I live close enough to SF that I could drive there in a day or two. Seattle would need a flight in, however.

To sum it up: if it's SF, I can go, but probably barely. Seattle's right out for me.

And I agree with the others. I hate how FIU fucked you over, O Ends of the Forum.

August would be the best option for me too. My personal preference puts Seattle slightly above SF, but I'd be up for either.

Not in school + self-employed = free whenever.  I'd prefer August, personally, especially if August in San Francisco is cooler than August in Florida.  August also means things are just a little less hectic for you, Gio, which is crucial as far as I'm concerned.

Oh geez, I hope you're talking August 2009 and not August 2008. If it's 2008, I'll be stuck at home again...

Edited times because I'm an idiot like that

Last edited by BioKraze (07-15-2008 06:24:28 PM)

It's about a 3 hour drive from Seattle to the northern border.

It's looking so far like August might be the best option.

Last edited by MissMocha (07-15-2008 03:58:51 PM)

It's going to be August then. Good, more time to save up. I'm fairly sure it's also going to be SF, since it's cooler at that time than Seattle and I am NOT going anywhere hot. I won't leave my room aside. I'm going to call the college pretty soon here and see if I can get more specific dates for when I'm free.

The absolute briefest scan of the situation indicates two places where the concentration of hotels is highest. Fisherman's Wharf and Union Square. The former is where all the Holiday Inns and shit are, which suggests it's the tourist trappier spot, and Union Square has more independent hotels, but a vast array of prices. It's also where the Hilton is, and if at ALL possible (...wink wink I'm broke...) I'd like to get the Hilton room myself this time, since it's easier to arrange the events that way, and I can get the supplies days beforehand. I know the rooms could be bigger but you're not going to get big rooms without renting conference rooms, which are not places to eat, drink, and rub feet in. This Hilton has 'Sight and Sound' rooms where it's another bigass TV, and apparently all the cables for Lappie hookups, not that I'm taking that risk.

In short, even if we don't end up right in the same hotel, unlike NYC, SF has its hotels more or less grouped in certain areas, so it should be no problem to present several options along the lines of a budget and leave us all within 4 or 5 blocks of each other. I have seen a couple hotels that run in the 130ish a night range, probably more for more people, but I might suggest keeping in mind the hotel stay will probably cost a little more this time, especially if we're trying to avoid something as low end as the Carter. For that matter, count on the overall cost of this trip being slightly higher once you're off the plane, if only because frankly I really do need to charge something in the way of an 'admission' fee, since RoseCon involved a lot of hidden but necessary costs I didn't mind taking on, but probably can't afford to take on my own again. (This is kinda the same situation as last year, I really can't afford to go at all, but I'm gonna fuckin' go since, well shit. )

Well ShatteredMirror and Alithea are both near SF, and Yasha has vacationed there, so I'm going to be trying to get on AIM and do a little digging for stuff like food costs, transportation, etc. I would assume that overall it's going to be about the same as NYC, potentially cheaper, but I wouldn't count too much on that. RoseCon will probably be again officially three days, and I'd say that airfare and hotel paid for, most people will be fine with about 500 to spend if they're thrifty. I do plan to do another Balthazar-style dinner, although I don't know what the Balthazar of SF is going to be. Have to research, but I am guessing it'll be Japanese, sooo. I never cleared this up, I know a few people are not so hot on the raw fish, but if I make sure there are cooked dishes on the menu, would people be too squicked watching it consumed by others? I don't know how that works for everyone.