Where are you going for Vacation? - Page 6

zelda_pinwheel · 07-10-2008, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

Oh, all right! Here! But just one. Stop looking at me like that! What do you want? You were just outside! Another one? Sheesh! Is there no bottom in this dog? Stop drooling! And cut the whining! Oh fer ghod's sake! Here! Have the box!

dogs. sheesh.

pshrynk · 07-10-2008, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by tompe

I am going to Denver for Worldcon (www.worldcon.org) in a couple of weeks and then going to Austin Texas for Armadillocon (science fiction convention August 15-17 http://www.armadillocon.org/) and then some sight seeing in Texas a week before flying home.

Where is WorldCon next year? I've been thinking of going back to one, lately.

tompe · 07-10-2008, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

Where is WorldCon next year? I've been thinking of going back to one, lately.

It is in Montréal. So we Europeans can avoid the hassle of entering the US again...

pshrynk · 07-10-2008, 10:04 AM

We should have an MR WorldCon Contingent! We used to do that with CompuServe SF SIG. In fact, I'm going to get the ball rolling right now!

RickyMaveety · 07-10-2008, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by tompe

I am going to Denver for Worldcon (www.worldcon.org) in a couple of weeks and then going to Austin Texas for Armadillocon (science fiction convention August 15-17 http://www.armadillocon.org/) and then some sight seeing in Texas a week before flying home.

Well, let me know where you'll be staying and I'll take you out to dinner. It would be fun to see a MR member face to face.

vivaldirules · 07-10-2008, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

We should have an MR WorldCon Contingent! We used to do that with CompuServe SF SIG. In fact, I'm going to get the ball rolling right now!

Ball?! Fetch time, yes?

pshrynk · 07-10-2008, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Ball?! Fetch time, yes?

Hereyagoviviboy! Fetch! Don't puke up all the bacon on the roses this time, eh?

Spartacus2112 · 07-10-2008, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

Speaking of Iowa, Where were you two weeks ago? I had the Secret Army of the Pshrynkage all ready to take the state down and claim all the bacon and not Security Chief to lead them!

Bad dog! No bacon!

Was that your army assisting the gentleman in the flying lawnchair?

pshrynk · 07-10-2008, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Spartacus2112

Was that your army assisting the gentleman in the flying lawnchair?

That's the last time I rent air cover.

pshrynk · 07-13-2008, 09:41 AM

We were looking at Priceline this morning and found that New Orleans is incredibly cheap. Anyone been there and can report on conditions in re: Touristy things to do?

vivaldirules · 07-13-2008, 09:42 AM

I'm not the biggest fan of New Orleans for tourism. I go there a lot on business, get the work done, and leave. I do like the food there with little holes in the wall everywhere with great muffalettas, gumbo, étouffée, etc. Lots of people like to wander the French Quarter which I find to be filled with loud people drinking, carousing, etc. - not for me. Aside from that, I've just not found much there to see or do that I might enjoy. Really nice people - just wish they had something to offer for me.

Oh, by the way: SPAM!

zelda_pinwheel · 07-13-2008, 09:43 AM

where did all those singing vikings come from, all of a sudden ???

(nice to see you back to your old self, vr !)

jerryleejr · 07-13-2008, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

I'm not the biggest fan of New Orleans for tourism. I go there a lot on business, get the work done, and leave. I do like the food there with little holes in the wall everywhere with great muffalettas, gumbo, étouffée, etc. Lots of people like to wander the French Quarter which I find to be filled with loud people drinking, carousing, etc. - not for me. Aside from that, I've just not found much there to see or do that I might enjoy. Really nice people - just wish they had something to offer for me.

Oh, by the way: SPAM!

I vaguely remember New Orleans, Something about a hand grenade, and a Hurricane=Broken Window, I dont know but there were these nice gentleman that helped me out of the bar and on to the Street!

JJ

pshrynk · 07-13-2008, 11:24 AM

My vague recollections of NO are from when I was a college senior and spent an instructive week there for a convention. But that was in the mists of time, probably bout the same vintage as ZP's ice cream picture.

I enjoyed the French Quarter, especially the jazz places. Just wondering if there would be anything worth going to after Katrina.

vivaldirules · 07-13-2008, 12:47 PM

Well, the city has recovered in many ways since Katrina. For the first year, it was difficult as a visitor to get service at restaurants, etc. because many of the lower paying jobs went unfilled. I recall late in 2005 walking into a restaurant with two dozen tables filled with people and there were only two people working: the cook and the server. I left when I realized I was going to be there all day. That situation has obviously changed in the past three years and it seems fully back to life although there are still quite obvious signs of the devastation that was done.

07-13-2008, 09:42 AM	#86
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	I'm not the biggest fan of New Orleans for tourism. I go there a lot on business, get the work done, and leave. I do like the food there with little holes in the wall everywhere with great muffalettas, gumbo, étouffée, etc. Lots of people like to wander the French Quarter which I find to be filled with loud people drinking, carousing, etc. - not for me. Aside from that, I've just not found much there to see or do that I might enjoy. Really nice people - just wish they had something to offer for me. Oh, by the way: SPAM! Last edited by vivaldirules; 07-13-2008 at 09:55 AM.

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pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	My vague recollections of NO are from when I was a college senior and spent an instructive week there for a convention. But that was in the mists of time, probably bout the same vintage as ZP's ice cream picture. I enjoyed the French Quarter, especially the jazz places. Just wondering if there would be anything worth going to after Katrina.

07-13-2008, 12:47 PM	#90
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Well, the city has recovered in many ways since Katrina. For the first year, it was difficult as a visitor to get service at restaurants, etc. because many of the lower paying jobs went unfilled. I recall late in 2005 walking into a restaurant with two dozen tables filled with people and there were only two people working: the cook and the server. I left when I realized I was going to be there all day. That situation has obviously changed in the past three years and it seems fully back to life although there are still quite obvious signs of the devastation that was done.

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