Verrain and I are planning on coming Saturday, with Friday up in the air on what will happen. And, Scotti, if you’re there, make sure there’s a hug spot left for me.
racinchikki, the 'rents thing is hard to work around, but if you can get through that, we’ll find a way to get you into the City WITHOUT having to drive. There are ways, m’dear. There are ways.
sigh
You’d think I would have learned by now. The above post was by me. Verrain is NOT going schizophrenic.
(Though he still wants a Scotti-hug spot too.)
Okay. I’ll be there. And…I’ll see if I can find a fedora.
Y’all wanna see me in a fedora, right?
…think Kim Basinger, “You Can Leave Your Hat On” here…
I don’t have a fedora (I think; I’m not entirely sure what a fedora looks like), but I do have a brown Genuine Leather Great Adventurer Hat that’s very Indiana-Jonesish; I wore it all over England and embarassed all the LA kids attending the conference with me. I still can’t believe my Uncle Rocky was going to throw it away. It’s the coolest hat ever.
I’m now very glad that I missed last year’s NY Dopefest, since the dress code was mini-skirts; I look much better in my brown Genuine Leather Great Adventurer Indiana Jonesish Hat than I do in a mini-skirt.
As Billdo has kindly offered me his floor, I will be there for sure. I can’t wait to see everyone I met two years ago, and I’m looking forward to meeting a bunch of new Dopers, too.
DaveWOO, looking forward to that smooch! (Slightly older men are so hot! ;))
Montreal contingent:
scott evil, Daerlyn & matt_mcl. Daerlyn has a tendency to not show up for things though ;).
I haven’t contacted Eonwe yet, but it would be cool if we could take the bus to Burlington Thursday night, stay at his place, and drive down with him on Friday.
Elenfair said she might be driving after all, so Elly, dear, if Eonwe bails (like he bailed on Doperéal 
)would you mind making a detour through Montreal? I think you have to drive through Montreal anyway to get to whatever highway it is. It would save us even more money.
I guess we’ll be staying at the Maeglin House of Horrors and Snarkiness…
Be forewarned:
I’ll be pimping SugarDope (sugaring off north of Montreal, end of March) endlessly, and
matt will no doubt want to take 50 billion pictures of the subway, even though yours is ugly and urine-stinking. ::d&r::
I think the Indiana Jones style hat is in the fedora family.
And I’d be more than willing to wander the NYC subway for hours with Matt taking pictures. I’d even bring my digital camera along. Subways are cool.
woah! I better take a double dose of Geritol that morning!
So very glad you’re a definite, Sarah. Can’t wait to see that fedora and that dazzling smile of yours.
Ah, the Fall-Winter DopeFest season coalesces. Well, I’m going to try. I guess the lesson learned from last year is that if I take Air-Tran again, perhaps I should start the trip a day early.
Miss Creant said:
Yep, I’d believe “the shirt” might weigh in at an ounce or less.
Hope to see y’all in the New Year.
I will be there. If anyone had bothered to phone me on Sunday (LaurAnge!), I would’ve woken up. 
But I’ll be there.
Fear me.
Daer, it looks like Elenfair might be driving after all. If she doesn’t have a pup with her, there’s room for me, you, matt and maybe another.
If, however, Laur gets the green light, you might want to stick with her and Scott, for her mother’s sake, and do the Burlington-Eonwe thing.
I don’t know. It’s only August 31.
I have a fedora. It will of course be worn by me if I attend.
January 5 is my birthday, as well. If I come, I want cake. You’ll have to write racinchikki, zappo and honey on it. Dot my "i"s with hearts. And bring me presents.
Thanks, honey…I know you would if you could. I guess I will just have to see if I can figure something out moneywise. I’ll try, but it doesn’t look good after looking over my finances today.
Sweetie, I’d LOVE to give you hugs! THOUSANDS of hugs! And darling, you helped me two years ago with the ant situation, and I appreciated it VERY much…this time, it wasn’t so much an ant problem as a deck problem. I have known for some time that I needed to get rid of that old deck, and had saved $2000 bucks to build a new one. But when I got the bids, it turned out that it was going to cost me over 3K, and the ants, who apparently LOVE rotten wood, were moving in in HOARDS…I didn’t really feel I had any other choice but to get rid of the old deck and build a new one. Which was, as it turned out, a GOOD thing…my builder was able to rip the old one off manually. He is a nice guy, and he espressed relief that I hadn’t fallen through it on my way to work one morning. So all is well, except that I am short on disposable funds at the moment. Anyway, thanks for the help in the past, and I knew you would help me darlin’…just seemed like the right time to solve the problem permanently instead of dealing with the symptoms.
I’m going to try to come, we will just have to see. Love you!
And TruePisces (and Verrain by virtue of fianceness ) you can have all the hugs you can stand when I ever get out that way!
Much Love,
Cheri
racinchikki, if it means you’ll attend with your fedora, I will personally see you get cake. Of course, Zappo will also be pleased to assist in this endeavor, if I know that Philadelphia lawyer.
Scotti, keep your new deck dry. C-ants lurrrrve soft, wet wood. Please come to New York. Please-o-please-o-please-o-pleeeeeeeze.
Just kidding, I know you will if you can swing it. It truly would be a capper, though.
NYC MegaDopefest? I’ve heard those are sorta fun.
Eh, they don’t suck.
That would be really really fun.
If I can get the money, am physically able and can convince John that you all NEED me to be there, I might try.
I could probably do it, if I really tried.
Pricing at approximately $414 from Ireland and $500 or so from Paris.
I’ll start the negotiations early. Like today.
Anahita, our collective heart pines desperately for you to be at NYC Megafest 2K3.
And, like, stuff:)
Negotiations pending.
Thanks, 'punha!
I understand everyone sits around eating cucumber sandwiches without crusts and sipping weak tea, all the while discussing that day’s activities at the croquet club and knitting circle. Afterward, whist and bridge in the club room. Quite stimulating, I’m sure you’ll agree!