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seawaspWe will be going to Worldcon (Noreascon) in Boston at the beginning of September; got our memberships, paid for the hotel. I don't know if they're going to squeeze me into any actual events -- I sent in their form but I haven't heard back yet. But I'll still be around to see people, and I hope I meet a bunch of y'all out there.
So everyone knows, we are NOT staying in the official hotel; I waited a bit long, and the prices I saw on there were, well, unreal. Instead, we're staying at the Hotel@MIT, which is a very neato hotel and not far away from the Con locale.
So everyone knows, we are NOT staying in the official hotel; I waited a bit long, and the prices I saw on there were, well, unreal. Instead, we're staying at the Hotel@MIT, which is a very neato hotel and not far away from the Con locale.
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Date: 2004-07-21 09:39 pm (UTC)Yes, I know!
Date: 2004-07-22 12:54 pm (UTC)(I cannot imagine how anyone can afford the nearer hotels; the prices are like $300+ per night! My last solo apartment cost less than that per MONTH!)
Re: Yes, I know!
Date: 2004-07-22 04:27 pm (UTC)That's typical...
Date: 2004-07-22 06:45 pm (UTC)Re: Yes, I know!
Date: 2004-07-29 05:30 pm (UTC)I hope you have been to the MIT Museum already. If you haven't, or if you have and want to go back while you're here, let me know... I can get a guest in free!
If you're going to be using transit, I recommend getting the weekly combo pass (rather than the 7 day "visitor pass" which costs much more: $16.50 vs $35!) as long as you can line up a Sunday-Saturday week for it. The #1 bus runs right near Hotel@MIT and straight across the river to near the Hynes area.
(Nearer the con I should blog a few suggestions like that for folks coming to town...hmm.)
Re: Yes, I know!
Date: 2004-07-29 06:21 pm (UTC)That does make it convenient. (for those who can stand to use transit)
I hope you have been to the MIT Museum already. If you haven't, or if you have and want to go back while you're here, let me know... I can get a guest in free!
I haven't been to it myself. I think we'll all want to go at some point (me, my wife Kathy, and our two kids Chris and Gabriel)
If you're going to be using transit,
Not me. I'd rather pull my brains out through my nose like the Egyptian embalmers. Can't stand mass transit.
This will probably mean a hell of a pain finding parking, but C'est la vie.
neato
Date: 2004-07-21 10:01 pm (UTC)Re: neato
Date: 2004-07-22 12:57 pm (UTC)As far as "how many"... this is WORLDCON. This is IT. This is the convention where the Hugos are chosen. THOUSANDS. The one in 2003 had 6,000 attendees and hundreds of people on the program. I suspect attendance will be higher at this one.
flyers 'r us
Date: 2004-07-22 08:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-22 04:06 am (UTC)I'd like to say yes...
Date: 2004-07-22 12:58 pm (UTC)