WORLDCON

[seawasp]

We 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.

Comments

[sub-musashi.livejournal.com]

Hotel@MIT is very cool. be sure to avail yourself of all the fun stuff in Central Square (about 4 blocks from you) - just walk up to Massachusetts Ave and turn left.

neato

[animejpop.livejournal.com]

How many people will be going to that, about? Care to brings flyers for Genericon with you? :D

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

Are you likely to post pictures anywhere? My travelling will be severely curtailed for the foreseeable future, but pictures are enough of a placebo that the twitching doesn't get too bad ;)

Yes, I know!

[seawasp]

I chose that hotel because we had been there once before and it was a very pleasant stay. And there is a lot of fun stuff out there and around.

(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: neato

[seawasp]

I'll see what the rules are on flyers, but I don't see any reason why not.

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.

I'd like to say yes...

[seawasp]

... but I've been having so much trouble getting around to updating anything on my site that I must admit I can't guarantee it.

Re: Yes, I know!

[sub-musashi.livejournal.com]

Good god, $300/month! Right now we're paying $1525/month for our two bedroom apartment here in Boston, but we're about to move to Iowa where our mortgage payment for an house is LESS THAN HALF that. I'll miss Boston, but I'm looking forward to slashing all our bills.

That's typical...

[seawasp]

$1500 for a 2BR? Ick. I have a 5BR house and our mortgage payment doesn't come to four digits.

flyers 'r us

[animejpop.livejournal.com]

Coolness. I will check in with the Genericon committee to see if flyering it is something they'd like to do.

Re: Yes, I know!

[ckd]

Hotel@MIT is cool, and yes, there is lots of fun stuff close by to do and enjoy. (I live in Cambridge not far from the hotel, so I'm commuting to Worldcon...I already have a T pass.)

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!

[seawasp]

Hotel@MIT is cool, and yes, there is lots of fun stuff close by to do and enjoy. (I live in Cambridge not far from the hotel, so I'm commuting to Worldcon...I already have a T pass.)

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.