Wednesday 29 August

Aug. 30th, 2012 09:14 am
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Woke 7ish read email and LJ until 8:00 went for breakfast on 2nd floor. Had cereal, OJ, coffee, waffle fingers and a blueberry muffin.

After cleaning my teeth ;) waited for 10:30 free walking tour, met Michelle who is also going to Chicon but she is decamping to a vin hotel over the weekend. Chatted about Hugos and authors.

At 10:30 we started the tour led by HI Chicago volunteer, walked Downtown, inside a couple of building ending up near city hall at noon.

Wandered north to the con hotel, partway on the Chicago riverbank.
Had a sub of the day with cookies and lemonade for lunch for $5.45

Got to Hyatt at 1:00 collected badge, program book and pocket program, met Michelle! Read for an hour and a half then walked to the Navy Pier arriving around 3:00.

Bought a Chicago style hot dog and a draft of cold Budwiser at Landshark Beer Garden. Updated todays entry.

Exited the Navy Pier and walked
North along (as in next too) Lake Shore Drive a ver busy road. At Chicago I took the underpass to the Visitors info centre in the old library, opposite Water Tower Place.

The centre has free wifi as do all the public libraries.

Walked west to State Street and got on the Red line at Cichago and went south to Jackson, the nearest station on the Red line to the hostel. Dumped program book, got an ice cream then took the Brown line from H W Library to State with a 25c transfer. Walked to Hyatt saw Jo Walton outside Houlihan's. Left phone message for [livejournal.com profile] filkferengi and spouse M. At around 8:00 decided to leave and bumped into them both at Houlihan's. As we were chatting Ruth B also from Bujold list stopped for a word.

Went to a grocery store near the Hyatt, fair prices the to their room to catchup, it's been over two years since we last met up in person!

At 9:45 [livejournal.com profile] filkferengi and I went down to the filking but no one there so explored the basement food court (all closed). Returned to Gold Coast room and people were arriving but decided to pumpkin. Walked back to hosted, found 7/11 open and got an Italian style hotdog journey took half an hour. Bed around 11:00.

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Jan. 26th, 2009 01:17 pm
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This seems to be my default setting in general, and on LJ in particular. I've had a busy 3 weeks and really should have noted this here, but...

Flew directly to Atlanta, on Tuesday 6th, on a flight with three flight designation, AF3622, DL59 and AM5699! All went well till I got to Atlanta when my bag went missing and was discovered after over an hours wait, on the wrong carousel

First, I spent 6 days with filkferengi and spouse, and managed to go walking in the park with one or other of them every day, despite the cold these jaunts were quite enjoyable. In the middle of this visit was gafilk which had been relocated into the hotel basement. Apart from that it went very well with concerts by Barry & Sally Childs-Helton, Larry Kirby, Harold Feld, Emma Bull, and the Ropers. I didn't see most of the 2x10s but did catch filkerdave performing live via the internet.

On Monday our traditional listie (and others) dinner at the Crescent Moon, had to move to Blue Ribbon Grill, due to the former going out of business. nlbarber managed to come, even though due to family issues she had to miss Gafilk. A good time was, I think had by all.

Wednesday brunch was with filkferengi and drsigne at the IHOP, my most visted eating establishment (if I had written every day there'd be more IHOP and other food related material).

Then Thursday I flew back, getting home on Friday 16th and spent the weekend recovering from jet-lag.
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Jan. 26th, 2009 01:17 pm
mbernardi: (Default)
This seems to be my default setting in general, and on LJ in particular. I've had a busy 3 weeks and really should have noted this here, but...

Flew directly to Atlanta, on Tuesday 6th, on a flight with three flight designation, AF3622, DL59 and AM5699! All went well till I got to Atlanta when my bag went missing and was discovered after over an hours wait, on the wrong carousel

First, I spent 6 days with filkferengi and spouse, and managed to go walking in the park with one or other of them every day, despite the cold these jaunts were quite enjoyable. In the middle of this visit was gafilk which had been relocated into the hotel basement. Apart from that it went very well with concerts by Barry & Sally Childs-Helton, Larry Kirby, Harold Feld, Emma Bull, and the Ropers. I didn't see most of the 2x10s but did catch filkerdave performing live via the internet.

On Monday our traditional listie (and others) dinner at the Crescent Moon, had to move to Blue Ribbon Grill, due to the former going out of business. nlbarber managed to come, even though due to family issues she had to miss Gafilk. A good time was, I think had by all.

Wednesday brunch was with filkferengi and drsigne at the IHOP, my most visted eating establishment (if I had written every day there'd be more IHOP and other food related material).

Then Thursday I flew back, getting home on Friday 16th and spent the weekend recovering from jet-lag.
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