I got in about 11:30 to the airport here in Detroit and immediately hooked up with my roomie, Alethea Kontis. We headed over to the overflow hotel, checked in and walked over to the real hotel to register. The moment we walked into the lobby, we ran into the Scalzis. Since none of us had panels, we spent the rest of the day hanging in the bar with them, adding Cherie Priest, Doselle Young, Yanni Kuznia, Bill Shaffer, Elizabeth Bear, Anne Murphy, Sarah Monette and about a bajillion other people.
Eventually a group of us splintered off to get dinner at the Mediterranean place next door. The hotel menu has ZERO vegetarian food on it and two fish items, both appetizers. Foodwise, the weekend looks bleak for me.
When we got back, I found out that Scalzi and my Schmoozing 101 panel had been moved to 10:00pm that night, into the slot vacated by Wil Wheaton. We had some audience members who were there to see us, but most of the session was waving people off who’d come to see Wil read. It was still fun.
I gratefully dropped into bed back at the hotel and now I’m off to my slew of panels today.
The hotel menu has ZERO vegetarian food on it and two fish items, both appetizers. Foodwise, the weekend looks bleak for me.
This is a HUGE pet peeve for me, and I’m not even vegetarian. At least there’s a decent place to eat nearby? At SalonCon we had to drive ten minutes away to find a diner where we could get service, let alone food.
One of the things I loved best about Wiscon was the vast array of cuisines within two minutes’ walk. Readercon, too, is apparently bleak, and one needs a car to feed oneself adequately.