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The Bavarian Inn Lodge in Frankenmuth was a blast -- like a Disney resort, except an hour-and-a-half drive from Ann Arbor -- and oh! It was so wonderful to see so many dear friends at Dorsai Thing. The afternoon was filled with fun and hugs and conversation and costumes -- Moonwulf in the lederhosen was almost as impressive as his lovely wife Ann in the beergarden dress that accentuated her, ahem, more obvious charms, and the Suttons as the sneakiest kinds of monsters -- Dolores Umbridge and a George Wallace supporter -- were a hoot.

The banquet was also excellent, and I had wa-a-ay too much buttered noodles. The chicken was quite tasty, but many of us agreed the real star of the evening was the beef brisket. The pork tenderloin wasn't too shabby, either.

After that, Anne and I went to one of the five indoor pools for awhile -- the first time I've been in a pool in a long time -- and it was excellent until I got a little sick. Fortunately, that was mostly past by the time I went down to the filk, and I stayed for about an hour and a half.

This morning, more pool, an excellent breakfast buffet, and then some time down in the arcades. We finally made our way back up to the Con Suite, and got a few farewell hugs before hitting the road. Before we left the area, we looped around the Birch Run outlet malls to see what they had. A lot.

So, a very fun weekend. I hope yours was as good...?

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[redaxe.livejournal.com]

Just back in from Lunacon (left earlyish but a relaxed meal stop with the family stretches the trip). It was mostly good, though having a child under Interdict (incurred shortly before the con) means less free time for the parents who've decreed that he has to be with one or the other at all times. Still, saw some cool people, heard some good music, and I Can Haz Stufz (T-shirts, CDs, and miscellanea) to fill up da house.

Next weekend is the fun one. Solo trip to central Joisey for fantasy baseball auction Saturday, then a several-day trip with the family to Lancaster County, PA. Om nom nom, and sleep? what's sleep? :-)

[solarbird]

Crazymaking run-up to Norwescon 33. Programming is BATSHIT INSANE. And I have a gig on Tuesday so of course I'm rewriting old songs - TODAY - to make them MOAR BETTERS. Shoot me. Please.

[ladysmith.livejournal.com]

There's a Bavarian Inn in Michigan? That's cool. There's one in West Virginia, too. Bard and I spent our first wedding anniversary there.

(Just Googled for it, and wow, there are a LOT of Bavarian Inns!)

[poltr1]

I chose to continue my boycott of Millennicon for yet another year. Had a good time at the local Linux Installfest yesterday. And went with my daughter to the Newport Aquarium today.

[batyatoon]

I had a pretty awesome Lunacon.

And I thought you might like to know that someone completely broke me with "I Had A Shoggoth" in the Saturday night open filk.

(I was holding it together until "Cylon went I FEEL PRETTY".)

[celisnebula.livejournal.com]

*is all ferklemed*

You were in Frankenmuth this weekend? Ah man... so was I. I took the brat to Zehnders for lunch and then we wandered around - played at the old fashioned arcade and had some good fudge.

[tomreedtoon.livejournal.com]

Worked all weekend, which made me happy. Except that it rained all day today and I was outside for most of it.

But...hot buttered noodles! The times I've been to the Dragon*Con banquet they have this Vegan-inspired mess that's cheese ravioli and non-meat sauce plus a salad. Frankly, I'd kill for a plate of hot buttered noodles and some kind of meat at one of those dog-and-pony shows.

[ldyerzsie.livejournal.com]

On Skin-Horse, the Sunday Goodie was a pic of the latest character in totally awesome "Science Pants." I drooled and commenced planning. I WILL have "Science Pants." Oh, yes, I will.

[alverant.livejournal.com]

Mixed but overall good. I overindulged on pizza on Friday which left me a little sick and tired on Saturday (and the kitties begging to be fed didn't help either). I had to cut my visit to the party short because of it. I also made a new character in City of Heroes. She's a healer/dual pistols cop named Back Up 10-13 (10-13 is code for Officer Needs Assistance for the NYCPD). It's fun to play but she's going to be more of a group player.

Also had a pulp RPG over Skype. Most of it was dull since I wasn't involved in the big fight. But I did get some time in. During the downtime I managed to get some cleaning and other little things done.

Oh, I also had the time to add more content to the DucKon (http://www.duckon.org) website. Just a bit more information and I'd consider the first phase finished.

[braider.livejournal.com]

One of these years I will have the time to make it to Thing.