The Flip Side
May. 27th, 2007 09:05 pmBACK!!
TIRED!!!!
FABULOUS WEEKEND!!!!!!
Mayhem, was once again, a wonderful conference. 200 writers and readers (and those readers being mostly librarians) at a lovely hotel (Embassy Suites Omaha). Can't beat it.
My interview of Nancy Pickard went so very well, I had folks telling me all weekend how much they enjoyed it. Guess that journalism background is good for something after all.
The vampire panel rocked. Dean James saw my "Vampires suck very well" pin, put his hand over the microphone, leaned over and whispered: "Gay vampires suck even better". I <3 this man. (I've known Dean for years and adore his snarktastic humor).
Got to hang out with Margaret Maron (the GOH), however briefly, and had a lovely evening bar conversation with Sharan Newman. Yeah, I'm *totally* name dropping. ::g::
I committed charity auction madness on Friday night, bidding and winning a very special pressie for my stepdad as a combo Father's day, birthday and surgery day pressie. Also managed to snag a really COOL women writer's tote plus thermal coffee mug and a box of Goo Goo clusters (donated by my buddy, Mary Saums). I fell in love with it and had to make sure I went home with it. :)
Saturday during the day, the weather was a bit humid, but Donna Andrews, a couple of other buds and me did a mini-shopping trip to the Old Market, which is adjacent to the hotel. I scored a TON of appropriately inappropriate pressies at a place called City Lights.
beledibabe - it's similar to a couple of the stores you took me to in Rehoboth. Heh.
Saturday night, several of us skipped the official event and went to dinner at The French Cafe, just up the street in the Old Market. The food was beyond fabulous, as was the wine. I started my meal with escargot, followed by le carre d'agneau (pomegranate and black pepper glazed rack of lamb) with white cheddar polenta, dried cherry demi-glace and lovely grilled veggies. Dessert was a chocolate lava cake with a scoop of homemade vanilla ice cream. Yeah, totally brilliant food.
Today was a lovely Sunday brunch and the end of the convention. Ended up flying home with Donna, which made the trip all that more pleasant.
Very glad to be back and in my own place, even though the Embassy Suites, the convention and Omaha were so great.
I know I've missed *several* May birthdays - so a belated, yet heartfelt HAPPY BIRTHDAY to all of you.
Hope everyone's weekend has been going well.
TIRED!!!!
FABULOUS WEEKEND!!!!!!
Mayhem, was once again, a wonderful conference. 200 writers and readers (and those readers being mostly librarians) at a lovely hotel (Embassy Suites Omaha). Can't beat it.
My interview of Nancy Pickard went so very well, I had folks telling me all weekend how much they enjoyed it. Guess that journalism background is good for something after all.
The vampire panel rocked. Dean James saw my "Vampires suck very well" pin, put his hand over the microphone, leaned over and whispered: "Gay vampires suck even better". I <3 this man. (I've known Dean for years and adore his snarktastic humor).
Got to hang out with Margaret Maron (the GOH), however briefly, and had a lovely evening bar conversation with Sharan Newman. Yeah, I'm *totally* name dropping. ::g::
I committed charity auction madness on Friday night, bidding and winning a very special pressie for my stepdad as a combo Father's day, birthday and surgery day pressie. Also managed to snag a really COOL women writer's tote plus thermal coffee mug and a box of Goo Goo clusters (donated by my buddy, Mary Saums). I fell in love with it and had to make sure I went home with it. :)
Saturday during the day, the weather was a bit humid, but Donna Andrews, a couple of other buds and me did a mini-shopping trip to the Old Market, which is adjacent to the hotel. I scored a TON of appropriately inappropriate pressies at a place called City Lights.
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Saturday night, several of us skipped the official event and went to dinner at The French Cafe, just up the street in the Old Market. The food was beyond fabulous, as was the wine. I started my meal with escargot, followed by le carre d'agneau (pomegranate and black pepper glazed rack of lamb) with white cheddar polenta, dried cherry demi-glace and lovely grilled veggies. Dessert was a chocolate lava cake with a scoop of homemade vanilla ice cream. Yeah, totally brilliant food.
Today was a lovely Sunday brunch and the end of the convention. Ended up flying home with Donna, which made the trip all that more pleasant.
Very glad to be back and in my own place, even though the Embassy Suites, the convention and Omaha were so great.
I know I've missed *several* May birthdays - so a belated, yet heartfelt HAPPY BIRTHDAY to all of you.
Hope everyone's weekend has been going well.