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I appear to have survived SiliCon
Oct. 5th, 2009 05:36 pmFor the 1st time in 4 years, I managed to get through SiliCon without getting sick [despite Spencer's ghastly food] - and was there on Sunday. Yay! I am usually -so- dropped by the 'virus of the week club' ... but maybe having been sick the week BEFORE and being in recovery-mode helped. I was still feverish, but sometimes I thing my physiology is happier that way. ^_^ I'm very sure I wasn't contagious, since the sore throat was long past.
SiliCon was nice. I stayed in Fanzine Lounge, took it easy, handed out tribbons [and watched the computer gear] for most of the con. Never did get to Dealer's room. [Sighs] I -did- do good party reviews for Fri/Sat - and when johnnyeponymous asked for poetry for SiWire to order, I think I did well.
The Doubletree is visibly rotting, old damage never repaired. $8 parking as the 'deal' rate sucked mightily. And the food was just awful. The non-coffee-shop [Leaves & Twigs ... Sprigs ... something like that ^_^] had a limited menu with nothing worth ordering and Spencer's. Spencer's! Every single item that I HAD liked on the menu was gone! They had some steaks - and a few ridiculously-priced sides. I ordered a salad = that was served with rotted lettuce - and '5-cheese mac and cheese' ... which tasted warm ... wet ... and not cheese-like at ALL. Ghastly. I like SiliCon, but the Doubletree is just so full of fail now.
SiliCon was nice. I stayed in Fanzine Lounge, took it easy, handed out tribbons [and watched the computer gear] for most of the con. Never did get to Dealer's room. [Sighs] I -did- do good party reviews for Fri/Sat - and when johnnyeponymous asked for poetry for SiWire to order, I think I did well.
The Doubletree is visibly rotting, old damage never repaired. $8 parking as the 'deal' rate sucked mightily. And the food was just awful. The non-coffee-shop [Leaves & Twigs ... Sprigs ... something like that ^_^] had a limited menu with nothing worth ordering and Spencer's. Spencer's! Every single item that I HAD liked on the menu was gone! They had some steaks - and a few ridiculously-priced sides. I ordered a salad = that was served with rotted lettuce - and '5-cheese mac and cheese' ... which tasted warm ... wet ... and not cheese-like at ALL. Ghastly. I like SiliCon, but the Doubletree is just so full of fail now.
