Looking for a game con MLK weekend

[cherydactyl]

I have a long weekend coming up on January 12-15, since my employer has no school on January 12 or 15 for report writing and MLK, Jr. day. I really would like to go somewhere with illyaa, and we really could use some time away together. But I have a hard time envisioning three or four days somewhere with him without something to hold our mutual attention, sad to say. In the summer or even the earlier fall, that could easily be hiking (like we did in the Rockies about a decade ago). I have my doubts he's interested in cross-country skiing, but maybe he will pipe up and contradict me. There's only so many museums I can stand to visit when we can't go walking in between without bundling to the nines.

Ideally this would be a game convention. Two and three years ago, we went to this cool little all-train-games convention in Chattenooga on MLK weekend. BTW, you'll find a picture of me there if you look through the pictures, and there is one of illyaa as well. Last year, we were dealing with some bad stuff (illyaa's mom had died a few months previous, and he was the personal rep of the estate, for starters), and we didn't go.

illyaa told me that the con was moved to February for 2007, which was corroborated by the yahoo group that Mark set up. It's not on the web site AFAICS.

Does anybody know of a games convention that weekend (Jan 12-15)? It's probably a long shot, but, hey, I figure I don't loose anything for asking.

I found an SF con in Boston (Arisa), but I've been off SF conventions for a while. Long story, with way TMI when told correctly.

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[tlatoani.livejournal.com]

(A side comment on SF cons -- you don't want to go to an East Coast one anyway unless you know people there or are planning to volunteer to help set up. They are not as welcoming of people they don't know as the Michigan community is.)

[cherydactyl.livejournal.com]

Ok. I don't want to go anyway. I barely want to ever go to SF cons in Michigan, much less anywhere else.

It was just the only con I came up with on Google, and I'm a half-way decent Google goddess. And I recognized the con name from the mad lab rabbit/looney labs email list.

[shekkara.livejournal.com]

Find some candidate locations and do a bit of research on line or in books to find three or four things you would enjoy at that place. You can set up an itinerary that gives you some structure and plan of action.

I know you said that you didn't want to bundle up, but Chicago is a fantastic weekend getaway. And if there's a warm spell, then it's not so bad. The Shedd Aquarium is wonderful. And I'm sure there are great book stores and game stores to be found. The shopping is great, the food is great.

For a longer drive, consider Kentucky and a visit to Mammoth Caves (http://www.nps.gov/maca/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammoth_Cave_National_Park). It's probably a good time to visit the caves -- probably much less crowded than the high summer season. Spend one day in the caves, and another day doing theater or something else in Louisville. For example, spend a second day at a Civil War battlefield (http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/ABPP/BATTLES/bystate.htm).

We went to Boskone two times, and the first time we felt like complete outsiders, but Arisia is large enough that it might not be as insular feeling as Boskone.