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January 31st, 2011
Posting this now, before I forget any more than I have. Or, say, fail to have any time to do it. :) We just got home a couple hours ago from Conflikt, and it. Was. A. Blast. A BLAST. I will write about that shortly. First, the gripes about the hotel, because they're right at the top of my head. Despite all of these I had a GREAT time, and if you don't want to read my grumblings (and notes on possible solutions I may use if it's in the same hotel next year), please to leave the cut-tags unclicked. :)
(This year was at the Holiday Inn Seattle - SeaTac International Airport.)
( Short form of twitchy mood )
( The details of the hotel stuff, for my memory (and, if Conflikt is there next year, anyone who wants to be aware/borrow solutions) )
And on a non-gripe note, if we're in this hotel next year I need to bring the swim stuff, as the pool does allow little ones in it even in diapers as long as they're in a swim diaper (many don't) and is inside and thus usable in January, unlike the last hotel.
(This year was at the Holiday Inn Seattle - SeaTac International Airport.)
( Short form of twitchy mood )
( The details of the hotel stuff, for my memory (and, if Conflikt is there next year, anyone who wants to be aware/borrow solutions) )
And on a non-gripe note, if we're in this hotel next year I need to bring the swim stuff, as the pool does allow little ones in it even in diapers as long as they're in a swim diaper (many don't) and is inside and thus usable in January, unlike the last hotel.
Much more positive than the hotel. The worst part of the con programming for me was missing parts of it because Drew needed to be taken care of too. I did not want to miss a minute. But Drew is 2 and not always up to patient sitting, so miss some minutes I did. Scott missed more, bless his willingness.
One note for those inclined to be surprised by my commentary - I didn't attend filk at ALL until Conflikt I, and have in fact made it to very few cons with filk (four? five?), three of them Conflikts. So. I am not as familiar with the music as others. :)
( The detailed notes. )
I complained about the hotel in my first post on this. Let me just stop here and say that, while I would've liked to have more time where there was music (that whole 'toddler' thing), this con ROCKED. The con suite always had something I could eat and was very on top of things as far as I could tell, the main-room programming was great, the music and concerts were great, I laughed a lot, I got hugs from friends, there were puns, there was money spent happily in the dealer's room, and Drew had a good time overall (someone let him strum a guitar; he has been saying 'banjo' a lot and actually had to be removed from the smoked salmon at one point because he was fussing because Creede stopped playing and let someone else have a turn, and I think he had to be removed at another point for the same reason; he saw and heard lots of music).
And I may be wrong, but I think Drew - who has been singing little children's songs for a few months - has been singing more today than other days.
And this? This is why I will be back, even if it's in that hotel, even if none of the things that bugged me are changed. For the people, and the music, and the fun. (On the other hand? Conflikt con-com rocks. I do not in fact expect that it will be the same hotel without any adjustments next year. That would be very odd.)
Any chance I'll see you there next year? :)
One note for those inclined to be surprised by my commentary - I didn't attend filk at ALL until Conflikt I, and have in fact made it to very few cons with filk (four? five?), three of them Conflikts. So. I am not as familiar with the music as others. :)
( The detailed notes. )
I complained about the hotel in my first post on this. Let me just stop here and say that, while I would've liked to have more time where there was music (that whole 'toddler' thing), this con ROCKED. The con suite always had something I could eat and was very on top of things as far as I could tell, the main-room programming was great, the music and concerts were great, I laughed a lot, I got hugs from friends, there were puns, there was money spent happily in the dealer's room, and Drew had a good time overall (someone let him strum a guitar; he has been saying 'banjo' a lot and actually had to be removed from the smoked salmon at one point because he was fussing because Creede stopped playing and let someone else have a turn, and I think he had to be removed at another point for the same reason; he saw and heard lots of music).
And I may be wrong, but I think Drew - who has been singing little children's songs for a few months - has been singing more today than other days.
And this? This is why I will be back, even if it's in that hotel, even if none of the things that bugged me are changed. For the people, and the music, and the fun. (On the other hand? Conflikt con-com rocks. I do not in fact expect that it will be the same hotel without any adjustments next year. That would be very odd.)
Any chance I'll see you there next year? :)
