Thanksgiving Plans - Conclave

[dagibbs]

For Canadian Thanksgiving I am, as usual, going to the U.S.

Currently plans look like:

Thursday October 6th, after work, ride (drive) to Toronto, overnight with the wonderful mycrazyhair and whynotsteve.
Friday October 7th, get up and head west/northwest. Anyone in KW interested in brunch on Friday, October 7th, probably around 11am?
Friday 2pm-3pm arrive Sarnia, transfer stuff to jeffreyab's car, and head for Lansing.
Friday dinner time arrive at Conclave.
Friday evening - Sunday evening, party at Conclave.
Sunday evening, drive back to Jeff's place, and overnight there.
Monday October 10th, drive home. Possibly stopping on Toronto (or KW) for a social event if appropriate.
Tuesday, recover from my mini-vacation.

Comments

[kattale.livejournal.com]

What is Conclave?

*just curious*

What Conclave is:

[jeffreyab.livejournal.com]

Conclave is an intimate science fiction convention that has been going for thirty years:

http://www.conclavesf.org/

Gibbs and I have much fun here and you could too.

Re: What Conclave is:

[kattale.livejournal.com]

Oh, duh. Yeah, i knew that.
I never went, but i hung with the Ottawa SF crowd way way way back when... *grin*

Re: What Conclave is:

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

Of course you knew that.

It wasn't that way back... um... well, maybe it was. Wow.

Re: What Conclave is:

[kattale.livejournal.com]

I *think* i even predate you in that circle... not entirely sure...

Do i know Jeff?

Re: What Conclave is:

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you probably pre-date me. At least, on the sf-side. Not sure about the gaming side. I was going to Cangames for a few years before I joined Ottawa fandom. I probably first showed up somewhere around 1982-1983 range. I think (I'd have to check to be sure) that I have Cangames badges going back to 1979.

I don't think you know Jeff, but I don't know for sure that you don't. It is hard to know that for sure with the strange fannish connections that do crop up.

Re: What Conclave is:

[jeffreyab.livejournal.com]

Did you ever go to Ad Astra?

I am mainly an SF person in Ontario.

Re: What Conclave is:

[kattale.livejournal.com]

Been to Ad Astra many times, but way back when. I think i remember Steven Brust one year, and Guy Gavriel Kay, and Barbara Hambly... I'd been a few times before that but couldn't remember the year...

Re: What Conclave is:

[jeffreyab.livejournal.com]

Maybe we did meet in passing.

Brust was there twice that I remember.

Re: What Conclave is:

[kattale.livejournal.com]

I have a photo of him trying to seduce my 15-year-old companion (apparantly after a recent divorce). *scowls protectively*

Re: What Conclave is:

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

Hm... I wonder if that is the same 15-year-old that I lusted after. (Though, never tried to seduce.)

Re: What Conclave is:

[kattale.livejournal.com]

Well, everyone lusted after her. :)

Re: What Conclave is:

[kattale.livejournal.com]

You look familiar. I mostly know the old Ottawa crowd, only two or three of the Toronto crowd. I think my friend dated one or two of the Klingon contingent for a while.

Re: What Conclave is:

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

I was wrong, my Cangames badges only go back to 1983, so I was joining Ottawa fandom around the same time. Makes sense, I guess.

Re: What Conclave is:

[jeffreyab.livejournal.com]

Didn't you ask this question last year?

Re: What Conclave is:

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

Somebody might have, but I don't think it was kattale, cause I don't think she was reading my journal at this time last year.

Re: What Conclave is:

[kattale.livejournal.com]

Not here... i just friended David's LJ recently. :) Must have been another ex-OSFS female redhead... :)