Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 15:20:03 -0400
From: Elspeth Kovar <ekovar at radix.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Packing light
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

Cathy Green wrote:
>
> There is a post office a short distance from where Con
> Jose is being held (go to usps.com and use the post
> office locater function for an exact location and a
> map).  If you do most of your book buying thursday and
> friday, you could mail the books home via media mail
> which is a very reasonably priced service(I recently
> mailed approximately 20 pounds of books for $9 and
> change).  You might also want to consider shipping
> clothing items back via priority mail.  This of course
> doesn't help with the trip TO the Con, but it can
> seriously lighten the load on the way back.

I'm planning on shipping clothes and such *to* ConJose (assuming that I
have the time to do so . . .) so as not to have to check luggage.  I
think that the Fairmont charges $3 a box.

Elspeth