Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 18:20:13 -0500
From: Eva Whitley <eva.whitley at gmail.com>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: A DC hotels question
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Robert MacIntosh wrote:
> The bid for '92 included the Hilton, which about 1.5 miles further down
> Connecticut Ave. That hotel has the space for the "Main Tent" functions,
> allowing us to put dealers and art show in the Omni and Marriot (it were a
> Sheraton then). Of course, even then traffic at rush hour on Connecticut
> would have travel nearly impossible. Fortunately, the Sheraton got greedy
> and saved our collective back sides. Why? Because there was no way in hell
> it would have ever worked. We all went to MagiCon that year.

I typed in the addresses for both the Marriott and the Hilton, and it
came up with .8 miles (Google Maps, I think, or Mapquest).

Is this why we didn't just go a week early after B'nai Brith booked our
week? --Eva Whitley