Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:49:42 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com>
Cc: <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: [wsfa-forum] Not fun at all ...
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

> "Mike B." <yahoo at omniphile.com> 8/19/2011 10:22 PM >>>
>On 8/19/2011 4:47 PM, Michael Walsh wrote:
>> On the Tuesday flight to Reno ... kidney stone.  Luckily I had
>> vicodin with me from the Wednesday attack.
>
>Glad you had what you needed.  They aren't handing out free booze on
>flights anymore.

In Business class the booze is free .... been there, done that <g>  But =
mixing alcohol with vicodin or oxycodone is never a good idea.

>> As for Worldcon ... overall pleasant.  Lots of stuff going on.  Temps
>> are 90 or so with hardly any humidity.
>
>Sounds nice.  It's not too bad here...daily thunderstorms, but they
>don't last long.  Temps are ok in the day, and downright pleasant at
>night (upper 60s).
>
>I heard the shuttles at the con were running behind schedule,

It was a frequent service, details here: http://renosf.org/shuttle-service.=
php - so the wait would never have been too long, except for those with =
hot dates in the other hotel.

> with the
>hotels a mile apart.

The walking time between the Peppermill and the Atlantis was not too =
onerous, especially with the weather as nice as it was.

>I liked the Boston world con I went to years ago
>at the Hines...you didn't have to go outside the entire time.

Nitpick: it's the Hynes.  But that said, the enclosed mall had sufficient =
variety of food that one would not starve if one had some sort of money.

And there are nice restaurants in the area.

Next year in Chicago, I believe it's all under one roof: the Chicago =
Hyatt.

It was - overall - a good Worldcon - even with:
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mjw