Tabouli and travel and football and other events

[Catherine Keegan]

At 04:00 PM 1/14/02 +1100, Our acronym Queen Tabouli wrote:
>Myself:
> > The Californian Catherine:
> > Let us know what the touring plans will be.  If you make it as far as
>northern California, it would be fun to meet you.<
> >
> >OK.  It really depends on how much money I manage to scrape 
> together.  All recommendations from wise Americans about >where I should 
> go welcome!
>
>Just reread this and realised how bad it sounds.  O dear.  I edited this 
>bit without looking at it properly.  The "OK" was a pre-ramble OK, not a 
>response to Catherine's second comment.
>
>I would of course love to meet Catherine and thank her for her 
>welcome!  (it's always a bit awkward on these lists responding to everyone 
>and to one person - do you use the third person or the second?)

Whatever.  It will be nice for all of us on this list who get a chance to 
meet you, host you or harass you when you make it to the US.  When is your 
trip?

Not sure how convenient it is, but the train is supposed to be a very 
inexpensive way to get around.  It's cheaper for me to fly to France than 
it is to fly five hours north.  Plane travel within the US, unless you're 
going to a major destination, tends to be pricey.  Most annoying when you 
don't want to go to NYC but you do want to go to say Albany.  If you do opt 
to fly, make sure you get quotes from all of the airports that are sort of 
in the area.  I know that my rates vary wildly between SFO, OAK, SJO and 
SAC.  None of them are convenient when you live on the coast but I have a 
choice of inconvenient airports.

(Although we're out of the way for just about anything except Mendocino 
Village, chez Bray et Keegan does offer cat-free accommodations.  We have 
massive dogs instead!)

BTW:  The Raiders won on Saturday!!!  Much happiness.  The 49ers lost.  The 
spousal unit is in the depths of despair.  Even two days of actual sunshine 
during our rainy winter have not been enough to offset the loss.

Is anyone going to be at Worldcon this August?  It's in San Jose (Con Jose 
is the snappy name).  We're toying with going for a day after doing the 
Pennsic thang in Pennsylvania.  Heck, if anyone is planning on that, look 
us up in the merchant area.  I'm crispy on the SCA thing and would be 
thrilled to talk to a list member.

Catherine in California