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On Friday, we take the train to Baltimore
May. 23rd, 2025 11:00 pmWe drove out to Rte 128 station, parked, used PayByPhone (yay, standardization! Go ahead and boo hiss how we got to standardization. I would never argue about that because what’s the point and I wasn’t a participant so this is 100% not the hill I’m going to defend) and got on the train. They were out of the vegan bbq sandwich, so I wound up with the crudites and hummus, which I think is what I ate last time, too. It’s fine. A. got the cheeseburger again. Also fine.
Upon arrival, I had intended to uber/lyft/taxi/bus to the hotel about a mile away, however, as we approached ON TIME!!! I started looking for restaurants near the train station and found The Brewer’s Art. I had the vegan gnocchi. A. had a grilled cheese sandwich and fries. I helped her with the fries because the pasta dish was small and her meal was enormous. I didn’t have her take a lactaid and that was a mistake. Oh well! I had a Beazly (golden ale), and it was delightful. We walked the rest of the way to the hotel as the weather was nice and there were no significant hills. I wondered if this would be a mistake (would the wheels on A.’s luggage break? Not yet! Would my wrist and arm and shoulder be sore on future days? Nope! I’m doing catch up blogging, so I know how this turned out.). We had a couple lovely conversations as we walked along, with people we passed.
I met my sister checking into the hotel, and that went smoothly. I checked into Registration at the con for me and A., and my niblings checked themselves in only needing a brief phone call to complete the process (I’d prepaid, there was a question about which email). I attended the “Voice in Writing” panel, which was good, and that’s the first place I saw Zach Be. Interestingly, this was a really good panel, and quite possibly the worst of all the ones I would attend over the weekend. Great beginning! In Zach’s other life, he does therapy and recently completed his PhD. His master’s is available over on the UMD website, but the PhD is still too fresh; I’m looking forward to reading both, as the topic area, while not SFF, is of interest to me, and I’ve already forwarded links to Priestess, as she is also interested in the topic area (yes I know that’s redundant. Good for you for knowing some etymology!)
I thought about attending the That Shouldn’t Fit panel, but I decided it was more important to get A. and I to bed at a reasonable hour.
Upon arrival, I had intended to uber/lyft/taxi/bus to the hotel about a mile away, however, as we approached ON TIME!!! I started looking for restaurants near the train station and found The Brewer’s Art. I had the vegan gnocchi. A. had a grilled cheese sandwich and fries. I helped her with the fries because the pasta dish was small and her meal was enormous. I didn’t have her take a lactaid and that was a mistake. Oh well! I had a Beazly (golden ale), and it was delightful. We walked the rest of the way to the hotel as the weather was nice and there were no significant hills. I wondered if this would be a mistake (would the wheels on A.’s luggage break? Not yet! Would my wrist and arm and shoulder be sore on future days? Nope! I’m doing catch up blogging, so I know how this turned out.). We had a couple lovely conversations as we walked along, with people we passed.
I met my sister checking into the hotel, and that went smoothly. I checked into Registration at the con for me and A., and my niblings checked themselves in only needing a brief phone call to complete the process (I’d prepaid, there was a question about which email). I attended the “Voice in Writing” panel, which was good, and that’s the first place I saw Zach Be. Interestingly, this was a really good panel, and quite possibly the worst of all the ones I would attend over the weekend. Great beginning! In Zach’s other life, he does therapy and recently completed his PhD. His master’s is available over on the UMD website, but the PhD is still too fresh; I’m looking forward to reading both, as the topic area, while not SFF, is of interest to me, and I’ve already forwarded links to Priestess, as she is also interested in the topic area (yes I know that’s redundant. Good for you for knowing some etymology!)
I thought about attending the That Shouldn’t Fit panel, but I decided it was more important to get A. and I to bed at a reasonable hour.