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I went to the The Cat Really Is Out to Get You panel about cats in SF. I was there because John Hemry/Jack Campbell was there, and I got there early enough to catch him before the panel started and show him the photo M. took when she met him at I believe Connecticon 10 years ago. I couldn’t attend, and I was envious, and they sweetly got a photo with him at that con. I’d lost it, but they still had it and resent it to me. In person, he’s almost exactly what I expected him to be like and the panel was enjoyable.
At 11:30, my sister and I attended the Sharon Lee interview, which was great. Since this is a hybrid con, I was not 100% certain she’d be there in person, but she was (and I got to see her in a later panel as well). The interviewer did a lovely job, and Sharon Lee’s story of her writing life is lovely and it was all a feel good time. After that, my sister and I went to the Water Street Tavern, which was a whole novel in itself. No unsweetened iced tea. The woman running the bar was hilarious and very entertaining. It’s very much a dive bar that gets a great combination of locals and regulars. It’s super close to the Residence Inn we stayed at, so I passed it repeatedly. The night before, when I’d gone out in a failed attempt to acquire Pepcid for A. (Gas-x ultimately got the job done), I’d passed it and it was crowded and raucous. Much quieter at lunch on a Saturday. I had the fish sandwich, which was fine, and a couple of beers, local, do not recall what but they were fine.
After lunch, I got A. up and through the shower and fed a meal.
I went to the 2:30 Editors Can Be Your Friends. This was really interesting, altho definitely a mixed bag. I was there to see Melissa Scott, and I chatted with her very briefly after the panel. There are a ton of grievances out there on the part of editors because people who submitted manuscripts were not happy with what happened next. Some of these grievances really do not sound great when aired.
I returned to the hotel to get A. in motion for dinner, and then we all ubered over to Bunny’s. I hadn’t intended to do anything non-walkable for this weekend, but I tripped over Bunny’s when reading menus and I couldn’t resist. It was amazing. I got the vegan chicken sandwich with vegan collard greens, and a “Silk Chiffon” cocktail that had a skewer with a little bite of vegan baklava on it. Wow. No regrets. We walked back, and that stretch of Baltimore is absolutely a lovely walk.
At 11:30, my sister and I attended the Sharon Lee interview, which was great. Since this is a hybrid con, I was not 100% certain she’d be there in person, but she was (and I got to see her in a later panel as well). The interviewer did a lovely job, and Sharon Lee’s story of her writing life is lovely and it was all a feel good time. After that, my sister and I went to the Water Street Tavern, which was a whole novel in itself. No unsweetened iced tea. The woman running the bar was hilarious and very entertaining. It’s very much a dive bar that gets a great combination of locals and regulars. It’s super close to the Residence Inn we stayed at, so I passed it repeatedly. The night before, when I’d gone out in a failed attempt to acquire Pepcid for A. (Gas-x ultimately got the job done), I’d passed it and it was crowded and raucous. Much quieter at lunch on a Saturday. I had the fish sandwich, which was fine, and a couple of beers, local, do not recall what but they were fine.
After lunch, I got A. up and through the shower and fed a meal.
I went to the 2:30 Editors Can Be Your Friends. This was really interesting, altho definitely a mixed bag. I was there to see Melissa Scott, and I chatted with her very briefly after the panel. There are a ton of grievances out there on the part of editors because people who submitted manuscripts were not happy with what happened next. Some of these grievances really do not sound great when aired.
I returned to the hotel to get A. in motion for dinner, and then we all ubered over to Bunny’s. I hadn’t intended to do anything non-walkable for this weekend, but I tripped over Bunny’s when reading menus and I couldn’t resist. It was amazing. I got the vegan chicken sandwich with vegan collard greens, and a “Silk Chiffon” cocktail that had a skewer with a little bite of vegan baklava on it. Wow. No regrets. We walked back, and that stretch of Baltimore is absolutely a lovely walk.