Collwen- Woman of varied worlds

Ok, while I was playing at MEPACON, one of the modules I played was Forrest of Ribbons. It introduced me to a new area, the Dreadwood, and I'm very interested in this area. And I think my character is very interested as well. There's a meta-organization of players/characters based out of the Dreadwood called the .

I've contacted the person listed as the contact for the Dreadwalkers and asked about more information and what mods to play to get into more contact with the group in character.

done:

*reserved room for MEPaCon
*registered for Cook's Skill Development - Two Days (4/1 & 4/8) at the

to do:

*player registration for MEPaCon- opens 3/1/06
*find out what I should bring to the CIA class (and see if there's something I should buy as a result)

Valentine's Day Dinner 2 Nights Late
Last night I got the oil changed in my car and the car washed (one chain around here does the oil change/free car wash thing). Then I had some time before marnen would get to Osho, so I hit Torrid and found a cute little velvet top (I'll have to get pics).

Osho was great. Expensive, but great. We did the hibachi table.

The server for drink orders and that sort of stuff wasn't good at it. She took the drink orders and then it took the person taking our food order 5 minutes later to find out that we still didn't have our drinks. Then she only came back to ask about refills once- at the very end. About the only thing she was quick about was bringing out the checks.

The chef though was great, and the food was excellent. This overrode the problems with the server. Usually I only eat half of my dinner, but I couldn't stop because it was so good. We had hibachi grilled calamari as an appetizer, then for dinner I had the filet mingon (the *only* person to order my meat bloody rare- none of the 6 guys at table did- Marnen came closest with medium rare) and shrimp. The filet was soooooo good. It didn't even need the mustard dipping sauce that was set for it. I tried it, but it was better without it. The shrimp was very good two, and went well with the ginger sauce. Marnen had steak (non-filet) and chicken.

It was just so good. *wiggle*

I have also failed as a woman, in some ways. They had roses there for 2 dollars (obviously marked down from $5 a piece for V-Day), and I ended up buying one for myself. Marnen started to feel bad because he didn't know I'd enjoy getting flowers. Apparently, discussion about flowers for V-Day led him to believe that I wouldn't enjoy getting flowers anytime of the year. Which is not the case. I think it's rediculous to hike the prices of flowers beyond belief and *have* to give them as a gift for V-Day. But I do appreciate flowers (I mentioned lavendar roses specifically) in general.

He was feeling so bad, while I was telling him that it was ok, because I obviously hadn't let him know. He continued to grumble until I told him that if he really felt that bad he could make it up to me, and it would be up to him on how to do it.

We got home, overstuffed, and promptly fell asleep.

http://pics.livejournal.com/collwen/gallery/0000pe12

A bunch of the cosplay ones aren't the best quality, because the lecture hall was very dark for most of it.

and it's just a Women's fitted Large Haynes shirt (with printing)....

and it fits me.

Pretty well in fact. woo hooo!

( Friday- The Drive )

( Friday- A little lost to find good cheese steak, and finding parking just in time )

( Friday- After all my worries about getting there on time, the 1890s game was canceled )

( Friday- But the canceled game let me see David Weber and shop )

( Friday- Damn you Casey... aka getting sucked into the Camarilla LARP for the night. )

( Saturday- get up and start prepping, and visit Reading Terminal Market for breakfast )

( Saturday- Morning sessions- Space Opera As Myth, David Weber reading )

( Saturday- A Walk in Chinatown to get food then alternative sexuality in fandom and card games )

( Sunday- watching a RPGA game then heading off to Ridgewood for Princess Ida )

( Sunday Dinner- Lebanese )

( Monday- a day to rest )

( Tuesday- back to work )

Wow... that's a long update.
Basically, I had a great time and I want to go back to Philly some weekend when I don't have a con or anything to do, so I can actually go around the city and take my time.

And this time I'd like to see auntiero as well as Casey. *hint hint*

and hoping to get there for 4pm.... I'm leaving early to deal with the whole snow issue.

5pm is the start time for the first LARP game (the 1890s Cuthulu game), but I can check into the hotel at 4pm... and I need to get food first (and Marnen pointed me to http://www.jimssteaks.com/ for a good cheesesteak.

I'm going to a Rebekahs meeting with Mom on Saturday, and hanging out with Jon & Tersha and whatever of the Halfway house crew is around and able to hang out.

and I registered for Philcon while it is still cheaper.

http://tacticalretreat.net/

It's in Newburgh, NY the weekend of Oct 22-23. It's $20 for the weekend, with be a bunch of different games, including Eden Studios, Warhammer, other miniatures and Wargaming, Magic, Settlers, Arkham Horror, Slugfest, etc...

I've just let myself be roped into watching the general board/card games room from 12-4 on Saturday for a significant discount on my registration cost. I don't have to bring games, but I'll bring what I have (including our Looney Lab kit). The original guy they had to do this had to bow out when he was deployed to Iraq, and I was offered the job when I asked about doing a Mini Experiment for Looney Labs.

If you're able to come, let me know. I'm going to ask Marnen about possibly being able to provide crash space (but a lot of cleaning will have to take place before then, unless you bring a tent and lots of blankets. We also have a long-haired cat.).

Also... if you come down and there's a game you want to play I should be able to arrange a table (you might want to bring a copy of the game if you have it, apparently I won't have a set stock to go from).

I also know where a number of good restaurants are nearby.