Wiscon

I got another progress report in the mail today, and among other things it reminded me that there are some nice restaurants near the hotel, but that it would probably be useful if not necessary to reserve ahead of time. I don't mind eating alone, but I don't feel like going someplace fancy and new to me alone, especially when I'm likely to have more friends I want to see than time to see them in. If someone would be interested in planning ahead for a bit of a splurge, let me know. Thursday or Saturday look good; Friday might work, because my panel isn't until 9 p.m.

That said, I'm also more generally interested in touching base ahead of time.

I don't remember if I've already posted this, but I am flying in Thursday night (if all goes well, I may be in time for the ROOO reception/reading [modulo crowd issues there] and should definitely be in time to meet people for dinner either at the bookstore or somewhere else handy, at a reasonable hour for dinner. I'll be in Madison through Monday lunchtime. My only specific commitment is that one panel at 9:00 Friday evening.

I'm traveling alone this time, which may mean added flexibillity, but also means I'm more likely to be looking for meal companions, since I can't just say "sushi?" or "I'm wiped, can we just go off by ourselves?" to my partner. Not that Noodles and Company won't serve someone by herself, but that's a different shape of thing than going off with one person I'm close to, and is more likely to lead to me spotting a friend and asking if they want company.

Wiscon

I got another progress report in the mail today, and among other things it reminded me that there are some nice restaurants near the hotel, but that it would probably be useful if not necessary to reserve ahead of time. I don't mind eating alone, but I don't feel like going someplace fancy and new to me alone, especially when I'm likely to have more friends I want to see than time to see them in. If someone would be interested in planning ahead for a bit of a splurge, let me know. Thursday or Saturday look good; Friday might work, because my panel isn't until 9 p.m.

That said, I'm also more generally interested in touching base ahead of time.

I don't remember if I've already posted this, but I am flying in Thursday night (if all goes well, I may be in time for the ROOO reception/reading [modulo crowd issues there] and should definitely be in time to meet people for dinner either at the bookstore or somewhere else handy, at a reasonable hour for dinner. I'll be in Madison through Monday lunchtime. My only specific commitment is that one panel at 9:00 Friday evening.

I'm traveling alone this time, which may mean added flexibillity, but also means I'm more likely to be looking for meal companions, since I can't just say "sushi?" or "I'm wiped, can we just go off by ourselves?" to my partner. Not that Noodles and Company won't serve someone by herself, but that's a different shape of thing than going off with one person I'm close to, and is more likely to lead to me spotting a friend and asking if they want company.

Wiscon: planning ahead, a bit

I got another progress report in the mail today, and among other things it reminded me that there are some nice restaurants near the hotel, but that it would probably be useful if not necessary to reserve ahead of time. I don't mind eating alone, but I don't feel like going someplace fancy and new to me alone, especially when I'm likely to have more friends I want to see than time to see them in. If someone would be interested in planning ahead for a bit of a splurge, let me know. Thursday or Saturday look good; Friday might work, because my panel isn't until 9 p.m.

That said, I'm also more generally interested in touching base ahead of time.

I don't remember if I've already posted this, but I am flying in Thursday night (if all goes well, I may be in time for the ROOO reception/reading [modulo crowd issues there] and should definitely be in time to meet people for dinner either at the bookstore or somewhere else handy, at a reasonable hour for dinner. I'll be in Madison through Monday lunchtime. My only specific commitment is that one panel at 9:00 Friday evening.

I'm traveling alone this time, which may mean added flexibillity, but also means I'm more likely to be looking for meal companions, since I can't just say "sushi?" or "I'm wiped, can we just go off by ourselves?" to my partner. Not that Noodles and Company won't serve someone by herself, but that's a different shape of thing than going off with one person I'm close to, and is more likely to lead to me spotting a friend and asking if they want company.

[hand-crossposted from LJ; reply either place, or by email, if you want to make plans.]