Con report: What the Fur
My trip began at noon on Thursday, leaving work and taking the bus and subway downtown for lunch and the train. When I got to the train station, I ran into mmm_dumpling (who was in turn waiting for cat_monk_shiro and dan_raccoon) expected since we were all riding the same train down to Montreal. Since the four of us wound up in the same car, it was a bit more interesting to take the trip down.
Upon arrival we met up with Bobbicus, one of Shiro's friends, grabbed some quick supper, and walked down René-Levesque to the hotel. Checking in, we unpacked in our adjacent rooms, checked out the con space, and I went to bed.
Woke up early Friday (blame my work schedule for that) and spent the morning walking around downtown, meeting up with Bobbicus and Shiro for brunch at Cora's. When we got back to the hotel, the con was underway, so we grabbed our badges. and went around the space. I spent most of it in the gaming room, managing to learn some new board games in the process (Day 1: Pandemic and Zombie Dice; I don't count Start Player), and decided to lend my copy of Bang! to the library. For supper I had Chinese with a bunch of furs I didn't know, made my way back after and went to bed.
Saturday involved tons of photography of the fursuit parade, breakfast with firebreathxiii (Mike's, I had their breakfast pizza), and much more gaming. Learned another new game (Shadows of Camelot, which I almost won but opted to give everyone else a chance in the name of fun), and went out for a poutine supper. Checked out some of the dance stuff and went to play some more games, learning SPANC (Space Pirate Amazon Ninja Catgirls, one of those Steve Jackson games with a rather furry bent to it; quite appropriate in the context of a furcon) before I hit the hay at 2 am.
Sunday, following the brunch buffet, I watched the auction, played more games (learned some cursing game and Cash and Guns, losing both), bought a T-shirt and went to the closing ceremonies. Following that, a bunch of us (myself, Bobbicus, cat_monk_shiro, mmm_dumpling, dan_raccoon, firebreathxiii, Mokuu, ravenworks, and Galen) got together for supper at Dunn's (smoked meat, of course, though some had to get poutines too) before returning to the dead dog party. I played with some Play-Doh, took more pics (didn't come out well), chatted with some new friends, and went to bed.
I left the next morning on what turned out to be the milk run train (i.e. all stops in between) arriving home in time for a steak dinner and work the next day.
All in all, it was a fun trip, and I'd do it again next year.
Upon arrival we met up with Bobbicus, one of Shiro's friends, grabbed some quick supper, and walked down René-Levesque to the hotel. Checking in, we unpacked in our adjacent rooms, checked out the con space, and I went to bed.
Woke up early Friday (blame my work schedule for that) and spent the morning walking around downtown, meeting up with Bobbicus and Shiro for brunch at Cora's. When we got back to the hotel, the con was underway, so we grabbed our badges. and went around the space. I spent most of it in the gaming room, managing to learn some new board games in the process (Day 1: Pandemic and Zombie Dice; I don't count Start Player), and decided to lend my copy of Bang! to the library. For supper I had Chinese with a bunch of furs I didn't know, made my way back after and went to bed.
Saturday involved tons of photography of the fursuit parade, breakfast with firebreathxiii (Mike's, I had their breakfast pizza), and much more gaming. Learned another new game (Shadows of Camelot, which I almost won but opted to give everyone else a chance in the name of fun), and went out for a poutine supper. Checked out some of the dance stuff and went to play some more games, learning SPANC (Space Pirate Amazon Ninja Catgirls, one of those Steve Jackson games with a rather furry bent to it; quite appropriate in the context of a furcon) before I hit the hay at 2 am.
Sunday, following the brunch buffet, I watched the auction, played more games (learned some cursing game and Cash and Guns, losing both), bought a T-shirt and went to the closing ceremonies. Following that, a bunch of us (myself, Bobbicus, cat_monk_shiro, mmm_dumpling, dan_raccoon, firebreathxiii, Mokuu, ravenworks, and Galen) got together for supper at Dunn's (smoked meat, of course, though some had to get poutines too) before returning to the dead dog party. I played with some Play-Doh, took more pics (didn't come out well), chatted with some new friends, and went to bed.
I left the next morning on what turned out to be the milk run train (i.e. all stops in between) arriving home in time for a steak dinner and work the next day.
All in all, it was a fun trip, and I'd do it again next year.