Category: convention

AnachroCon 2012 – February 23-26

 
 
 

[February 23-26, 2012 – Atlanta, GA – USA]

Ok, finally a con with a ton of pictures. My second time at AnachroCon, a Steampunk convention. The first time I was there they already outgrew that hotel. I hate to say it but they were bursting at the seams at this hotel. The con suite was removed from the activities, but was on the same floors as the party rooms that wasn’t too bad. The party rooms were great, in fact. I think this is the first Steam event I went to where there were half a dozen party rooms per night, so that was awesome! However, the dealers room was incredibly way too small. I’d say one of the features of a great Steampunk con is a great Steampunk dealers room – because people always want to upgrade what they have or start buying bits and pieces for the next costume. (A BIG dealers room is essential.) Nonetheless, it was great! And I seem to meet more people at Steam-cons than at any other con. Met “Biscuit” and her hubbby “Limey” (he’s from the UK, yes, he used it on himself so it’s not being rude or anything) this time. And a bunch more people. I do highly recommend AnachroCon, go next year! Here are the pics:


AnachroCon 2012

 
 
 

Capricon 2012 February 10-12, 2012

 
 
 

[February 10-12, 2012, Wheeling, IL – USA]

The problem with going to the same con for the five-hundred-millionth time is that it becomes the same old thing and picture taking gets relegated to, “Oh, crud, I forgot to take pictures.” The you rush and take a boat load. Or, just give in and forget it. Well, I took a few and here are the two better ones:


left to right – Shelly – Jill – Charissa


left to right – Charissa – Me – Jill

 

Steampunk Symposium Queen Mary Jan 13-16, 2012

 
 
 

[January 13-16, 2012 – Long Beach, CA – USA]

A steampunk convention was helf aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA. The location was unique and the ship fit the steampunk them extremely well. This was a four day convention so it was nice and long. As with any ship I board, whether sea or air, I walked fore to aft, starboard and port. The more interesting parts of the ship were all blocked and locked off, which was annoying, but the open parts were interesting as it were…

There was a “con suite” but it was usually devoid of people. It seemed there were more people who knew each other than just broke off into their own little gatherings. Otherwise, it was basically just what was scheduled. There were no party rooms either. Of the pictures I took, a lot more than usual were blurry, so there aren’t too many pictures (sorry). The surviving pictures are below, click on the pic as usual to get more:


Steam Powered Giraffe on stage aboard the Queen Mary

If these few pics of the Queen Mary intrigue you, you can get more information on the ship here queenmary.com.
 
 
 

Endless Night Steampunk Vampire Ball New Orleans Oct 29, 2011

 
 
 

[Oct 29, 2011 – New Orleans, LA, US]

Halloween. What to do?

This year, I went to New Orleans, LA (US) for the Endless Night Steampunk Vampire Ball on Oct 29, 2011 at the House of Blues. Started around 9:30pm and I got back to my hotel room around 3:00am. Luckily, I didn’t have to wake up till 9:00am on Sunday so I did get some sleep… SO, here are the pics:


Endless Night Steampunk Vampire Ball New Orleans Oct 29, 2011

 
 
 

ZomBcon 2011 Oct 20-23

 
 
 

[October 20-23, 2011 – Seattle, WA, US]

Flew from DCA to DFW to SEA, second week in a row… It was a “mileage run” but there was a handy con in Seattle so that was cool.

On top of that, my work buddy collects mugs so he wanted me to go to the first Starbucks store in downtown Seattle so I figured what the heck. And my friends Charissa and Kevin were supposed to fly to Seattle last year for SteamCon II as a wedding gift but they didn’t make it so I got an extra one for her.

I was at the SeaTac Airport Hilton so I hopped on the light rail (which took 45 minutes) to get to downtown Seattle. Got the mug and hung out at the Pike Place Market and went to a French restaurant (Maximilien). They had Absinthe on the menu so I had to have one. That was cool.

After that mini-adventure, I attended ZomBcon 2011. There were a lo of zombies and zombie killers running around. Is there something in the air in Seattle that this con didn’t have a con suite and didn’t have any party rooms? (If you recall my last post on SteamCon III, they didn’t have a con suite; and they had only a few party rooms which were insufficient for the attendance. Oh well.) Anyway, here are the pics from the con…


Seattle, Starbucks First Store, Absinthe at Maximillien and ZomBcon 2011