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We met so many fabulous people and picked up so many lovely comics and this long weekend was really TOO FUCKING AWESOME to fit into this entry, but I will try to sum up!

FRIDAY

Wensleydale and I arrived in the afternoon. We met up with Hamlet and Thisbe, and our brave band of tourventurers took on the city! We walked along Embarcadero from the Ferry Building to Ghirardelli Square. Highlights included floral-flavored macarons from Miette, views of the bridges and Coit Tower, and the sea lions with their symphany of grunts and barks. Then we trudged marched up Russian Hill, peered down Lombard Street, and caught our breath on a cablecar ride downtown. With a little smartphone magic, Thisbe lead us on a quest for dining and we had the first of several delicious vegan meals.

SATURDAY

Con-day! Still on Eastern time, Wen and I were up early for a walk to pick up breakfast and tea. Treats from the Royal Donut Shop were clearly fit food for the day of the Crown Royale debut! I'm so glad I got to come and meet some of the other contributors! You guys were all so sweet and welcoming and <3 <3 <3

The Fan Market had badass comics corridor with banjocatbanjo, kiwimangoodness, fawnfawn, agentagnes, C. Lijewski, and hamlet_machine across from schumers, steam_pilot, and queenvera. We also got to meet Emirain in the Dealer's Room, and then went to an inspiring panel on making comics by JAB, Agnes, and Christina.

Since I have yet to unpack, I'm going to cut this entry short and just post maps of some of the walking we did on Monday, our final day.

MONDAY (14.5 miles!)

Palace of Fine Arts pilgrimage, on advice from just about everybody.

Mission and dinner with Agnes, whom I have admired since I found Y!Gallery (fangirl moment!), with detour around Giants fans.

PS: Oh my god SO MANY COMICS XD! I am unpacking very slowly.

First off, the first 20 seconds of the Union of the Snake video kill me with laughter.

Now, let's collect this comic, already posted on the sketchblog. It's NWS, for nudity.

( NWS ComicCollapse )

( M/B Sketch, also NWSCollapse )

The Geminid meteor shower will peak this Sunday night (estimated 140+/hour, and the sky will be dark with a new moon). It's going to be really awesome but it's also supposed to be cloudy here so I'm thinking about going out tonight and seeing what there is to see through the city lights.

If it's too cold, I might just listen to the meteors on the spaceweather live radar radio:
http://wowzaweb.streamguys.com/~spaceweather

THIS IS SO COOL OMG SPACE

ETA: I observed tonight from 12:30 to 1:00. Between clouds, buildings, and trees I didn't have a big piece of sky to look at, but I saw three! The second was very bright, brighter than any of the stars I could see.

It was indeed pretty chilly, especially lying on the ground.

Hello! My name is Ociciat. I created this journal to increase the separation between my fandom life and my real life. You can see my other work on my fansite for Le Chevalier D'Eon and my Y! Gallery account.