Weekend

[giza]

film2edit (Chillymouse) came up to visit me for most of the weekend. On Friday night, we did sushi and plum wine and just hung out and chatted about recent events.

On Saturday, we went to the Franklin Institute and met up with roxikat, shortwave81, flight_line, and Zade(sp?). I got to play with some exhibits and made some toy vehicles in the "space exploration" section of the museum which I am quite certain were not street legal. :-P We also watched a documentary on caves in the Omnimax theater. The film included some obligatory "flying through canyons" scenes.

Afterward, we headed over to the Midtown Diner, only to discover it was closed. (oops) So we instead hiked about 8 blocks to the convention center and visited the pub there for dinner.

Chilly and I then caught the next train back home, and we inflicted the movie Super Troopers on ourselves. If there was ever a movie that made me want to get drunk, that would be it. Then we watched some Family Guy and South Park until we passed out.

On Sunday, I inflicted some Angry Video Game Nerd on Chilly, then we headed over to unclekage's place to help with sending out the first big batch of Anthrocon registrations. Then we watched a couple of 50s films, and departed our separate ways for the night.

Still waiting to hear the exact date of Furp's funeral. Sounds like it'll be towards the end of the week, though. Once the date is announced, I get to buy last-minute plane tickets, and hope the prices aren't too astronomical...

Comments

[rook543.livejournal.com]

I want to see the franklin institute very badly, being the Ben Franklin geek that I am...

[alien88.livejournal.com]

If it's significantly cheaper and depending on when, you might check into flying into DTW and riding over with me or something.

[ashmcairo.livejournal.com]

You may want to contact the airline for a berevment discount. Usually it only applies to immediate family, but it's worth a shot.

[nius.livejournal.com]

United is still running the same prices I saw a few days ago, $235 after taxes for PHL-ORD-MKE and back again, with a decent number of flights available.

I don't know what my plans will be right now; I need to talk to my mother and my sister tonight about my nephew's funeral. Do you know if other folks from the Philadelphia area are looking to travel to Furp's funeral?

[film2edit.livejournal.com]

Super Troopers is awesome. We shall need to do something with the Riesling next time. :)

It was nice seeing you.

[andrew7782.livejournal.com]

I need to wander down your way on vacation sometime.

[chefmongoose.livejournal.com]

Egad, Super Troopers. Saw it, don't entirely regret it, but it wasn't a good movie. :)

[giza.livejournal.com]

You bring the flashbangs next time, and I'll bring the Tullimore Dew.