so, um, frucon 9?

looks like this is around the time of year someone always asks about Frucon, so I figure I will. I remember the idea we had last year, because there were so few of us and we all fit in the suite, to just not bother with the conference room and rent the 2-story suite for two nights, so we have it Friday evening and all day and night Saturday. but that requires knowing how many people are planning to come, doesn't it?

Has anyone heard of any plans of Mike, Dave. or Jian making plans for a show that weekend? Assuming the con is Feb 18th, Murray will be on tour with GBS, unless its just sean, bob, and alan on tour.

http://www.greatbigsea.com/thetour/

Thu. Feb 16 Rialto Theatre Tuscon, AZ

Tickets on sale November 19 and will be available for purchase at the Rialto Theatre Box Office, by phoning (520) 740-1000 or online.

Sat. Feb 18 Eccles Center Park City, UT
Tickets can be purchased from the Eccles Center Box Office, charge by phone (435) 655-3114, or online.

Sun. Feb 19 The Paramount Theatre Denver, CO
Tickets go on sale November 19 and will be available for purchase at all Ticketmaster locations, by phoning (303) 830-TIXS (8497) or through www.ticketmaster.com and

Sat. Apr 29 Somerville Theatre Cambridge, MA

I wonder why they moved the Somerville(sic) Theatre to Cambridge...

teeheee!!! And I LIVE in Tucson! I am so THERE at that concert on the 16th!!! Wooooo!!!! :)

Murray is indeed on tour with GBS, we heard it from the man himself....wearing a really cheesy Dickies GBS jacket no less=p.

If I can afford it, I plan to go to Toronto in February, if only to visit Kath, and I would EXPECT AJ to join me *hint*

yes mistress, I hear and obey. ;)

Damn... who needs the rest of y'all when I got these two? ;)

Me?

*meep*

If only to visit Kath? What are the rest of us Torontonians? Chopped Liver?=p

I'd say you are more like pate de foie gras, a delicacy.

I'm there.
It'll depend on the whole money situation (that and if I'm going to take a vacation, I haven't been home in a year and a half), but I really want (or need) to go. Alas, Maine is on no one's way to Toronto ;-)

I mean I would totally suck not to go since I'm now on teh same continent and the distance to Toronto has deflated like an old balloon.

Oh while unpacking my stuff here I found Canadian money. Hee.

And I have to stalk Leah and others, too ;D

i believe i will be in north carolina with the sisterati of the cuddlepile. rebecca can correct me if i'm wrong.

Go NC!
:)

I'm in.

I've never had the opportunity to go to FruCon. It's always the same weekend as my husband's b-day. What's it like? What do you do? Can I learn the secret handshake?

I'm not going.

If you're in Toronto and want to see me, I'm not hard to find.

� I'll be there if nothing else comes up between now and then. I mean I'm in T.O and I can see the hotel from my school so I don't really see the point of not going if I'm free.

See, I just don't see the point of going unless it seems compelling.

I just don't see the point of going since there stopped being shows associated with it. :)

I just don't see the point of BREATHING omgomgomg.

umm... then, perhaps you should see a professional about that?

I need to go to a breathing technician.

Breathing is totally cliche anyway :D

Cause, like, I know the rest of us aren't even worth bothering with. You absolutely hate seeing me, for example. :P

well, I see the rest of y'all at frff. :)

no reason to go to toronto for THAT.

At least not in the winter.

However, there are so many awesome things in the summer.

We have the second-biggest pride celebration in north america (second only to San Francisco). It's absolutely fantastic. It's a huge week-long party. Church street is closed off from just about Yonge to College. Amazing.

Toronto International Film Festival -- biggest publically-attended film festival in North America. Hot Docs -- biggest documentary festival in same. Caribana -- amazing Caribbean festival.

There are always some kind of street fair going on. There's always something moving, shaking, and exciting. The city is green and alive. Personally, I love going down to the Christie Pits to read and watch the kids playing in the splash pad.

Toronto sort of sucks in the winter. I know February FruCon is tradition, but it originally was scheduled for that time because of a concert. There's absolutely no reason for it to be in February anymore. At this point, it's kind of a retarded tradition.

eh.. I'm a winter person, so I don't really care so much if it's in feb.

Toronto has a lot of good pubs..... and is a fun city to just wander in. (or ask a cabbie where to go in)

it's just that there's more to see when you wander in the warmer months ;P

but in the summer a lot of the same people go to frff, so it's a matter of spacing the visits over the year, one in summer--one in winter. this also often makes it easier to arrange time off work, I know that when I was working full-time, it was better to take a few days off in february and some time in july than to take some time in june and then again in july.

Fine. We'll compel you.

Nothing short of chicks with dicks serving complimentary mini quiches will do.

Well, I'll bring the toaster oven then...

But winter again? Meh.

spoilsport. ;)
What better time to be in toronto than winter?!

There is no better time. Aside from spring, summer, and fall.

Spring and summer aren't better times for anything ;-)

agree'd.

worst. seasons. evar.

summer is good for swimming...and bug slaughter.

I've already got other reasons (ok, reason :)) to go to Toronto from time to time, I'm just wondering if I should make plans for this to be another such reason, and if so, to confirm the date.

-- Pauley

Dates will be the weekend of February 17th. There are no plans for a meeting room this year. I think if we just rent a suite that will be fine. It would have been last year, actually. A reservation has not been made, but I'm not concerned. If for some reason the Comfort Suites can't accomodate us, there are plenty of hotels in TO where we can get a suite.

Maybe we ought to change the name Frucon to Fruparty? :)

Not gonna work. Lack of money and a house concert.

So come to NY.

Seeing as "Fruparty 9" is scheduled to take place in about a week...do we know a) if it's still happening, and b) which hotel we'll be at? Pauley and I were planning to reserve a room for ourselves for the weekend and should probably be looking into that about now or sooner.

I wanna meet you people! I've always regretted not getting into Fruvous when they were still touring and all the exciting stuff was going on.

Pauley and I now have a room reserved for ourselves at the Comfort Suites at Dundas and Jarvis. Let me know if there is any location change. :)

(Yes we know there would be a two-story suite where we could sleep on, like, the floor or in the whirlpool bathtub or maybe if we were lucky even a sofa bed, but we're also celebrating Valentine's Day belatedly, and, y'know...also, if for some horrible reason Fruparty does not happen, we'll still be staying in Toronto for the weekend anyway.)

You talk a lot. ;) *snicker*

-- Pauley

I think the two of you deserve your own forum ;)

Sowwy. :P