Pi Con was this past weekend and it was a great time! So lets break it down shall we?

Friday: Since I was flying with the Penny Dreadfuls and sharing a table with those fine folks I had them come up early to plan things out and Friday night we took off (I snuk in a beach trip right before departure! awesome!) So we rolled out of the Dog House Friday night and got on the road, and what a fun trip! The Icarus was fun to ride in very Millennium Falcon; old, well used and clearly well loved. And I must say she held up wonderfully as we drive through a hurricane in the works! After a night on the road we arrived at Pioneer Vally and the location of Pi Con. Here we met up with Jeff Mach of Wicked Fare and James Hatton of “In His Likeness” and the evening was a fantastic mix of talking, plotting and drinking! WONDERFUL!

SAT: Awake and on site we quickly got our table set up. I must say the location was a bit rough, right over the washers so umm yeah… HOT! and as we were the end of a hallway the traffic was a bit low but still the folks I did talk with I had great conversations with. So the day rolled on and it got to be time for the Steampunk Dance. So Cap and Whisper and I got the place all set up and the music going, and the turn out seemed good for openers around 15-20. But not as many as I would like, so as I walked out to see if anyone was about I could pull into the ball I heard the sweet sweet sounds of a violin. This being my favorite instrument i was drawn to it! and I had the thought perhaps others would be as well, with a quick introduction I was able to convince him to follow myself and Whisper around as we gathered people for the Steampunk Dance! at its height I would say we had about 40 people. My favorite part being when I got the event coordinator to come and dance for one song and she stayed for the rest of the night! After that it was all hanging out with the General of the Dreadfuls and Jess from Western Mass Steam. Fun parties, and drinking into the wee wee hours of the morning.

SUN: Sunday was a very relaxing day, given how little I sold I decided to not set up the table and spent it instead hanging out. The hotel had several pools that we made very good use of to beat the heat and talk about the convention. Soon it was time for the convention “Gripe Session” a open venue for people to say what they liked and didn’t like about the convention. I have to say it gave us some great feedback and when we found out the usual turn out for Saturday night dances was between 5-10 our 40 seemed all the larger and more impressive! The convention concluded the only item of business was a dinner meeting with Jeff Mach, a fun excursion and a very interesting conversation! I am now very amped up for Wicked Faire! The return trip I feel asleep for and then it was back to work as usual come Monday but what a fun time!