Re: Philcon is in New Jersey (!) this year

On Mar 10, 10:44 pm, Andre Lieven <andrelie...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Mar 10, 9:21 am, "Evelyn C. Leeper" <elee...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > Just.A.New...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> > > On Mar 9, 10:23 pm, Petrea Mitchell <pr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > > wrote:
> > >> At 23 Feb 2008 15:16:13 -0500,
> > >> Keith F. Lynch <k...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> strode forth and proclaimed:
>
> > >>> Philcon will be in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, November 21-23, the
> > >>> weekend before Thanksgiving.
> > >> Whyever would they do a silly thing like that?
>
> > > Probably no where else to go?
>
> > How about the fact that downtown Philadelphia is not really a great
> > place for a weekend convention?  The Sunday morning restaurant
situation
> > is pathetic but even at other times, the latest hotel was several
blocks
> > away from anyplace good to eat dinner.  (Not to mention that the hotel
> > itself had a ton of problems.)  In other words, walking to meals is a
> > definite problem.
>
> Well, it surely was more of a issue than when Philcon was by the
> Redding Terminal Market.

Reading Terminal.

Or as it sez on the Monopoly card "Take a ride on the Reading - if you
pass Go collect $200".

GeekGirl