The rest of the weekend
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nephirSEAF -- Day 3 (Auction Night)
Not too bad to be honest -- I think that we were busier on Friday night that I could tell, or it could be that everyone was in the auction and so the galleries were emptier.
I had a minor tiff with one of the 'artists'...performers. They didn't like the fact that they needed to be banded so that we knew who was supposed to be in when the doors closed for prepping for the night's festivities.
Personally, by the end of it all, radio collars and ear tags was my suggestion (EWG)
Got to see lots of folks in the most wonderful clothing (or lack thereof in some cases), hear some interesting poetry (sorta like crazy folk on the street corners, but not) and view some lovely art. Many of the pieces that I liked the most didn't sell, which was a shame. Hey, if I'd had the money and wall space I'd have thought about buying them.
I got to run around in the new leather bodice, which was way comfy for me.
I also had the opportunity to walk someone's sub around (he needed to go water the chamberpot) -- too much fun all in all.
We ended up staying until midnight, or a little there after, then headed home to sleep.
Day 4 -- last day and breakdown
Took it slow and easy that morning -- did some laundry, caught up on my email, went and had a late lunch then headed in to the site for the final day.
Slow and calm were the words until we closed, after which much chaos erupted. Folks who had purchased art were there to pick up, folks who had won the auction were there, and artists coming to pick up the art not purchased were there.
In the midst of all of this, we were working on clearing out the space and tearing down the walls that had been erected so that the art had a place to hang.
Got to learn the basics of art handling and wrapping (thanks Claire -- you are truly a peach!) and had loads of fun. Our various spouses showed up around 8:00 to take us to dinner and we were done for the night (I felt bad abut not staying and finishing up the tear down, but I was/am exhausted!)
Headed over to Beppo's for a late dinner and split a bottle of wine amongst all of us. It was a fitting end to the weekend.
Herb took Tony to the ferries and I headed home. The girls were all home, and Youngest Spawn was still awake (it was midnight again) so she shared some of her stories about SakuraCon and we chatted for a while until Herb got home.
I hit the sack somewhere around 1:30 and prepared to go off to work in the morning with too little sleep and some weird excess energy.
Here it is now Tuesday and I am finally updating. The triad (SJ, Cat and I) all met last night at SJ's house to go over stuff and talk about doing it all again next year. (are we insane? possibly!)
Hope you all had fun on your weekend!
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ravenmcsidhe)
Not too bad to be honest -- I think that we were busier on Friday night that I could tell, or it could be that everyone was in the auction and so the galleries were emptier.
I had a minor tiff with one of the 'artists'...performers. They didn't like the fact that they needed to be banded so that we knew who was supposed to be in when the doors closed for prepping for the night's festivities.
Personally, by the end of it all, radio collars and ear tags was my suggestion (EWG)
Got to see lots of folks in the most wonderful clothing (or lack thereof in some cases), hear some interesting poetry (sorta like crazy folk on the street corners, but not) and view some lovely art. Many of the pieces that I liked the most didn't sell, which was a shame. Hey, if I'd had the money and wall space I'd have thought about buying them.
I got to run around in the new leather bodice, which was way comfy for me.
I also had the opportunity to walk someone's sub around (he needed to go water the chamberpot) -- too much fun all in all.
We ended up staying until midnight, or a little there after, then headed home to sleep.
Day 4 -- last day and breakdown
Took it slow and easy that morning -- did some laundry, caught up on my email, went and had a late lunch then headed in to the site for the final day.
Slow and calm were the words until we closed, after which much chaos erupted. Folks who had purchased art were there to pick up, folks who had won the auction were there, and artists coming to pick up the art not purchased were there.
In the midst of all of this, we were working on clearing out the space and tearing down the walls that had been erected so that the art had a place to hang.
Got to learn the basics of art handling and wrapping (thanks Claire -- you are truly a peach!) and had loads of fun. Our various spouses showed up around 8:00 to take us to dinner and we were done for the night (I felt bad abut not staying and finishing up the tear down, but I was/am exhausted!)
Headed over to Beppo's for a late dinner and split a bottle of wine amongst all of us. It was a fitting end to the weekend.
Herb took Tony to the ferries and I headed home. The girls were all home, and Youngest Spawn was still awake (it was midnight again) so she shared some of her stories about SakuraCon and we chatted for a while until Herb got home.
I hit the sack somewhere around 1:30 and prepared to go off to work in the morning with too little sleep and some weird excess energy.
Here it is now Tuesday and I am finally updating. The triad (SJ, Cat and I) all met last night at SJ's house to go over stuff and talk about doing it all again next year. (are we insane? possibly!)
Hope you all had fun on your weekend!
(Xposted to
ravenmcsidhe)