Limoliner, final note

[mabfan]

Well, they showed us the films "Lost in Translation" and "Anything Else."

And then, because we were going to be -- get this -- a half hour late arriving in New York City, they gave us all free vouchers for a return trip. Which we're applying to our return trip, which was already paid for, so they're refunding our money.

Wow.

Anyway, we got to my Mom's house, rushed through a bunch of things, and had dinner with friends. I'm sure gnomi will post a real report in a few days...

Comments

[crackboy.livejournal.com]

wow...if a plane flight was only half an hour late, you'd be paying them...

[sdelmonte]

1. So how were the films? I've been curious about Lost in Translation.

2. How long you guys in NYC for? I don't think Batya and I have time to meet for dinner even if you do, but I am off from work this week, just in case.

3. How was Boskone? Wondering if there was a Julie Schwartz memorail of any kind, and the whole place was buzzing about Angel's cancellation.

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[mabfan.livejournal.com]

1. Lost in Translation reminded me very much of Sofia Coppola's first film, The Virgin Suicides. It's basically got a feel of people drifting through their lives, not really knowing where they are going, and coming to a sort of resolution at the end. Not the sort of film I would have sought out, but one I am glad came in my direction.

2. We're only in NYC until Thursday, and somewhat full in schedule. This is basically a business vacation for us, meeting with editors and the like. If I can find a free moment, I want to use it to see my brother's family -- Emma's about nine months now, and it would be nice to see her again.

3. There was no Julie Schwartz memorial at Boskone; we were more concerned with memorializing Hal Clement. We had a charity auction for the Joslin Center for Diabetes which earned over $1000; I offered a signed copy of Analog along with a Tuckerization, and that went for $25 to a very nice dealer named James Wills. Now I just have to find a good place to put his name in a story. As for the Angel cancellation, yes, we were all abuzz.

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[jonbaker.livejournal.com]

Oh. It's Woden's day, any time to get together this trip? Contact at jjbaker@panix.com.

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[mabfan.livejournal.com]

any time to get together this trip?

Afraid there wasn't. I didn't even get to see my nine-month-old niece, we were so busy...

I wanted to watch Lost in Translation

[rexstout.livejournal.com]

But it didn't come on day one when it came up in my Netflix queue and now it has a very long wait.