[Deptheads] Convention Location

Thu Feb 14 08:11:51 PST 2008

The only hotel that might be able to handle us at Burbank would be the  
Marriott which is right across from Burbank Airport...Anime-La was held  there

In a message dated 2/14/2008 8:09:37 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
thatericn at aol.com writes:

Agreed, Robert.

Totally agreed.  

In fact, the Nude Nudes sign has always  been a popular source of chuckles 
amongst convention goers since time  immemorial.  I've mainly continued 
grumbling about this out of fatigue of  hearing people politic about moving the 
convention somewhere else (usually  within 10 driving minutes from where they live).

Like Claude Rains' line in Casablanca; "I'm shocked - shocked to  find 
gambling in here..."  Only the most babe-in-the-woods type would be  freaked out by 
seeing a strip club near a airport.  Although the sign on  Century has all the 
subtlety and class of a Hugo Chavez  speech...

And of course, I'm SURE there are no strip clubs near  Burbank, or Ontario, 
or John Wayne airports. Of course not.

Also, I'm  sure that probably 90% or more of any new attendees would likely 
be returnees  coming back after being away for years, or are friends or 
game-group  acquaintances of people very familiar and non-plussed by the  
surroundings.

Eric N.

-----Original  Message-----
From: Robert Lionheart <spinachcat at yahoo.com>
To:  deptheads at strategicon.net
Sent: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 3:03 pm
Subject: Re:  [Deptheads] Convention Location

Please tell me that this discussion is all a joke.

Anyone who plans driving routes to avoid seeing strip club signs is not  
someone who is going to attend an event where people dress up like vampires,  play 
wargames where the Nazis could win or talk incessantly  about casting magic 
spells. 

Not our demographic.

- R

Eric Burgess <_erburgess at gmail.com_ (mailto:erburgess at gmail.com) >  wrote:

So, a 'nice' area is one where you can avoid the strip clubs by  carefully 
planning your driving routes? I'm surprised I don't see that on  more real 
estate fliers. ;)

-- 
...ERB

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Podcast/Videocast

On Feb 13, 2008 2:19 PM, Eric M. Aldrich I <_ealdrich at penguinlust.org_ 
(mailto:ealdrich at penguinlust.org) >  wrote:

It's  actually on Aviation, if I remember right, but it's visible from 
Sepulveda  (or it used to be -- heck I'm not sure if it's there anymore and I can't  
for the life of me remember the name).

Eric

On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 12:20:37PM -0500, _thatericn at aol.com_ 
(mailto:thatericn at aol.com)  wrote:
> On  Sepulveda??????
>
> Huh? You might be thinking La Cienega  and/or Aviation.? Never remember a 
seeing one of those fine establishments  on Sepulveda in either direction.
>
> Stay  classy,
>
> Eric N.
>
>
> -----Original  Message-----
> From: Eric M. Aldrich I <_ealdrich at penguinlust.org_ 
(mailto:ealdrich at penguinlust.org) >
>  To: _deptheads at strategicon.net_ (mailto:deptheads at strategicon.net) 
>  Sent: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:35 pm
> Subject: Re: [Deptheads]  Convention Location
>
>
>
> Past the other strip  club....
>
> Eric
>
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at  08:40:33PM -0800, Janice Sellers wrote:
> > So when we give  directions to the convention, we make sure we tell
> > them to  drive up Sepulveda instead of Century.
> >
> >  Janice
> >
> > On 2/12/08, Eric Burgess <_erburgess at gmail.com_ 
(mailto:erburgess at gmail.com) >  wrote:
> > > That all makes sense...except I don't know if  we're going to get 
anyone to
> > > truly believe it's a 'nice'  area as long as driving down Century 
Boulevard
> > > still  gives you the stuttering porno sign, "Live Live Nude Nudes".
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