Escapade 2012

One of my newest obsessions is HGTV, and they’re always talking about “decluttering.” I realized that Escapade offers two a great opportunities for this: Read the rest of this entry »

We know that Escapade is getting old (the convention, not our lovely attendees!), but we want to say flexible. So we’re mixing a few things up this year. See how you like the changes, and then let us know what you think at the Escapade Review, or on your comment form. Here are some things that won’t be business as usual: Read the rest of this entry »

It’s almost time for the convention. Can you believe it? Here are a few last-minute details about the hotel that you may want to know.

1. Remember that parking is FREE for Escapade members if you park in the city structure next to the hotel. If you park in the hotel lot, they’ll charge you the daily rate. You need to bring your parking ticket to the front desk, and they’ll validate it each day.
2. We have also negotiated FREE wireless Internet for our members. When you check into the hotel, they’ll give you a code to to access the ‘net.
3. Sadly, the hotel still doesn’t have a hot tub (we do ask every year). But the swimming pool is heated to 80 degrees (which is a lot warmer than the ocean). The weather doesn’t look promising at this time, but we live in hope.
4. The hotel bar has happy hour weeknights from 4-7 pm. Well drinks & house wine are $4, awesome appetizers are $5.
5. The hotel restaurant has a great 3-course dinner special for $19, available 4:30-7 PM daily.

See you soon!

–Jennifer

Against our standard policy, we scheduled “The Reccing Crew” because we loved the description, and it was very popular on the panel ballot. But we need someone to lead it. Are you the one(s)? Let us know TODAY!

Also, we are hoping someone who’s currently involved in OTW/AO3 will step up to co-mod this panel with Sandy. Any takers?

You can see the schedule here.

Don’t see what you want? Sign up for alternate programming/video.

See you soon!

–Jennifer

Correcting a continuing problem, you can now download orphan zine forms in MS Word and PDF from this page.

Below is the list of panels that will probably (unless we change our minds, or lose some panelists) be on the Escapade final schedule. You may notice that some have changed from their original description here. To try and spice things up (and get more panels on the schedule) we have combined several that we thought were either duplicates, or that would make for good controversy. If you volunteered to lead a panel, you should have received an email by now, with instructions. Please follow them.

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