The New Hobbit Hole

[RosieCotton]

I do love San Francisco.... Been there... neat place. Usually cheap flights in.

I've never been there (except once when I was a baby), though I keep saying I'll visit. Southwest flies there - they often have SUPER cheap tickets.

[HairOfTheDog]

Yeah - Southwest and Alaska have $50 advance RT fares frequently from Seattle anyway... Don't know about fares from elsewhere....

[HairOfTheDog]

It is a neat city, as cities go. For a West coast town, it has an old weathered historical feel... Great cab and trolley service, no one would need to rent a car. And Alcatraz is cool.

[2Jedismom]

I don't see SF as a destination site on the SWA website:

http://www.iflyswa.com/cgi-bin/requestSchedule

[Overtaxed]

Reckon ol' Andy would mind if we stopped by when we're in Manteo?

Hehehe...yeah try it and tell us what happens.

[2Jedismom]

Got this from Calisuri @TORN:

Hi Kim,

We will definitely have some large event for Return of the King. We are actually meeting in a few weeks to talk about the next Oscar Party and I think we are also discussing the ROTK event. I'll make sure to bring up that fans, like yourself, want to do something big..:)

So nothing mentioned yet, but I'll keep on it.

[HairOfTheDog]

Looks like they fly into Oakland and San Jose...

When I went down there, we flew in to Jan Jose, and out of Oakland.

Oakland, San Jose, and San Francisco (SFO) are all interchangable... The hotels send vans to all three, and we actually had a limo from San Jose for $45.

[RosieCotton]

I don't see SF as a destination site on the SWA website

I think it actually goes into Oakland or some other...suburb isn't the right word, is it? I be a country gal...

I can ask my brother where he normally flies out of / into.

[2Jedismom]

This is what I asked:

Speaking of parties...

Do you know anything about a party before the opening night of The Return of the King? I have a group of people on another chat that want to get together and want to coordinate it with whatever TORN has planned. We refer to it as an Entmoot!

I know, it's a while off yet...but we are really serious about it and would be coming from all over the country! Any thoughts at all being tossed around?

[Corin Stormhands]

I do love San Francisco....

When I was doing event planning in DC, I got to travel a lot and planned a meeting at the Fairmont Hotel on Knob Hill in San Francisco. When I flew out for a planning meeting, they put me up in the penthouse suite. I had views on three sides looking out over the Bay.

I called Mrs. Stormhands from the room and said, "pack the kid, I'm not leaving this place."

[Corin Stormhands]

We are actually meeting in a few weeks to talk about the next Oscar Party...

Now, there's a thought.

We would all have seen it (2JM and Hair probably 2 dozen times) by then. But what if Entmoot 04 was on Oscar nite in the LA area?

[2Jedismom]

I would not object to that...

[2Jedismom]

Uh-ohhh...I feel that feeling again...yep, there go my hands shaking!!

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

what if Entmoot 04 was on Oscar nite in the LA area?

That would be kinda cool... especially if the Academy is saving some of the bigger Oscars (Director, Best Picture, etc.) for the end of the Trilogy.

And if they don't give any big Oscars to ROTK, we can still be there to throw rotten vegetables at the members of the Academy.

[HairOfTheDog]

I take it that is a vote of approval for SF as a possible site?

How about further north in the middle of the Redwood and Giant Sequoia forests? - An appropriate spot for an Entmoot, don't you think?

[HairOfTheDog]

[setting Redwood National Park lodge]

Corin: Where are 2J and Hair?

Group: [groaning] Out talkin' to the trees again....

[RosieCotton]

I'd be willing to place an official vote for SF...it's one of the cheaper places to travel to for me, plus I'd get to visit my brother.

LA on Oscar night might be interesting, but LAs reputation kinda scares me...doesn't sound like a NICE city, for the most part.

[2Jedismom]

Well, it looks like the cheapest fair is $99 one way. So that would be over $800 for all of us...

I better call and get some shifts before then! LOL

[RosieCotton]

LOL! That would be the most PROPER setting for an Entmoot, but where would we set up a movie screen?

[HairOfTheDog]

Well, and Oscar night events sortof sound too "dressed up" for me. I just don't live that way.