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leonard_arlotte's traditional Cheese Quest, an annual pilgrimage to the Mars Cheese Castle in Kenosha, Wisconsin. This was my first year taking part in the journey, and I was not disappointed.
Leonard and the Fae one!
sassy_fae, leonard_arlotte and I piled into halfelf's car and we journeyed northward into the wilds of Wisconsin...
leonard_arlotte and halfelf! The Mars Cheese Castle was everything I hoped for, and more, though I was somewhat disappointed that the attached art gallery was closed. Still, there was cheese. And wines. And specialty sodas. And nicknacks. And delicious speciality foods of every description.
leonard_arlotte bought an extremely aged gouda. He shared it with us on Saturday night, and it was fantastic. I bought cheese curds and small presents for the girls and some friends.
warphammer introduced me to Sprecher's last year, and I gladly reaqquainted myself with the brand this year.
And I had the best grilled cheese sandwich I've had in many a year. The first cheese of the day!
And this bag of meat ends of curd bits, which I devoured on the way back to the con. The second cheese of the day!
halfelf drove us back to the hotel, and we listened to the track "Chilly Down" from the Labyrinth soundtrack. This has always sort of been my unofficial furry con soundtrack - good times, bad food, etc.
Once the dealer's hall opened, I ran in... and bought almost nothing, save for a couple of presents for Erin that were not particularly relevant to the con. I did say hello todhstein and hrbuton!
Best fursuit ever!
Aha!seritaph! Last year's roommate and this year's con!
I had no idea there was an Omaha LP.
Folks from an Animal Rescue Charity were at the con, with lynxes and fennecs and a kinkajou and raptors of various kinds!
I retired for part of the afternoon to the con suite, where the TigerDen computers once again provided reliable, free, plodding Internet connections.
While in the suite, I ran intosassy_fae and zorinlynx. Zorin had brought the rest of last night's pizza, and we had lunch. More cheese!
Once again, the con suite buffet was fantastic and free.
And served more than just dog biscuits.
Various sodas and juices were available as well.
I spent some time wandering the con, checking out the costumes and generally schmoozing.
Room after room of enthusiastic nerds. The vibe at a furcon is very different than that of an anime or gaming con.
Feeling a bit overstimulated by all the noise and crowds, I checked outrikoshi's excellent novel reading.
Then ventured to the gaming suite to join inleonard_arlotte's meticulously prepped Ironclaw game. I took on the role of a goat paladin. It was the first time I'd ever played the game, as opposed to running it.
I'm very impressed by Leonard's accessories.
Then another jaunt through the dealer's room to bringhalfelf a drink and food.
Followed by more random wandering in and out of con events...
Steampunk wuff.
Finally, once the dealer's hall closed,halfelf and I went to dinner at a very upscale restaurant.
Yes, this one, to the right of the weiner hut.
Friday night was movie night.leonard_arlotte and I had brought some choice titles. First up was the animated "classic" rock musical, Rock and Rule. We were joined by sassy_fae, halfelf, Lukas Otter and Zombie Bunny. As the movie played, I drank cider and ate my bag of fresh curds. More cheese!
Thennorman_rafferty showed up with one of his famous homemade pizzas. A homemade cheese pizza. Naturally, I ate more.
norman_rafferty is an excellent person with whom to watch bad movies!
And Rock and Rule is a very entertaining bad movie to begin with.
Following the main feature, I put on a DVD of odd animated features given to me last year bydronon. Only normanrafferty, sassy_fae and I recognized this one.
The others were so obscure (Willow the Wisp, Colargol the Bear) that only the Fae one and I remembered them. The Americans drifted out one by one and we cackled at weird and wonderful cartoons from our youth.
I took one more turn round the con, took a bath, and went to bed...
leonard_arlotte's traditional Cheese Quest, an annual pilgrimage to the Mars Cheese Castle in Kenosha, Wisconsin. This was my first year taking part in the journey, and I was not disappointed.Leonard and the Fae one!
sassy_fae, leonard_arlotte and I piled into halfelf's car and we journeyed northward into the wilds of Wisconsin...leonard_arlotte and halfelf! The Mars Cheese Castle was everything I hoped for, and more, though I was somewhat disappointed that the attached art gallery was closed. Still, there was cheese. And wines. And specialty sodas. And nicknacks. And delicious speciality foods of every description.leonard_arlotte bought an extremely aged gouda. He shared it with us on Saturday night, and it was fantastic. I bought cheese curds and small presents for the girls and some friends. warphammer introduced me to Sprecher's last year, and I gladly reaqquainted myself with the brand this year.And I had the best grilled cheese sandwich I've had in many a year. The first cheese of the day!
And this bag of meat ends of curd bits, which I devoured on the way back to the con. The second cheese of the day!
halfelf drove us back to the hotel, and we listened to the track "Chilly Down" from the Labyrinth soundtrack. This has always sort of been my unofficial furry con soundtrack - good times, bad food, etc.Once the dealer's hall opened, I ran in... and bought almost nothing, save for a couple of presents for Erin that were not particularly relevant to the con. I did say hello to
dhstein and hrbuton!Best fursuit ever!
Aha!
seritaph! Last year's roommate and this year's con!I had no idea there was an Omaha LP.
Folks from an Animal Rescue Charity were at the con, with lynxes and fennecs and a kinkajou and raptors of various kinds!
I retired for part of the afternoon to the con suite, where the TigerDen computers once again provided reliable, free, plodding Internet connections.
While in the suite, I ran into
sassy_fae and zorinlynx. Zorin had brought the rest of last night's pizza, and we had lunch. More cheese!Once again, the con suite buffet was fantastic and free.
And served more than just dog biscuits.
Various sodas and juices were available as well.
I spent some time wandering the con, checking out the costumes and generally schmoozing.
Room after room of enthusiastic nerds. The vibe at a furcon is very different than that of an anime or gaming con.
Feeling a bit overstimulated by all the noise and crowds, I checked out
rikoshi's excellent novel reading.Then ventured to the gaming suite to join in
leonard_arlotte's meticulously prepped Ironclaw game. I took on the role of a goat paladin. It was the first time I'd ever played the game, as opposed to running it.I'm very impressed by Leonard's accessories.
Then another jaunt through the dealer's room to bring
halfelf a drink and food.Followed by more random wandering in and out of con events...
Steampunk wuff.
Finally, once the dealer's hall closed,
halfelf and I went to dinner at a very upscale restaurant.Yes, this one, to the right of the weiner hut.
Friday night was movie night.
leonard_arlotte and I had brought some choice titles. First up was the animated "classic" rock musical, Rock and Rule. We were joined by sassy_fae, halfelf, Lukas Otter and Zombie Bunny. As the movie played, I drank cider and ate my bag of fresh curds. More cheese!Then
norman_rafferty showed up with one of his famous homemade pizzas. A homemade cheese pizza. Naturally, I ate more.norman_rafferty is an excellent person with whom to watch bad movies!And Rock and Rule is a very entertaining bad movie to begin with.
Following the main feature, I put on a DVD of odd animated features given to me last year by
dronon. Only normanrafferty, sassy_fae and I recognized this one.The others were so obscure (Willow the Wisp, Colargol the Bear) that only the Fae one and I remembered them. The Americans drifted out one by one and we cackled at weird and wonderful cartoons from our youth.
I took one more turn round the con, took a bath, and went to bed...
