donna throws one hell of a house party
- July 16th, 2012
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Back from Clallam Bay Comicon late last night – I have to say, Donna throws one heck of a house party! It was tiny, as expected, but not as tiny as I’d feared and I had a small but solid and appreciative audience on Saturday. Having it during Fun Days no doubt didn’t hurt. It was also fun to meet Mark Monlux and Kevin Boze, who were in the closest two tables next to me. ^_^
It was a bit of a weekend vacation, really. The beach is lots of fun to hike around on – it’s pebbly in some places, sandy in a few, and has terrific rockeries in other spots, particularly out where the lighthouse was. And Saturday night was beach party and fireworks night.
500 million illegal fireworks launched from this point
And everybody sold stuff! Seriously, everybody had sales, including Anna, who wasn’t even there, courtesy me taking along a few copies of Faerie Blood.
We stayed at the Bay Motel, which I was calling:
The Bay TV Phones Motel
The WiFi is a lie, by the way. Or maybe it was just us being out on the far end of the hotel. Hard to say. On the other hand, it was clean, the room slept four across three beds and a partition wall, it had a kitchentte, and I slept great for a $30 room share. I mean damn.
It’s mostly for sports fishers…
no, really?
…and the guys two doors down for us were smoking salmon they’d caught earlier in the day. There is now, for the record, a place in North America were I will intentionally eat cooked fish. This is unheard of outside Japan, but now? Japan, and Clallam Bay, at the Clallam Bay Inn. Made by Kayla. Fantastically good.
Sekiu, on the far end of the bay, is actually quite pretty too. But watch out for the statuary:
H.P. Lovecraft Memorial Signpost
Anyway, Donna’s already winding up for a second one next year. She has plans, potential hotels and indoor function space, and people are arguing about dates. So if you have opinions on that, jump in over here! And thanks again to everybody, particularly Donna for inviting and taking good care of me. ^_^
Next up: Toronto! That’ll be some amusing culture shock. The only real commonality will be the CBC. See you by Greenwood Park!
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This is the best con report so far – AND the best picture of our tiny sales space. Love it. And glad you had fun, too! You certainly added to OUR enjoyment. Thank you for making Dan laugh.
@Donna Barr: More explicit credit where it’s due; that photo came from (and links back to) Morty the Dog. And thanks for liking the show! I’m always happy hearing about that. ^_^
While chatting with the Bay Motel’s pleasant owner about where to get that nice fencing material they have, asked about the Wifi.
He reminded me that everybody gets on that thing when they get up or get off from work, and it gets overloaded.
Yes, up here we have the hi-tech equivalent of the party line.
He thought your HP Lovecraft reference to the fish carving was hilarious. Is her mate still downtown by the restaurant in Sekiu? Or has he fallen victim to the divorce fight again? Oh, don’t ask.
(Anybody ever wants the REAL west end movie, I know where all the bodies are buried. Literally.)
Yep! He’s still down there. I got a photo of him, too. ^_^