Portland and You in December

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Just want to throw out the invite to COME TO MY PLACE in <strike>Portland</strike> Sandy, OR in December to watch EPISODE VII and HANG and STUFF. There may be snowboarding. There will be tequila tastings and microbrewery visits! You can PUT A BIRD ON IT!

Dec 12-21 are the days Charley and Christin (and her sis) are coming. Also I have 3 kids so if you hate kids this may not be the trip for you. :hug

p.s. The Hicks have dibs on the spare bedroom

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

I'll be renting a car too, so we won't have to clowncar things too awful much :)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Oh, there will probably be a hockey game too. They go on a Christmas break but in the early part there will probably be a game to go to.

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

This event needs to be called Put A Nerd On It :D

[Zereth Lancer]

I'm sure I'll pop in at some point, probably to say hi to the Hicks and for the movie itself. So if you've ever wanted to see how pale I am from living in my aunt's shadow, you should definitely come.

[Charley]

Well I expect everyone in Portland is the shade of a twilight character since a wizard cast a spell to keep the sun perpetually away.

I will ship a care package in advance of our trip. Local beer, homebrew. Hopefully charcuterie and cheese if I can make it travel.

[James Prent]

I'm sure I'll pop in at some point, probably to say hi to the Hicks and for the movie itself. So if you've ever wanted to see how pale I am from living in my aunt's shadow, you should definitely come.
Hahahahaha you're hilarious

[Charley]

I do need to know if "Please Please Win, Meow Meow Meow" is actually a cheer used at Portland sporting events though.

[James Prent]

Could be a Timbers chant! I don't soccer. I doubt it though.

[Charley]

Well it was referenced at a timbers game, so perhaps. I know they show fandom with the cunning use of flags or something. Either way I'll bring my cool scarf and pretend to be a local.

[Serena Laran]

I'll definitely be making pie. I go into full-on baking mode at the holidays. Cookies...chex mix...more cookies...

The movie will be experienced at www.cinetopia.com

[Ilias Nytrau]

My showing up, while dependent on my getting work, may also not happen if I get work. =/

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Well, fingers crossed!

[Ahnk Rashanagok]

I was told the movie opened Christmas Day. Was I lied to?

Edit: I was lied to. This is xcellent news. I can now take myself to this movie as a birthday gift!

This probably doesn't relate to your thread, but, I happened to be in your thread and I am excited.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Hey Ahnk :wave

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Activities to do:

Make lightsabers (I saw ;) )



Other stuff I thought would be neat, is finally mixing up a Jedi Toilet Duck, a Star Wars marathon, many tasty adult beverages (duh), and bad jokes.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Star Wars trivial pursuit! other board games


Also, I'm going to try to sew some Jedi robes for me and or Ty for the movie :D

[Ahnk Rashanagok]

Hey Ahnk :wave
:cheers

[Peter McCoy]

So jealous! Really wish I could make it to this. Maybe one year I'll make it over for something, even if it's just by myself - don't think the wife would enjoy nerdy antics. The one thing I don't want to do is pop over in a fleeting manner. If I ever do it, it'll likely be a one-off thing so I'd make sure I could stay as long as possible.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Bumping this

[Karin DeLumiar]

I got confirmation yesterday that I can take the block of time represented by this off. I'm going to look into plane tickets soon, although it will be tricky given that stuff is probably starting to fill.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Sweet! :D

[Lilaena De'Ville]

December 12th is the Winterhawks' teddy bear toss game so hopefully if you're traveling here you'll be here early enough to make it (let me know so I can get tix)

[Charley]

We arrive at 10:00 in Portland on the 12th so I think we'll not be able to make the game sadly :(

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Yeah , the game starts at 7 and will be wrapping up around 9-9:30. I can probably go straight from it to meet you at the airport, maybe :)

edit: I mean I definitely can and will :p

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

I'll be renting a car, so if you'd rather us meet you somewhere, we can :)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I know, but it's no fun to have no one meet you at the airport.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Regarding tickets: I am planning on buying them tonight, if you're going to be here please decide amongst yourselves if you want to see it in IMAX 3D opening night or not. If so, let me know and I'll buy them all at once, you can paypal me back at your convenience (as long as it's tomorrow haha).

We may also want to get non-3D tickets for the next day (so properly the 18th rather than midnight or 7pm thursday), but that's up to you guys? I'm getting a babysitter for opening night but will probably want to take the kids when we see it again.

[Draiya Naaianeya]

I'm easy however you choose to do this. I plan on seeing it at least three times there.

[Ahnk Rashanagok]

I am surprised there are still tickets... I went and bought my tickets (for the 20th even) and managed to get the last two side by side seats in the theatre.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Yeah, everything is selling out

[Lilaena De'Ville]

If there are other people planning on coming please PM me when you're arriving so we can plan accordingly for pick ups or whatever. Plus if we are going to another showing of the Movie then I need to locate a movie theatre that hasn't sold out yet and get the right number of tickets.

:eee it's close!

edit: checked the PMJ show and it's sold out - i dunno if you guys got tickets already or not, but if not I guess it's off the calendar ^_^;

[Sam]

Arriving Tuesday (15th) evening and leaving Monday (21st) afternoon.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

:D awesome!

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Had a wonderful time with those who came - everyone should be winging their way home or home already.

thanks for hanging out, guys. :hug

[Lilaena De'Ville]

And now I'm going to take a nap

[Fidget]

And now I'm going to take a nap

...and then fire ze missiles? :ohno

[Sam]

So, I have a secret to tell. A dirty, terrible secret.

Are you ready? Once you read this you can never go back.
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Actually, it's more than one secret.
You know, I'd better put it in spoiler tags just in case anyone doesn't want to know these secrets.

Holly and Ty are incredibly gracious hosts; their kids are charming; and Brian, Charley, and Christin are still awesome.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

:3:

aw shucks

also the kids miss everyone (and so do I) (and Sophie said she misses Sam the most but didn't give a reason why lol)

[Pierce Tondry]

So, I have a secret to tell. A dirty, terrible secret.

Are you ready? Once you read this you can never go back.
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Actually, it's more than one secret.
You know, I'd better put it in spoiler tags just in case anyone doesn't want to know these secrets.

Holly and Ty are incredibly gracious hosts; their kids are charming; and Brian, Charley, and Christin are still awesome.

omg such deep secrets

Really sorry I delayed us getting to the airport, because I'd have liked to spend a little more time with you (Sam) just hanging out. That said, it was a delightful trip and I have to echo the sentiments about the hosting family - Holly is, and has always been, a total sweetheart. Her kids have absolutely inherited that from her. And of course, Ty is my favorite Liquor Santa.

And I could never forget how Charley and Christin are among the best of my friends, even when I piss Christin off.

Looking forward to the day our paths cross again.

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Yup, gotta say that was an absolutely fantastic trip :)

Finally got to put right the Seattle Floydd's debacle with Holly ;)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

;)

Then we realized we're too old to drink like that...

[Charley]

Had a fantastic time in Oregon! Great seeing Brian and Sam again as always, and great spending time with Holly and her family. Holly, your kids are totally awesome, and I enjoyed getting beat by them at video games and baking bread with them. Ty is a solid dude, and I'm not just saying that because he's liquor santa. Enjoyed helping with breakfast prep, and helping to liberate a little breathing room in y'all's garage.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Can't wait to do it again!