Anyway, this is a follow-up to my diary from last month, Yearly Kos: Calling All Wallflowers!, for shy folks, solo flyers, lurkers or other not particularly prominent Kossacks, and anyone else who expressed interest in having someone to hang with at Yearly Kos. Others who might want to jump in: participants in mem from somerville's "Yearly Kos: Flying Solo" and "Flying Solo II, as well as joojooluv's "Wallflower at Yearly Kos". I thought maybe we could dive right in with a Happy Hour(s) on Thursday, and then take it from there.I called Catering and Conference Services at the Riviera, thinking maybe I could get us a small conference room and a roll-in cash bar. D'oh! Every conference room in the joint is booked while we're there. But the very nice woman I spoke to said that their on-site bar Christopher's would be ideal for a gathering of 10-30 people. Christopher's is on the main floor, off the casino and by the pool. In fact, the bar has a patio area that overlooks the pool. It's a fairly intimate space, and there are no karaoke performances, Neil Diamond impersonators, or flying boobies, so we can actually chat and get to know each other.
Obligatory wallflower self-doubt: I know it's not a particularly exciting suggestion, but I don't know Vegas at all, I don't know what everyone might be interested in doing, and I don't want you all to have to rush around trying to find someplace off-site immediately after arriving. But I do think Christopher's will serve our initial purpose well enough. And we can most assuredly make further plans from there! But please, if you have a better suggestion, I would very happily forward it to the group.
I was thinking I'd get there (dragging my dear Gruvkitty, of course) between 5:30 and 6:00 p.m. and probably stay right up till the kick-off reception starts at 8. Our very gracious wallflower thread participants shermanesq and carolita are also working the registration tables and will make sure that all registrants who declare their wallflower-iness will get a special sticker, so that we can find each other.
Does this sound good? If so, please meet us at Christophers, main floor, off the casino, by the pool, anytime after 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 8! Gruvkitty and I will be the two very short, brown-haired, ravishingly beautiful thirtysomething women trying not to look nervous.
Oh, and for those in the earlier threads whose emails were in their user profiles, I did send this as a group email earlier today -- but I FORGOT TO PUT A SUBJECT IN THE SUBJECT LINE, so many of you probably thought it was spam. Sigh. But I'll send one more reminder out Tuesday. And my email is in my user profile, so drop me a line if you think having my cell phone # would be helpful. [I don't have a Blackberry. I'm lame.] Can't wait to meet you!