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BLFC Report
12 years ago
It's been a busy week since returning home from Biggest Little Fur Con 2013. I finally have time to write a proper report.
Thursday: Drive from Beatty, Nevada, where I'd spent the night en route from Phoenix, to Reno. My cub and roommate
babyfox1800's flight had just arrived, so we checked in. We were on the 8th floor of the Grand Sierra Resort. The room was large but dated. I learned later that the rooms on the 20th floor, called "mini-suites," were simply renovated rooms. I liked the $69 rate enough to live with a 1980s-vintage room.
Friday: I got my first look at the con space during opening ceremonies, and it was amazing. Aside from two panel rooms, the con space was one big, open room. It was easy to find people, because anyone doing anything with the con was going to be in that one room. I went go-kart racing in suit for the first time. Sadly the carts aren't very powerful, but they're still fast enough to have fun, especially for $5.50 per race. I hope I can find a picture of me in suit in a go-kart.
I put together a group to go the Nugget casino in downtown Reno. Their coffee shop has the Awful-Awful burger, so named because it's "awful big and awful good." babyfox1800, 
shutaro, 
bigphin, 
rex_raccoon, and 
demuto agreed that the Awful-Awful was worth the trip.
I like to gamble, and I spent much of my non-con time in the casino. In the wee hours of Friday night, I won $1,600 playing nickel keno. That doesn't happen often, but it's nice when it does.
Saturday: I didn't do much except participate in the fursuit parade and eat. Breakfast at the buffet, and dinner at Rim, the Asian restaurant in the Grand Sierra Resort. The all-you-can-eat sushi is a great deal at $26. Ordering off the menu will quickly exceed that price. The catch is that all-you-can-eat seating is limited, so unless you get there at opening, you likely won't be able to get in.
Sunday: I spent much of the day gambling, in the process moving up two levels in the player's club. One perk of the current level is reserved parking nearer to the building. It occurred to me that I've been playing at the Eldorado in downtown Reno for 23 years, and I still don't have preferential parking. I'm liking the Grand Sierra Resort more and more.
The feedback session after the closing ceremonies was helpful. I didn't hear anyone say that had a bad time at BLFC, which is unusual. Usually someone is butthurt enough about something to complain. I liked some of the little touches such as cold towels in the headless lounge.
Monday: babyfox1800 and I spent 13 hours driving home to Seattle. I thought about the con much of the time, and I definitely want to go back. BLFC hit a home run, and I'm looking forward to it again next year, along with what will likely be a much larger crowd once word gets out how smoothly it went this year.
Thursday: Drive from Beatty, Nevada, where I'd spent the night en route from Phoenix, to Reno. My cub and roommate
babyfox1800's flight had just arrived, so we checked in. We were on the 8th floor of the Grand Sierra Resort. The room was large but dated. I learned later that the rooms on the 20th floor, called "mini-suites," were simply renovated rooms. I liked the $69 rate enough to live with a 1980s-vintage room.Friday: I got my first look at the con space during opening ceremonies, and it was amazing. Aside from two panel rooms, the con space was one big, open room. It was easy to find people, because anyone doing anything with the con was going to be in that one room. I went go-kart racing in suit for the first time. Sadly the carts aren't very powerful, but they're still fast enough to have fun, especially for $5.50 per race. I hope I can find a picture of me in suit in a go-kart.
I put together a group to go the Nugget casino in downtown Reno. Their coffee shop has the Awful-Awful burger, so named because it's "awful big and awful good."
babyfox1800, 
shutaro, 
bigphin, 
rex_raccoon, and 
demuto agreed that the Awful-Awful was worth the trip.I like to gamble, and I spent much of my non-con time in the casino. In the wee hours of Friday night, I won $1,600 playing nickel keno. That doesn't happen often, but it's nice when it does.
Saturday: I didn't do much except participate in the fursuit parade and eat. Breakfast at the buffet, and dinner at Rim, the Asian restaurant in the Grand Sierra Resort. The all-you-can-eat sushi is a great deal at $26. Ordering off the menu will quickly exceed that price. The catch is that all-you-can-eat seating is limited, so unless you get there at opening, you likely won't be able to get in.
Sunday: I spent much of the day gambling, in the process moving up two levels in the player's club. One perk of the current level is reserved parking nearer to the building. It occurred to me that I've been playing at the Eldorado in downtown Reno for 23 years, and I still don't have preferential parking. I'm liking the Grand Sierra Resort more and more.
The feedback session after the closing ceremonies was helpful. I didn't hear anyone say that had a bad time at BLFC, which is unusual. Usually someone is butthurt enough about something to complain. I liked some of the little touches such as cold towels in the headless lounge.
Monday:
babyfox1800 and I spent 13 hours driving home to Seattle. I thought about the con much of the time, and I definitely want to go back. BLFC hit a home run, and I'm looking forward to it again next year, along with what will likely be a much larger crowd once word gets out how smoothly it went this year.
Here's the one you wanted www.furaffinity.net/full/10538917/