Rain Furrest 2013 Con Report
12 years ago
Going to do my best to try to summarize our trip. This year I went with
lucaswolfox and it was his first trip to Seattle. I really love the area, so I tried to show him all that I could.
Wed
Woke up hella early for our flights, everything went smoothly. Had a layover in Oakland, and then made it to Seattle around 11. Checked in, unpacked a little and then headed out for the day.
Hopped the Lightrail and went downtown, then took to Monorail over to the EMP Museum.
Really enjoyed the museum. The non-music side had exhibits on Horror movies, Icons of Sci-Fi, and Fantasy. All the Fantasy exhibit was decorated with some pretty cool anthro art of animals representing all the character archetypes (hero, king, maiden warrior, witch, rogue, etc) in a sort of Tarot Card style. We got a poster print with all the art on it. The music side had exhibits on Nirvana, and Jimi Hendrix.
After that we walked around the park with the Space Needle, and saw “Fountor”. Got to meet up with a friend and tour their really cool workplace near by. WE EVEN GOT TO PLAY SKEEBALL.
After that, we took the monorail back, and walked the short distance to Pike’s Place. There we toured the market, got various odds and ends, and enjoyed the scenery. To finalize our Downtown experience we stopped into Piroshky Piroshky, and I got a pumpkin spice frapp from the Original Starbucks. Then we walked back to the station, and got back on the lightrail to head back to the hotel. One quick stop at Safeway for snacks and drinks for the weekend, and then we were finally back at the hotel. Collapsed onto the bed, and even tho everyone was too busy for dinner that night, we were too tired to do anything else. Stayed up for a bit watching dumb tv and finally went to bed.
Thurs
Got up early and went to Denny’s for breakfast. Then came back to the hotel and met up with Malacai, Karo, Apoxon, and Whitefoot to go to the zoo! Weather started off cool and foggy, but cleared and was just warm enough by early afternoon, quite perfect really. What an awesome zoo. We got to see all of the animals! Including wolves, a red panda and baby otters! We got some good little souvenirs in the gift shop too since they had some red panda and wolf stuff X3. And most importantly quite enjoyed the company of my Canadian pals.
Got back to the con around 5ish, picked up our badges and hit up Dealer’s Den for a quick cruise before it closed. We went to dinner with a bunch of my lady pals, Lynn, Mel, Gyl, Erin, and Kei at 13 Coins. Food was really good, and lots of fun stories were told. After that we got into suit for a bit, checked out the dance, and wandered around before calling it a night again.
Fri
I think this is when it started raining? Lucas ran to 7-11 for vittles and came back slightly damp lol. After that I think we made it up to the Dealer’s Den again, and after a quick trip around the room and some purchases, I ended up working the Con*Tact table for a bit. Helped to sell soaps and scent markings, and got a lot of people to try out the scent markings and made them all smell good ;3 Lucas finally got to play Phytocats in Tabletop while I was occupied, and after that we went to the art show to start placing bids on arts and potteries. I kind of forget what happened in between all of this atm, but we probably just cruised around con space, visited DD some more, and relaxed.
Later that evening we attended the Fox Amoore concert, which was very pleasent! After that went to dinner with Latte, Dax, Frostee and Kazul at Roasters. While that was not our first choice of restaurant that evening, it ended up being a very good choice! The food was very tasty! After that we pretty much just chilled. My knee was bugging me quite a bit, but we did visit Maly and Jondi, and learned how to raise the roof.
Sat
I think we woke up fairly late on Sat, and just sort of milled about until it was time to suit up for the fursuit parade. Did that, and then I sat in for Lynn the rest of the time DD was open and chatted up with Gyl, which was nice. Lucas was off in tabletop enjoying himself. Got ready for dinner sort of late, (passing up Dance Competition in favor of eating) and couldn’t find anyone or any free groups to share a meal with, so Lucas and I just had dinner together that night. We went back to Roasters for some more yummy meaty goods, which really hit the spot after a damp and rather windy walk there. After that spent some more time with Latte and Dax (and Moo & Keet, and Mr and Mrs Skyote :P) in their room for a sort of basic swing dance lesson. I think we got the gist of it, we didn’t get to practice our moves tho since none of the music at the dances was right, but I think we may look into dance classes in the future :P
After that we got suited up since it was time for Akonite and Thumper’s set at the dance. We danced our hearts out. Akonite ended on Strobe which was just amazing. All the feels <3 <3 We danced a bit more and socialized in the headless lounge with other suiters, like ya do. Saw some Matrices, Jill, Tabernak, Soki, Luci, Matt, Morg, Meek, Kart, Mediar, Maly, Jondi, and loads of other folks I know I forgot. We headed to bed around 2am cuz the Folf was getting tired.
Sun
Woke up and got right into suit. We knew we wouldn’t be around that evening, so we wanted to make sure we got one last round of suit time in. We did the Art Auction in suit to make sure we won a few things. I got tagged, and then we did photo badges and some cute photos together before we called it quits. One final trip around the DD for any last minute purchases, and also good byes to folks we wouldn’t see later. Also picked up our Art Show winnings (Got Jill0r's fox plate, Dingbat's sake set and bathroom set, a Goldenwolf print, and one of the Con Coins). Got back to the room to do some packing, before we headed over to Wicked Sairah’s.
Sairah’s after con gathering was the best. Chillin with all the best peeps, and having some great food. Enjoyed some hot cocoa with Bailey’s which I ended up passing out to lots of the ladies lol. Lots of socializing was had, and the evening ended with some funny YouTube vids, including Niel’s Puppet Dreams. Omg, seriously look that up if you haven’t already.
Mon
Pretty uneventful day really. Woke up, finished packing. Made it to the lobby, said our goodbyes to whoever was there, hopped the shuttle and went to the airport. Enjoyed lunch at Anthony’s (really tasty food, but slow impersonal service), and headed to our gate to wait. After a little stress on the plane regarding some breakables we were trying to get home we were on our way. Finally back to my house around 7pm. Said my goodbyes to Lucas (admittedly, after spending 6 days with him, got teary eyed having to say goodbye) and he headed home. We both spent the rest of our evening very lazily.
So that’s my con report! Also
divio and
lemonsqu33z were great roommates!
Submission flood of some of our new badge art will be eminant.
Sorry if I left anyone out, or any other fun stories, it all just kinda runs together at this point!
But it was a wonderful vacation, spent with my favorite person <3
lucaswolfox and it was his first trip to Seattle. I really love the area, so I tried to show him all that I could.Wed
Woke up hella early for our flights, everything went smoothly. Had a layover in Oakland, and then made it to Seattle around 11. Checked in, unpacked a little and then headed out for the day.
Hopped the Lightrail and went downtown, then took to Monorail over to the EMP Museum.
Really enjoyed the museum. The non-music side had exhibits on Horror movies, Icons of Sci-Fi, and Fantasy. All the Fantasy exhibit was decorated with some pretty cool anthro art of animals representing all the character archetypes (hero, king, maiden warrior, witch, rogue, etc) in a sort of Tarot Card style. We got a poster print with all the art on it. The music side had exhibits on Nirvana, and Jimi Hendrix.
After that we walked around the park with the Space Needle, and saw “Fountor”. Got to meet up with a friend and tour their really cool workplace near by. WE EVEN GOT TO PLAY SKEEBALL.
After that, we took the monorail back, and walked the short distance to Pike’s Place. There we toured the market, got various odds and ends, and enjoyed the scenery. To finalize our Downtown experience we stopped into Piroshky Piroshky, and I got a pumpkin spice frapp from the Original Starbucks. Then we walked back to the station, and got back on the lightrail to head back to the hotel. One quick stop at Safeway for snacks and drinks for the weekend, and then we were finally back at the hotel. Collapsed onto the bed, and even tho everyone was too busy for dinner that night, we were too tired to do anything else. Stayed up for a bit watching dumb tv and finally went to bed.
Thurs
Got up early and went to Denny’s for breakfast. Then came back to the hotel and met up with Malacai, Karo, Apoxon, and Whitefoot to go to the zoo! Weather started off cool and foggy, but cleared and was just warm enough by early afternoon, quite perfect really. What an awesome zoo. We got to see all of the animals! Including wolves, a red panda and baby otters! We got some good little souvenirs in the gift shop too since they had some red panda and wolf stuff X3. And most importantly quite enjoyed the company of my Canadian pals.
Got back to the con around 5ish, picked up our badges and hit up Dealer’s Den for a quick cruise before it closed. We went to dinner with a bunch of my lady pals, Lynn, Mel, Gyl, Erin, and Kei at 13 Coins. Food was really good, and lots of fun stories were told. After that we got into suit for a bit, checked out the dance, and wandered around before calling it a night again.
Fri
I think this is when it started raining? Lucas ran to 7-11 for vittles and came back slightly damp lol. After that I think we made it up to the Dealer’s Den again, and after a quick trip around the room and some purchases, I ended up working the Con*Tact table for a bit. Helped to sell soaps and scent markings, and got a lot of people to try out the scent markings and made them all smell good ;3 Lucas finally got to play Phytocats in Tabletop while I was occupied, and after that we went to the art show to start placing bids on arts and potteries. I kind of forget what happened in between all of this atm, but we probably just cruised around con space, visited DD some more, and relaxed.
Later that evening we attended the Fox Amoore concert, which was very pleasent! After that went to dinner with Latte, Dax, Frostee and Kazul at Roasters. While that was not our first choice of restaurant that evening, it ended up being a very good choice! The food was very tasty! After that we pretty much just chilled. My knee was bugging me quite a bit, but we did visit Maly and Jondi, and learned how to raise the roof.
Sat
I think we woke up fairly late on Sat, and just sort of milled about until it was time to suit up for the fursuit parade. Did that, and then I sat in for Lynn the rest of the time DD was open and chatted up with Gyl, which was nice. Lucas was off in tabletop enjoying himself. Got ready for dinner sort of late, (passing up Dance Competition in favor of eating) and couldn’t find anyone or any free groups to share a meal with, so Lucas and I just had dinner together that night. We went back to Roasters for some more yummy meaty goods, which really hit the spot after a damp and rather windy walk there. After that spent some more time with Latte and Dax (and Moo & Keet, and Mr and Mrs Skyote :P) in their room for a sort of basic swing dance lesson. I think we got the gist of it, we didn’t get to practice our moves tho since none of the music at the dances was right, but I think we may look into dance classes in the future :P
After that we got suited up since it was time for Akonite and Thumper’s set at the dance. We danced our hearts out. Akonite ended on Strobe which was just amazing. All the feels <3 <3 We danced a bit more and socialized in the headless lounge with other suiters, like ya do. Saw some Matrices, Jill, Tabernak, Soki, Luci, Matt, Morg, Meek, Kart, Mediar, Maly, Jondi, and loads of other folks I know I forgot. We headed to bed around 2am cuz the Folf was getting tired.
Sun
Woke up and got right into suit. We knew we wouldn’t be around that evening, so we wanted to make sure we got one last round of suit time in. We did the Art Auction in suit to make sure we won a few things. I got tagged, and then we did photo badges and some cute photos together before we called it quits. One final trip around the DD for any last minute purchases, and also good byes to folks we wouldn’t see later. Also picked up our Art Show winnings (Got Jill0r's fox plate, Dingbat's sake set and bathroom set, a Goldenwolf print, and one of the Con Coins). Got back to the room to do some packing, before we headed over to Wicked Sairah’s.
Sairah’s after con gathering was the best. Chillin with all the best peeps, and having some great food. Enjoyed some hot cocoa with Bailey’s which I ended up passing out to lots of the ladies lol. Lots of socializing was had, and the evening ended with some funny YouTube vids, including Niel’s Puppet Dreams. Omg, seriously look that up if you haven’t already.
Mon
Pretty uneventful day really. Woke up, finished packing. Made it to the lobby, said our goodbyes to whoever was there, hopped the shuttle and went to the airport. Enjoyed lunch at Anthony’s (really tasty food, but slow impersonal service), and headed to our gate to wait. After a little stress on the plane regarding some breakables we were trying to get home we were on our way. Finally back to my house around 7pm. Said my goodbyes to Lucas (admittedly, after spending 6 days with him, got teary eyed having to say goodbye) and he headed home. We both spent the rest of our evening very lazily.
So that’s my con report! Also
divio and
lemonsqu33z were great roommates!Submission flood of some of our new badge art will be eminant.
Sorry if I left anyone out, or any other fun stories, it all just kinda runs together at this point!
But it was a wonderful vacation, spent with my favorite person <3
FA+


'Till we meet again :3
It was great to see you, if only briefly.
Let's do that again soon!
Mmmmm, beer.
I hope to be at the PS in November, and perhaps we can hatch a clever plan then?