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[conventions] Au Contraire Day One

We arrived safely if exhausted in Wellington, NZ yesterday, to be met at the airport by and . After a stop at their house, we hied off for a delicious pizza dinner baked in this oven:

Good stuff, though the cranberry and camembert pizza was a bit different. After that took me on a driving tour, while and went for a walk then went drinking. We circled up at the convention and went to a swell Turkish dinner with a cast of dozen, including , , Amy Thomsen, Dave Clarke, local writer/fen and and her partner Frank Mundens, along with the stylishly late Jeremy and wildilocks from the Wellington community.

Afterwards we attended opening ceremonies, where I saw and spoke to a raft more of US writerdom and fandom. I was so jet lagged that I will not be able to recapture all the names, but off the top of my head, , Elise Mathessen, and Rick, , John Hertz, Perri Lurie, CJ Mills and plenty of other folks, along with one of my favorite Australians, Sean Williams.

Then it was home to ded-and-bed.

Off now to brunch, then I have an auction to run, and some panels to empanellate at. See some, all or none of you there.

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Tags: Calendula, Conventions, Food, New Zealand, Travel

Posted: 2:18 pm Fri August 27 2010 |

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