Well, that was a fun weekend!

Another weekend, another party. After much planning and preparations, Wuffmeet II came and went last weekend, and everyone seemed to have a great time. This time around we were at the Courtyard By Marriott in Glenview, IL. It was a nice hotel, but the general agreement seemed to be that the La Quinta in Hoffman Estates had more comfortable rooms. Unlike the La Quinta, which only has an outdoor pool, the Courtyard had a nice indoor pool and hot tub which was quite lovely, especially on Saturday night when our group was the only one in the place (the three(!) wedding parties that we were sharing the hotel with were partying hard elsewhere, I guess. Fine by me). This time around we tried a conference room as the general gathering area, and which it worked OK, certainly a space with sofas and more comfortable furniture would be preferred. We’ll look into that for future gatherings.

Thanks to everyone who attended: Aeto, Cheetah, Cobaltfox, Datahawk, DaveQat, Hartree, jimcyl, Linnaeus, Mirkowuff, moryssa, Mistletoe, wooisme, Neowolf2, Posicat, Ralkor, rcking, Rolliebear, Rustitobuck, Siriuswolfstar, steviemaxwell, Stormdog, UncleVlad, werellama, and Wyldekyttin. As usual, takaza did a fabulous job planning and purchasing all of the food and drink, and I’m happy to report that we pretty much broke even, which is exactly where we wanted to be. Takaza also did a fantastic job of keeping me sane 🙂

After seeing the walking dead attempting to have breakfast yesterday morning, we’re considering only holding these parties on three-day weekends, though. After staying up late on Saturday night (or well into Sunday morning, for some), check-out time on Sunday morning comes punishingly early. Plus, two days is just too short! Well, we learn as we go, and each party gets better.

In addition to the party, we introduced FRAC: Furries Race Across Chicago!, a combination race, scavenger hunt, and puzzle game. I’ll post more about that later today…

4 thoughts on “Well, that was a fun weekend!”

  1. partran

    Sounds fantastic.
    I’ll plan to actually show up on the next one. 🙂
    This weekend was just in a terrible place for me to get free, that and I didn’t get any sort of notification of my loans coming in until this morning.
    I’m glad it went so well! And I can’t wait to hear about FRAC.

  3. rustitobuck

    I had a great time!
    I’m actually glad it wasn’t on a three-day weekend, because those tend to fill up fast.
    The walking dead will be there no matter how many days the party is. Speaking as somebody that went to bed after the sun came up, that was my own choice. Some folks will push the edge of the schedule anyway. Look at MFF which put in a Thursday mixer for people who arrive early, and now people arrive on Wednesday.
    I’ll suggest what I said chatting with Linnaeus last night. How about holding the big events (like FRAC) when it’s a three-day party, and keeping the two-day parties to more low-impact events like board and video games, visits to the pool, and the like? Less to plan, and folks spend more time together.
    You and Takaza and Linnaeus put a lot of effort into the race and it shows. Thank you. I really enjoyed even just sitting and watching the times come in.

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