Costume-Con 42 – Saturday photos
Photos from the Science Fiction & Fantasy competition (both during the show and fan photography after). The photos are in no particular order.
Costume-Con 42 – Friday photos
Photos from the Single Pattern competition (both during the show and for fan photography after). The photos are not in any particular order.
Costume-Con 42
We attended Costume-Con 42 (CC42) over March 29 through April 1st, which was held in Aurora, Colorado. This was the successor to Costume-Con 39 which I co-chaired in 2023. The dates/numbers were scrambled with the pandemic, CC39 was… Read More
Titancon – aka Eurocon 2019
The reason we came to Belfast was to attend Titancon, which was also Eurocon for 2019. The convention is very much oriented towards Game of Thrones (it was filmed here), and is much smaller than many conventions we’ve… Read More
On to Belfast
We had a wonderful dinner at Fallon & Byrne on our last night in Dublin. We’d been there 5 years ago on the Fab Food Trails tour, although we just went to the wine cellar and shopped. We… Read More
Worldcon 77, aka Dublin 2019: An Irish Worldcon – Part 2
The Masquerade We started on Wednesday afternoon with a tour of the CCD Auditorium, and had a chance to meet the professional staff. We verified our plans (made from afar with just drawings of the auditorium), and solidified… Read More
Worldcon 77, aka Dublin 2019: An Irish Worldcon – Part 1
After Worldcon 76 in San Jose last year, we traveled to our sister city Dublin, Ireland. We’ve been looking forward to this since our visit there for the 2014 Eurocon. British Airways now has a non-stop from San… Read More
Worldcon 76
After years of prep, and some very frantic work through July and early August, we finally got to the day: August 16th, Worldcon 76 in San Jose. We left home to travel 3 miles to the Fairmont hotel,… Read More
Worldcon 75 – a trip to Helsinki, part 5
After the Masquerade, I was ready to sleep in! But we weren’t quite done yet. We had a Masquerade Show & Tell scheduled for 2pm. The contestants all came and wore or brought their costumes from the night… Read More
Worldcon 75 – a trip to Helsinki, part 4 – The Masquerade
Here we are, the big event for me, the Worldcon Masquerade. I’ve been working towards this since before we got into town. A Worldcon Masquerade is a major stage event, just like a play or musical. Except that… Read More