Tue, Aug 12, 2008
Denvention and Marrakesh
Posted to Travel category
The panel discussions at Denvention were wonderful, but I have to admit that we weren't impressed by some other aspects of the convention. The art show and Masquerade were disappointing compared even to some regional conventions I've been to in the past. And the Dealers' room was small compared to the ones I remember from past conventions, though that didn't stop me from spending a lot of money on filk CDs and book from smaller publishing companies.
Food was a problem, too. What was available in the Convention Center was limited in variety and hideously over-priced. And even at a good deli, I had trouble finding anything I could eat for breakfast Friday morning.
Saturday we made a quick trip back to my house to fill Dinah's cat-feeder and to run an errand for Nanette's husband, so I ate breakfast at home. Sunday breakfast for Nanette was a capucchino and for me was a mediocre smoothie.
We got the the convention near lunchtime, which we skipped on Thursday, We had hotdog cart hotdogs on Friday (discarding the bun and Saturday, and real food at my house on Sunday afer we left the convention.
For dinners we went out: to Z Cuisine for our memorable meal on Thursday and for a quick meal at QDoba before the Masquerade on Friday.
On Saturday evening, we spent some time exploring the LoDo end of the 16th Street Mall, and found a very nice Moroccan place: Marrakesh Restaurant. The food was excellent and there were plenty of dishes for me to choose from (I clearly need to learn more Mediterranean cooking). And Saturday is one of the evenings they have a belly dancer: she was very good too.