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Lessons Learned
Apr. 7th, 2008 01:07 pmLessons about the Bridgeport/Port Jefferson Ferry:
1) The departure time listed is actually the time when the ferry departs. This means you have to get there early.
2) You do not have to back your car onto or off of the ferry, which was a great relief to me, having had to do that once in Greece.
3) There seems to be no discernible advantage to buying tickets in advance, but that could be just the day I was traveling, so no guarantees there.
4) Just because the ride is smooth one way does not mean that the boat will not rock on the way back.
5) Looking at the horizon is a good way to deal with a rocking boat. Coke is better.
6) If traveling from Connecticut to Long Island via ferry, go early and come back late. Otherwise you spend your whole day at the ferry ports, on the ferry, or trying to get back to the ferry on time.
7) Conveniently, if you don't schedule yourself well enough to catch your preferred ferry, there is a Barnes and Noble within fifteen minutes (where I stopped first when I realized I was cutting it way too close to catch the early ferry I'd intended).
Lessons about scheduling dinner with people who are coming in from out of town:
1) Work out the geography in advance, so as to maximize the amount of time spent with friends and minimizing the amount of time traveled.
2) Tell others what time you need to leave, and they will actually help you watch the clock. (Thanks Trenton!)
3) Order an appetizer in place of a meal and carry cash. (This worked excellently well, since I usually don't carry cash, but had thought of it in advance--although people were kind enough to offer to cover me, I succeeded at independence!)
4) When hanging out with folks from Margaret Weis Productions, feel free to talk about anything over dinner (including bizarre delicacies from other parts of the world that might normally spoil dinner), because everyone enjoys the conversation. The "create your own porn star name" game also goes over well.
In short, aside from spending quite a long part of my day chasing ferries and not getting to hang out nearly long enough with the folks from MWP, I had a fabulous time having dinner with them last night. Jamie Chambers (editor extraordinaire) took photos, so I'll hopefully be able to put those up in the near future. It was also great to see Lindsay Archer and her husband Trenton, who I've only ever had the chance to hang out with once before in person, but who are the type of people who, every time I hang out with them, I wish I could hang out with them more. :)
1) The departure time listed is actually the time when the ferry departs. This means you have to get there early.
2) You do not have to back your car onto or off of the ferry, which was a great relief to me, having had to do that once in Greece.
3) There seems to be no discernible advantage to buying tickets in advance, but that could be just the day I was traveling, so no guarantees there.
4) Just because the ride is smooth one way does not mean that the boat will not rock on the way back.
5) Looking at the horizon is a good way to deal with a rocking boat. Coke is better.
6) If traveling from Connecticut to Long Island via ferry, go early and come back late. Otherwise you spend your whole day at the ferry ports, on the ferry, or trying to get back to the ferry on time.
7) Conveniently, if you don't schedule yourself well enough to catch your preferred ferry, there is a Barnes and Noble within fifteen minutes (where I stopped first when I realized I was cutting it way too close to catch the early ferry I'd intended).
Lessons about scheduling dinner with people who are coming in from out of town:
1) Work out the geography in advance, so as to maximize the amount of time spent with friends and minimizing the amount of time traveled.
2) Tell others what time you need to leave, and they will actually help you watch the clock. (Thanks Trenton!)
3) Order an appetizer in place of a meal and carry cash. (This worked excellently well, since I usually don't carry cash, but had thought of it in advance--although people were kind enough to offer to cover me, I succeeded at independence!)
4) When hanging out with folks from Margaret Weis Productions, feel free to talk about anything over dinner (including bizarre delicacies from other parts of the world that might normally spoil dinner), because everyone enjoys the conversation. The "create your own porn star name" game also goes over well.
In short, aside from spending quite a long part of my day chasing ferries and not getting to hang out nearly long enough with the folks from MWP, I had a fabulous time having dinner with them last night. Jamie Chambers (editor extraordinaire) took photos, so I'll hopefully be able to put those up in the near future. It was also great to see Lindsay Archer and her husband Trenton, who I've only ever had the chance to hang out with once before in person, but who are the type of people who, every time I hang out with them, I wish I could hang out with them more. :)
