Sunshinegrrrl and I have spent the day cruising around downtown Bellevue, checking out every worthwhile coffee bar and restaurant at which to host the sketch jam.
My conclusions: Starbucks owns a lot of property in Bellevue; more than I'd ever realized and propbably more than is safe.
The coffee at Whole Foods is easily the best, and Whole Foods is just across the street from the hotel, but the actual sitting area isn't at all intimate or conducive to work: It's the front area of the store, spread thin across the exit-side of the check-out lanes. It was very crowded and loud on a Saturday afternoon, and I suspect that a Saturday evening would be just as bad. Definately pick up your food here for meals, but it's not what we want for a drawing party.
What we did discover, though, is that the hotel contains a lovely restaurant called the Eastside Grill. And that the Grill has a lovely, couch-filled louge area that we can reserve. Plus, they serve cappuccino! It looks like we won't even need to leave the hotel for the sketch jam after all. I'm kicking myself for not remembering to bring my camera and take a few shots to share here.
Gavgoyle(Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber)
You get a +5 bonus to your score for initiative! Thanks for doing the leg-work!
Woot, I'm going to Paizo Con. I've only now starting looking at what events are going on, but I definitely would like to attend a Sketch Jam! Has a time been set up yet?
Woot, I'm going to Paizo Con. I've only now starting looking at what events are going on, but I definitely would like to attend a Sketch Jam! Has a time been set up yet?
It will be Saturday, just after the Iron Illustrator competition.
So, same location as Iron Illustrator, just right after it?
I think we're wandering to the coffee shop on premises afterwards. :D
Yep. There's a little restaurant built into the hotel with a nice, cozy lounge area with couches and coffee tables. It looks like it has good feng shui, too :D
Hugo wrote:
Oh I'm already here.... this is so happening right now...
*goes check on SKR address and prepares stalking gear*
Awesome, Hugo. Where are you staying? Sunshinegrrrl and I are right here in Bellevue, just a few miles from the hotel.
So, same location as Iron Illustrator, just right after it?
I think we're wandering to the coffee shop on premises afterwards. :D
Yep. There's a little restaurant built into the hotel with a nice, cozy lounge area with couches and coffee tables. It looks like it has good feng shui, too :D
Hugo wrote:
Oh I'm already here.... this is so happening right now...
*goes check on SKR address and prepares stalking gear*
Awesome, Hugo. Where are you staying? Sunshinegrrrl and I are right here in Bellevue, just a few miles from the hotel.
I'm staying with Tim in Redmon until friday, the Liz kicks me out and takes my spot so I have to go crash on Blake's couch (KaruiKage). R U going to the meet and eat?
So, same location as Iron Illustrator, just right after it?
I think we're wandering to the coffee shop on premises afterwards. :D
Yep. There's a little restaurant built into the hotel with a nice, cozy lounge area with couches and coffee tables. It looks like it has good feng shui, too :D
Hugo wrote:
Oh I'm already here.... this is so happening right now...
*goes check on SKR address and prepares stalking gear*
Awesome, Hugo. Where are you staying? Sunshinegrrrl and I are right here in Bellevue, just a few miles from the hotel.
I'm staying with Tim in Redmon until friday, the Liz kicks me out and takes my spot so I have to go crash on Blake's couch (KaruiKage). R U going to the meet and eat?
I think the sketch jam will turn out to be a pretty large event all by itself. But I am not sure I wanna go if that Sean Reynolds clown is going.
REmind me to tell the story when I popped him in the head. I about wet myself laughing so hard. ( he really is one of the funniest guys I have ever met, even for a racist badger!)