From: roguelibrarian_1@yahoo.com   
      
   On Sunday, April 5, 1998 at 4:00:00 AM UTC-4, Nancy Black wrote:   
   > Miami Expo   
   > Coconut Grove Convention Center   
   > Saturday, April 4, 1998   
   >   
   > I had an *AWESOME* time at the Expo!  Part of this may be due to the   
   > fact that   
   > I was a convention virgin (had nothing to compare to) or that there   
   > weren't   
   > too many people there or that the Expo folks have really been listening   
   > to all   
   > the feedback and have streamlined things quite well.  Anyway, here's the   
   > long   
   > full version of my Expo experience.  The short version with just the   
   > highlights has been posted as well.   
   > ------   
   >   
   > After a breakfast at Denny's, my husband, David, and I attempted to get   
   > to the   
   > Expo.  I say "attempted" because the streets of Coconut Grove were   
   > almost all   
   > blocked off for a March of Dimes Walk-a-thon held that morning.  There   
   > was   
   > also almost no parking due to the ill-timed merging of these two   
   > events.  We   
   > paid our $5 to park (price will vary by city) and then had to park along   
   > a   
   > curb (with the parking attendant's permission).  Then, as fate would   
   > have it,   
   > we parked right next to fellow atxf'er Paul Wartenburg!  I had gone to   
   > this   
   > Expo with the hope of meeting Philes, but knew of none from the ng who   
   > were   
   > attending.  So I was quite excited when the very first person I see that   
   > day   
   > is not only from the Internet, but a name that I recognized!   
   >   
      
   It's been more than 17 years now.  I still remember that.  I just thought of   
   this Expo tonight as I'm getting prepped to go attend the Orlando MegaCon this   
   2015.   
      
   I am wondering how many Mulder/Scully cosplayers I will bump into this   
   Saturday.   
      
   - Paul W.   
      
   > -------   
   >   
   > Hope you all enjoyed this little trip into my psyche.  I typed it almost   
   > as a "Dear Diary" thing, so I can better remember my Expo experience.  I   
   > don't have a webpage or anything to put this on, so I'm taking a gamble   
   > by putting something as personal as this on the public newsgroup.  Hope   
   > you found it informative and fun to read.   
   >   
   > Nancy Black  (yet another atxf Nancy)   
      
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