Home again, home again

[mdlbear]

The drive back from Loscon was pretty uneventful, and took only 7 hours despite two severe slowdowns. For future reference, it's almost exactly 400 miles: 250 from San Jose to Buellton (= Pea Soup Andersen's = lunch), and 150 from there to LAX. I managed to stay awake and alert the whole trip thanks to a combination of leaving at 1pm (about an hour earlier than last time) and loading up on a double mocha shortly before leaving.

Rather than heading home directly, we headed for our favorite Chinese restaurant. It appears to be under new management -- the name has changed from Central China to Peony Lounge, it's been completely redecorated, the menu is wildly different, and the wait staff is different. It's still tasty, however. Better, if anything. We'll keep it.

The only thing remaining for me to mention about Loscon is that we acquired a large (28") plush Cthulhu that the flower_cat fell in love with in the dealers' room. I narrowly avoided buying an "cephaloPod" T-shirt, which featured Old Squidface in silhouette with the inevitable iPod white earbuds and cord.

Comments

[mithriltabby]

My favorite stop on 101 is the Madonna Inn.

[mdlbear]

The decor is certainly amusing, but the food isn't nearly as good as Andersen's.

[jilara.livejournal.com]

I'll second that. Madonna Inn for kitche, Andersen's for food.

[sdorn.livejournal.com]

Pea Soup Andersen's has a web site? I just about fell over.

[mdlbear]

These days I'd be more surprised if a major tourist restaurant didn't have one.