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Fun topic!I like to sit by the pool at some point (it's San Diego!!!)I can watch the ships and helicopters and Navy stuff across the bay for hoursOffsites, food trucks, walking up and down the main dragCheck out the local businesses
Hi All!Im a 3rd Timer..With the Con being what it is, I'm always curious, what do you all actually do, during/at the Con? i've read around enough to know some spend the days in Hall H Madness and some hop the floor and the offisites, but.. what besides that.. what do y'all do>? I'll start:i hit up all my panels I want, an offiste if i can get in, grab some food to eat. Hit the Quarter and people watch, travel the Con floor (i usually spy different things to buy every day), chill around on the lounge area at the ConPicture Wall... and..i dunno... lol... damn.. why can't i remember what else I do.So, what do y'all do?
I'm with you, and this is one thing that I LOVE about waiting in line by the bay! Days when the Navy is out & about are fun; one year a fleet of hovercraft were doing maneuvers! FWIW depending on the time of year in SD you can watch the Navy SEALs running on the Hotel Del beach on Coronado, the Top Gun fighter jets coming in/taking off, and Navy ships out & about in the bay. FWIW, you can go to Cabrillo National Monument in Point Loma (which is way west of the Convention Center - you have to generally drive north along the bay, then a little bit west so you're on the other side of Coronado Island, and then drive south) and get amazing views of the Navy Fleet stationed at Coronado Island, as well as downtown. It's one of my favorite sort of hidden treasurers in San Diego.This odd side-rant brought to you by... :P
I suggested it last year as well, but if you are into Manga and Otaku and come from an area where that stuff is not easy to get, you can shop for that stuff in San Diego. There's enough of a Japanese community that there is a little mini Japan up in Kearny Mesa. That's the Asian hub of San Diego. There's also a little mini Korea there too. San Diego is lucky enough to have a Book Off. For those who don't know, Book Off is a used bookstore chain in Japan. The one in San Diego is really a combination of all the Offs. There's Hard Off(electronics), Mode Off(clothes) and Junk Off. Anyways, the Book Off in San Diego has all that stuff from books to magazines to computers to cameras to figurines to music instruments but I think they recently stop carrying clothes. As is the case with Book Off in Japan and Japanese thrift stores in general, the quality is high and the price can be really low. A short walk away there's a Marukai Market strip mall. It consists of 3 stores. The one of most interest is the one with model kits and other things you would find in a Don Quijote in Japan. If you need a Bandai kit or a Gundam fix this is the place. There's also a branch of the popular Japanese dollar store Daiso in the area. So if you need a Japan fix and don't live in an area where you have that, you can get that in Kearny Mesa. Oh yeah, an Ajisen Ramen opened last year. Big Japanese chain. If only they would reopen the Yoshinoya.
I look thru all the artist portfolios in artist alley and select a few to do commissions on blank comic covers for me. I try to do this on Thur and Fri because some need a few days to get it done.
I try to do a little of everything - exhibit floor, autographs, artist alley, panels, offsite stuff, hall H. This was prior to having the daughter. Now the toddler often dictates what we do, but I still get to quite a few things. We also like to spend time doing San Diego things - Gaslamp, the zoo, Balboa Park, Coronado Island. Last year we went to a baseball game.
Hello,I am interested in doing this. How does this process work?
If you are from some place away from the ocean and especially if you have kids, I would suggest an afternoon up in La Jolla shores. It was my hangout during my youth. The beach itself is cool but the big attraction is the tide pools. Please look, but don't take anything away. Too often I see kids scooping up animals into a bucket as their parents look on. That's not only not cool but illegal. Birch Aquarium up the hill is pretty decent too.
We plan as much as we can and then try to just fall into something cool.
Always wanted to go to Balboa park. Maybe this is the year.
[member=8195]Rcmal1[/member] - '"...fall into something cool". Can I tell you how much I really adore that line? Yes! That is SDCC for me