P1090725 Raymon, Patrice and Renee

in the ApolloCon Consuite

P1090727 Patrice Sarath and Gabrielle Faust

in the ApolloCon hallway.

P1090728 John Husisian, Julia Mandala, and Renee Babcock

at dinner in the ApolloCon hotel bar, where service was slow, checks got mixed up, and fried calamari tasted like hardly more than calamari-flavored chips.

P1090737 Gabrielle Faust and John Husisian

at dinner in the ApolloCon hotel bar, where service was slow, checks got mixed up, and fried calamari tasted like hardly more than calamari-flavored chips.

P1090764 A woman in a kimono and umbrella

P1090766 Tim and Meredith

outside of Consuite

P1090767 O. M. Grey and Ethan Rose

Authors O. M. Grey and Ethan Rose in steampunk costumes.

P1090771 TexMex and Goku

A somewhat misleadingly named TexMex, who represented a Japanese SF character of his own creation, and his friend Goku, were promoting anime at ApolloCon.

P1090774 Wine tasting at ApolloCon

on Friday night. There were 3 white wines and 3 red wines. The hostess made us go through the entire ritual of noting the wine's color, smell, swishing in in the glass than in one's mouth, etc. Not that it helped me to distinguish more subtle characterist

P1090775 Pondering the adjectives

to describe the "nose", "legs", or other esoteric attributes of wine at the ApolloCon wine tasting.

P1090776 Cross-stitching

Cross-stitching at the ApolloCon wine tasting, the guy who goes by the name Random Confusion is not worried about losing his man-card. :-) For that matter, I don't even know if this craft is called cross-stitching. Maybe I should turn in my woman-card.

P1090795 Hall costumes in ApolloCon Consuite

Juju Faith -- that was her character's name. She said she's from Buffy. Not watching television, I can't verify. :-)

P1090795 Hall costumes in ApolloCon Consuite

Juju Faith (left) and Buffy. Faith said she was from the Buffy serial too. Not watching television, I can't verify. :-)

P1090798 Sandy Hutchins

The inimitable Sandy Hutchins in one of her costumes in ApolloCon hallways

P1090799 Sandy Hutchins' friend

Another costumer that often appears with Sandy Hutchins -- I would appreciate if someone told me her name.

P1090934 Kimberly Frost, Teddy Harvia, and Alexis Glynn Latner

in the "Scientific Advancement vs. Social Stigma" panel.

P1090935 Mel. White and Lou Antonelli

in the "Scientific Advancement vs. Social Stigma" panel.

P1090783 Raymon, me, Bart Kemper and Jolie Bonnette

at a room party at ApolloCon on Friday night.