#23, Dragon*Con

I've always wanted to go to some kind of pop culture convention and, by all accounts, Dragon*Con is one of the geekiest and most awesome. So, I wanted to make attending Dragon*Con one of my goals for this project. Dragon*Con is always held in Atlanta over Labor Day weekend, and we made it this year! We had SO much fun, and I think this could definitely be something that we do again.

Here are a few pictures from our fantastic weekend.

The first night we stayed with some friend in the Marriott, which is a really cool hotel. Here's a shot from the 16th floor down to the Atrium level.

This was taken Thursday night--there were far more people wandering in that area on Friday and Saturday nights.

While we decided to drive, and therefore didn't need to take Atlanta's famous MARTA trains, we did get a few pictures on one of the longest escalators in the country (at the MARTA Peachtree station).

This was one seriously long escalator, and I rode up and down it 3 times.

One of the most popular features of Dragon*Con weekend is the Saturday morning parade. This is an opportunity for everyone to get dressed up in their coolest costumes and strut their stuff on the streets of downtown Atlanta. We watched the parade from our hotel room and I didn't get any pictures while it was going on, but I did manage to get a shot with one of the floats.

(For those of you who may not recognize it, that's the Trojan rabbit from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.)

Of course, Dragon*Con attendees are amazing costumers, and getting dressed up is part of the fun! Rick and I put together costumes from the television show Firefly (tragically canceled by Fox after only one season). Here's a shot of Rick dressed as Mal, and I'm costumed as Kaylee.

Looking at and taking pictures of other people's costumes is also a lot of fun! We saw some wonderful craftsmanship, creativity, and attention to detail in SO many costumes over the weekend. I took way too many pictures to post here, but I did want to add one of my favorite costume shots.

(Yes, those are sexy Disney princesses fawning over Edward Cullen from Twilight.)

In short, we had a really great time, attended some fabulous panels, saw many famous people, and generally had a full weekend of geeking out. Since Dragon*Con officially ends on Labor Day, this goal was accomplished on September 7th. And I wouldn't be too shocked if we turned up at Dragon*Con again next year.