{"id":8237,"date":"2012-11-05T20:31:37","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T01:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=8237"},"modified":"2012-11-05T20:31:37","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T01:31:37","slug":"7-photos-from-my-fourth-and-final-day-of-the-2012-world-fantasy-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2012\/11\/05\/7-photos-from-my-fourth-and-final-day-of-the-2012-world-fantasy-convention\/","title":{"rendered":"7 photos from my fourth and final day of the 2012 World Fantasy Convention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m home from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wfc2012.org\/\">World Fantasy Convention<\/a> now&#8212;well, not completely home, as we&#8217;re on Day 8 of no Internet, and I&#8217;ll be spending lots of time in cybercafes until this is fixed&#8212;but before the week gets away from me, here are some pics to represent the final day of WFC. I hope to eventually get around to a  full con report &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; someday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Waiting for the banquet to begin with Nalo Hopkinson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/NaloHopkinsonWFC2012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8238\" title=\"NaloHopkinsonWFC2012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/NaloHopkinsonWFC2012-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/NaloHopkinsonWFC2012-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/NaloHopkinsonWFC2012-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/NaloHopkinsonWFC2012-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/NaloHopkinsonWFC2012.jpg 1507w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Hanging with Joe Haldeman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/JoeHaldemanWFC2012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8239\" title=\"JoeHaldemanWFC2012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/JoeHaldemanWFC2012-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/JoeHaldemanWFC2012-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/JoeHaldemanWFC2012-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/JoeHaldemanWFC2012-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/JoeHaldemanWFC2012.jpg 1501w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The WFC banquet dessert: Fresh baked butter tart with Chantilly cream <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/WorldFantasy2012BanquetDessert.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8240\" title=\"WorldFantasy2012BanquetDessert\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/WorldFantasy2012BanquetDessert-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/WorldFantasy2012BanquetDessert-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/WorldFantasy2012BanquetDessert-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/WorldFantasy2012BanquetDessert-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/WorldFantasy2012BanquetDessert.jpg 1356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A meeting of landsmen: Me and Jack Dann<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/JackDannWFC2012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8241\" title=\"JackDannWFC2012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/JackDannWFC2012-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/JackDannWFC2012-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/JackDannWFC2012-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/JackDannWFC2012-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/JackDannWFC2012.jpg 1718w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Crispy Duck Egg at Cafe Boulard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/CafeBouludCrispyDuckEgg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8242\" title=\"CafeBouludCrispyDuckEgg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/CafeBouludCrispyDuckEgg-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/CafeBouludCrispyDuckEgg-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/CafeBouludCrispyDuckEgg-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/CafeBouludCrispyDuckEgg-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/CafeBouludCrispyDuckEgg.jpg 1595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Thanks to Mr. Brainwash, The Avengers loomed during a Cafe Boulard dinner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/CafeBouludAvengers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8243\" title=\"CafeBouludAvengers\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/CafeBouludAvengers-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/CafeBouludAvengers-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/CafeBouludAvengers-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/CafeBouludAvengers-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/CafeBouludAvengers.jpg 1413w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The passport photo that caused a customs agent to ask, &#8220;This is you, huh?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/PassportPhoto.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/PassportPhoto-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"PassportPhoto\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/PassportPhoto-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/PassportPhoto-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/PassportPhoto-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/PassportPhoto.jpg 1193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A full con report&#8212;including many restaurant reviews&#8212;to follow.<\/p>\n<p>But don&#8217;t hold your breath.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m home from the World Fantasy Convention now&#8212;well, not completely home, as we&#8217;re on Day 8 of no Internet, and I&#8217;ll be spending lots of time in cybercafes until this is fixed&#8212;but before the week gets away from me, here are some pics to represent the final day of WFC. I hope to eventually get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[49,258,260,259,11],"class_list":["post-8237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-food","tag-jack-dann","tag-joe-haldeman","tag-nalo-hopkinson","tag-world-fantasy-convention"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}