My wife does SMERF at the largest convention hotel in the city, I might just take that as a challenge. To avoid discouraging any list readers from visiting my fair city, I would like to let everyone know that we are fully rebounded from Katrina now, but conventions are planned five to ten years in advance so the hammering Ray was speaking of was that we couldn't sell 2010-2020 very well because 2005-2010 were rebuilding and recovery years. City is fine now. Please come with lots of your tourist dollars. Tourism is back up to pre Katrina levels, dining and bars are back up(and over) to pre-Katrina levels, heck even our murder rate is back up to pre-katrina levels! Don't worry about the murders though, the gangbanger's keep that mostly in the eastern half of the city, it's kind of like their Thunderdome. On Apr 2, 2015 9:50 AM, "Andrew Durston" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I wonder then if we might see you at a Gen Con in the coming years? > > Regards, > Andrew > > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Raymond Feist <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Would love to see any list denizens who could make it. >> >> Wish I could get back to NOLA, but given the nose dive in domestic >> touring by US publishers and the hammering NOLA took from Katrina, it would >> take a big multi-media type con to make it happen. >> >> This looks to be the future of touring authors, folks. Wizards, Creation >> Con in the US, SupraNova in Australia, whatever the equivalent in other >> countries. The tradition SF/S cons are shrinking and greying. More’s the >> pity. >> >> Best, R.E.F. >> >> On Apr 2, 2015, at 7:02 AM, Stephen Mackey <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> At first glance when I read the subject I thought you were discussing >> appearances AND Texas de Brazil, that churrascaria chain. Which I thought >> was odd, but I've read plenty of odd conversations on this list over my >> many years of lurking. Anyway, I was instead delighted to see you are >> finally making it semi-close to the Big Easy. For those of us that might >> try to make it to the Houston appearance, when do you think you'll get some >> sort of itinerary? I'm just curious BC I probably can't be there for all of >> the 22nd-25th and would like to know if there are better days to go. >> Thanks, >> Stephen Mackey >> On Apr 1, 2015 8:02 PM, "Jenn7142" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Houston is where I lived when I first started reading the Riftwar Saga >>> and joined this list. I've never said I wish we still lived there until >>> today. >>> >>> I hope you have a great event!! >>> >>> Jenn >>> >>> On Wednesday, April 1, 2015, Raymond Feist <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> A day or two late on this, being bed ridden with the creeping crude. >>>> >>>> I will be making two appearances later this year. >>>> >>>> First, May 22-25, I'll be at Comicpalooza at the George R. Brown >>>> Convention Center in Houston, TX. My first visit to Houston. I am looking >>>> forward to it. >>>> >>>> And I will be at Bienal do Livro Rio September 3rd to 6th (with >>>> additional appearances after in Sao Palo). My first trip to Brazil! Looking >>>> forward to this, as well. >>>> >>>> >> >
