Comic-Con 2012

Michael and Tish invite friends to come to their downtown place for the Saturday night of Comic-Con for dinner and a walkabout.

Yes, we were that close to Comic-Con

Jon and I tried the train downtown a few years ago.  Never again due to the delays and overcrowding with the Comic-Con crowd.  So Joe/Kendall volunteered to drive and I joined them at their home.

There are probably more costumes downtown for Comic-Con than Halloween.   We started seeing Comic-Con people once we arrived at the north part of downtown.  Weirdness increased as we got closer to Michal/Tich’s place next to the Convention Center.

Kelly, Ross, Joe, and Kendall

We met Darlene and Chris upon arrival.  They are from Coronado Island, taking the ferry and bikes to get here.  Later, Ross, Kelly, and Irish John joined us.  They took the train and naturally got lost coming from the train station.

I took this pic, then

Darlene took this pic.

Michael got into a cooking frenzy at the downstairs grill.  I discovered heating lamps on the far side of the communal patio so the dinner location got moved.  We had an abundance of great food.

Later we walked about, taking in the costumes and promotional setups.  Hollywood has discovered Comic-Con.  The sides of the hotels were covered with movie promotions. 

One of several roving (promotional) bands

NBC had rented the Hard Rock Café for an Invite-Only party. My invite must have been lost in the mail.

I would have driven my Lambo if I got my invite.  But I would not promo it up.

We stopped in Tin Fish for a drink.  Michael and Tish know the Tin Fish owner and said he was approached by the people that have the Grimm Brothers movies coming out, about converting Tin Fish to a Grimm Brothers promotion.  For $80k for 3 days!