90s Con – Hartford, CT
Katie 
The second weekend in March, 90s Con made its debut at the Hartford Convention Center in Hartford, CT. When it was first announced last summer, I wasn’t sure if I was going to be ok with going to a convention with such large crowds yet, but as they added more and more guests I ended up buying a Saturday ticket and would give it a go. About a week before, we found out that Joey Fatone wouldn’t be able to be there on Saturday, but that he would be appearing Friday and Sunday, so we opted to buy a Friday pass and I decided to add a pro photo op with Rider Strong so on Saturday whoever we ended up meeting, we’d meet and I wouldn’t be in panic mode all day.
Friday finally came, and as we were pulling into the parking garage, we got word that Joey’s flight had gotten canceled and he would not be making it Friday OR Saturday. We managed to get in an ADA entrance and grab a spot for the MMC panel at 5pm. They held it for a while because so many people were stuck in line getting their credentials checked for their covid vaccines and weren’t making their way inside yet. 6-7 was supposed to be our Joey hour, so we just kind of wandered around a bit and then 7 was my photo op with Rider. We didn’t hang around too much after that, but it was nice to get the layout. I should have probably tried for another photo Friday to knock more off of my wish list, but I am very much so out of con shape.
Saturday we got in early, but again just kind of wandered around and did a few of the photo ops and the Spice Girls display. At noon I made a voodoo doll and I started realizing time was running out if I wanted to meet everyone. We got in line for Will Friedle, and then my friends had their Full House photo op so I was off to meet Matthew and Joey Lawrence on my own. Danielle Fishel’s line got capped, so I got in line to see the Boy Meets World panel at 3 and was able to stay for the Full House panel at 4. After we went back downstairs, and Daneille’s line was capped once again. I did end up going in the order of how badly I wanted to meet them so I was ok with missing out on Danielle. (With any luck, next year they’ll be back AND with Ben so I can do a cast photo!)
Next year, I’m hoping to go again and I’ll have a better game plan figured out. And maybe I’ll stay on site as well to not have to drive back and forth an hour for 3 days straight. It sounds like it’ll be back in CT – just waiting on dates!
I’ve been on a bit of a murder mystery book kick lately, so it seemed only natural to add in a mystery that takes place with a band! The book follows Cath Edgley. She may seem like a boring school teacher, but her Mom is a punk legend and so was her Dad. After the man she believed to be her father is found dead, many believe he may have been murdered, including Cath.
Due to download constraints, I wasn’t able to review the full 100 days. The book separates out the 100 days by season, with 25 activities for Summer, Fall, Winter & Spring. While this book is geared towards children, a lot of the activities and learning can be done by anyone of any age! There are recipes, outdoor activities, ways to help your community and all sorts of fun activities included. Some of the summer activities I’d most like to try are: tying knots, making smores and kayaking! There are a lot of great ways to fill the days of summer vacation in the book. I also was able to get a sneak at some of the Fall activities as well – and my favorites of those that I checked out were: Make wax leaves, see a symphony concert, and a “day trip to another country” – which is essentially finding a neighborhood near you that might celebrate cultures different than your own.
Sex and the Single Panda: The Revolting Pursuit of Love in the Animal Kingdom. This book had me intrigued from the cover. And even more intrigued as I read the introduction and saw “You may see yourself in here. Or maybe you’ll recognize an ex. You may find yourself saying things like ‘I would have sex with the clownfish!'” and “Although everything in this book is what you might call ‘disgusting.’ I’ll ask you to remember that everything depicted here is 100% from nature, and nature can never be wrong.” Then I started wondering just what I got myself into by opening this book…
After Valentine’s Day I was looking for something a bit light hearted to read and I stumbled upon The 7 Rules of Moving On which was a novella so I thought it would be a quick and easy read. I must have picked it up at all the wrong times, because I fell asleep during reading it SO many times – even when my kindle said I only had 4 minutes left. In theory, the story line was great, but I guess it just wasn’t grabbing my attention like I had hoped. (But it WAS steamy as promised, so there’s that!)
I really enjoy the “Little People BIG DREAMS” series because you can quickly learn a lot about some great people. This particular book is about Gloria Steinem, who as a little girl realized that she was treated a certain way just for being female. Gloria is now the world’s most famous feminist. Gloria from a young age realized that women and men should be able to do the same things – and maybe even together. Once she moved to NY, she found she fit in more and worked hard to have a job and support women. Gloria teaches us that it doesn’t matter what gender you are, what matters is your dream is only yours to determine.