A Little Help?

Can you see an image of a coattree with stuff on it, on this page: http://www.skaro.com/dwcostume/index.html

I'm having some issues, dammit.

No, I do not need critique on layout. This is the temporary "skeleton" site, awaiting the art from Andy T., which will prettify things enormously - and will change the navigation ever so slightly. And, oh yeah, once that's done and more pages populated, the whole shebang will be moved to prydonacademy.com

If, however, you're irrepressible - and I know some of you are - you can see an example page with pix and information here: http://www.skaro.com/dwcostume/companions/rose/doomsday.html

Heh.

I was just amusing myself by looking at airfares for Chicago (we window-shop in different ways) and nearly gave myself a cardiac arrest when I found a flight for $150 r/t.

Turns out it was San Francisco to Milwaukee. I dunno about y'all, but I don't consider that a "Chicago area" airport. Then again, this is the same consolidator that considers Birmingham a "London area" airport.

Possible Chicago Option For Some Folks

I'm sharing these findings in case they help you, dear reader, make a trip to Chicago.

Air Tran¹ offers some cheap flights to Milwaukee Mitchell airport (MKE) over Thanksgiving. For instance, a direct flight, SFO - MKE, is $182 r/t with taxes. Unfuckingbelievable.

MKE is, forsooth, about 80 miles away from the location of Chicago TARDIS. Ow.

A shuttle would apparently cost something like $60 each way, which takes a lot of the savings out of the equation.

But! If you can manage it, there is a train for $33 each way that departs from a station near the airport (free connecting shuttle, which proves that the transit authorities out there are far smarter than their counterparts in CA) and will drop you in Naperviille, IL, about six miles away from the convention hotel. Downsides: there's one train a day, departing at 3:30PM, the trip is the best part of two hours, and you have to change at Union Station in Chicago.

(even flying in to O'Hare or Midway, you're going to be spending approxmiately $25 each way on a shuttle, so that's something to bear in mind...)

But if you've got a friend who's willing to pick you up, either at MKE or at Union Station, going this route might be an option worth considering.

Another factor I'd worry about is how much more likely is MKE to get snowed-in than any of the other area airports, being a bit more further north and all - but I know nothing of the local meteorology...

Just wanted to share that with y'all.

¹ - WARNING: These guys define cattle-car flights and, I understand, are leading the race to be the next airline to go under.