We Take Ourselves With Us

The Starbucks in our hotel was closed for renovations, meaning I got to trek up the block to Tim Horton's to grab everyone's breakfast.  The line was already forming for the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) single tickets, and I swear it was led by the same two older women whom I saw last year.  We all have our own versions of Fan Expo--some of us wear capes, some of us wear lawn chairs. After we fueled up on Horton's Dark Roast (us) and Birthday Cake TimBits (them), we hit the street.  I t was Force Friday across the Star Wars universe, so Penn  wore his new SW caped t-shirt (thank you, last minute trip to Wal-Mart for all the $10 caped shirts you will see over the next few days) as we set off for FE.  Ned likes his space cowboy dramas with more Whedon, so he went with a Jayne hat and a Browncoats t-shirt (one of last year's FE exclusives!) We got to FE right as it opened on Friday, so the crowds were at a minimum.  Dear reader, you may wish to c...

We're back!  A little later than last year, but still back!  After finishing our school and work days on Thursday, we set off for our annual last summer sojourn to Toronto for Fan Expo.  We were making pretty good time until we hit the Gardiner Parking Lot (Expressway).  That added about an hour to our travel, so we barely had two hours at FE, but we made the most of it! First we ran to the back of the Convention Center for the LEGO booth. With the coming relaunch of the Star Wars franchise, this year's FE was filled with Star Wars-themed booth displays and merch.  Penn's doing the robot here. And, surprisingly, it appears that Scooby Doo is having a moment.  This Mystery Machine is made of LEGOs, and there's a new video game coming, too.  As an aside, a few weeks back, I saw Rochester's own picture perfect Mystery Machine broken down on the side of 490.  Whoever owns that thing is a van artist. This statue was lovely, but it looks oddly disembodi...