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It’s here at last! The weekend of\u00a0 CrossingsCon<\/a> 2019.\u00a0 I’m so excited! (Or as excited as you can be while you’re packing.)<\/p>\n

The pleasure’s compounded by the fact that this year the convention’s being held in a city I like very much indeed but haven’t spent nearly enough time in — Montreal, Canada. The dates are Friday, June 21 through Sunday, June 23, and the convention hotel’s the Doubletree Hilton;<\/a> quite a nice place to stay.<\/p>\n

Besides the fun of just being there, I look forward to a weekend of cool events and a lot of socializing with Young Wizards fandom — arguably one of the nicest fandoms in the world. (And it’s a near certainty that a certain amount of poutine<\/em> will be ingested, not to mention the justly-famous smoked meat sandwiches of Schwartz’s Deli.<\/a> Becausse WOW has it been too long.)<\/p>\n

I am really<\/em> looking forward to seeing everybody. Just a few days more now! … so, Allons-y, mes cousins!\u00a0<\/em> See you all over the weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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