Jon and Leigh sit down together again to interview another of DragonCon’s directors.

For this interview it is our pleasure to welcome Jennifer, Director of the Wheel Of Time track.

As usual we try to get to know Jennifer a bit, as well as learn how something so specific as Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time has it’s very own track – Spoiler Alert: Jennifer has no one to blame but herself.  Plus, just to tick off the folks in the Tolkien track, we insult Elven Poetry (please don’t hate us).

Besides DragonCon Track Site, Jennifer (and more Wheel of Time goodness) can be found here:
Dragonmount.com: http://www.dragonmount.com/main.php
JordanCon: www.jordancon.com
Twitter: DragonMount

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Jon and Leigh sit down together as we kick off our series of DragonCon director’s chats.

For this discussion it is our pleasure to welcome Regina, Senior Director of Programming.

We discuss all things programming, including how the decisions are made as to which guests are approved, what her responsibilities are, and why last year was so great for her.

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Jon, Serv, Rox, Ron, Scott, and Michael get together to record the kick-off of 40 Days Of DrangonCon. We discuss our first times and other experiences at DragonCon.  For added entertainment, at various points, Jon almost dies.

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Jon, Serv, Shag, Rox, and Ed hide in a closet together and chat.  The discussion this time around centered on tech, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (or the eventual demise of Universal Studios), and trademarks.  The coda covers the wonders of Serv’s spam folder (and Rox’s lovers).

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Jon, Serv, Cary, Shag, Rox, Ed, and Special Guest Leigh huddle together to have a chat (as the Brits say).  We mostly discuss why DC can’t seem to translate from the comics page to other media. We also play a new game that may or may not stick the Smurf around.

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Jon, Serv, Cary, Shag, Rox, Ed, and Special Guest Dr. Jen get together for a long overdue chat.  We start off a bit rusty, but quickly find our footing.  Topics covered include Lost, Iron Man 2, Spartacus, V… well you get the idea.

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Jon, Serv, Ron, Cary, Shag, and Ed get together for an impromptu recording.  We mostly just chat and happen to stumble upon a few interesting topics (well to us anyway).  Including: Great Actors, things that disturb us, and our favorite bad movies.

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Jon, Serv, Ron, Cary, Shag, Ed,  Sterling, and Need Coffee’s very own Widge and Scott blather on about the year that was 2009. We hit on what was the best and worst of 2009 in geekdom. We also have a brief explanation of where the heck we have been for 4 months.

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Dragon Con Survival Tips by Rox of Spazhouse

Log Entry 007: Restaurants

There are plenty of places to sit down for a good meal around the Peachtree Center area.  I have compiled a short list of popular restaurants in the area. This is not all inclusive and, for some, you may have to venture a bit of a ways.

Note: If you have experiences with any of these restaurants (or have a favorite spot that isn’t listed) and wish to share, please leave a comment.

Helpful Tip: For iPhone and iTouch users download the Urban Spoon or Eat A Rama Applications. The Wifi will get your location and help you find restaurants around you.

Benihana
229 Peachtree St. N.E. • 404-522-9629 • Moderate

Avanzare
265 Peachtree Street NE
Lower level of the Hyatt.  The lamb is excellent

Trader Vic’s
255 Courtland St. N.E. • 404-221-6339 • Expensive (Make reservations)
(Lower level of the Hilton Hotel. Need to take the Special Elevator to reach the restaurant)

Sun Dial Restaurant
210 Peachtree St. N.W. •  404-589-7506 • Expensive

Sear
265 Peachtree Center Avenue • 404-586-6134 • Expensive
(Upper Level of the Marriott Marquis)

Max Lager’s American Grill & Brewery
320 Peachtree Street • 404-525-4400

Nikolai’s Roof
255 Courtland St. N.E. • 404-221-6362 • Expensive
(In the Hilton Hotel and Towers)

Moe’s Southwest Grill
70 Peachtree St. NE • Inexpensive

Pittypat’s Porch
25 International Blvd.

Ted’s Montana Grill
133 Luckie St. NW

Atlanta Grill
181 Peachtree St • 404 659-0400

Morton’s of Chicago
303 Peachtree Center Ave  • 404 577-4366 • Expensive
(Call the restaurant to make reservations)

Gladys Knight & Ron Winans Chicken & Waffles
529 Peachtree St. NE (Closer to Midtown) • 404.874.9393 • Moderate

Dania’s
26 Peachtree Road • 404-588-0069 • Inexpensive
(Across from Woodruff Park)

Django
495 Peachtree Street • 404-347-8648 • Moderate

Ginger Bay Cafe
182 Courtland Street • 404-521-0061 • Moderate
(Caribbean Food – Near the Sheraton)

Olympia Prime
133 Peachtree St. N.E. (Located near the Georgia-Pacific Center) • 404-593-2588 • Expensive

Paschal’s Restaurant
180-B Northside Drive • 404-525-2023 • Moderate

Haveli Indian Cuisine
225 Spring St NW • 522-4545 • Mainly Buffet • Moderate

Atlanta Downtown Hooters
209 Peachtree St NE • (404) 522-9464 • (404) 688-5369
(You know what you get here)

Dragon Con Survival Tips by Rox of Spazhouse

Survival Tip 006: Getting Around

MARTA (itsmarta.com)

Marta gets you to the places you need to go. I like MARTA. MARTA welcomes cyclists on the train and buses have BOB or Bike on Board racks on the outside of the buses. If you are flying in from the Airport, it is easy to find the MARTA station. It is up a set of escalators on the outside of the terminal.

You can take either North Springs train or Dunwoody train. Both cruise into Peachtree Station. Once you you head into the Five Points Station, Peachtree is your next stop.

Train Frequency

Weekday Peak Service (6:00AM – 9:30AM / 3:00PM – 7:30PM): Every 10 minutes

Weekday Off-Peak Service: Every 15 minutes

Saturday All Day: Every 20 minutes

Sunday All Day ( and Holidays [Monday]): Every 20 minutes

From Five Points Station the trip to the airport is about 16 minutes.

A single fare is $1.75

Visitor multi-Day pass runs (1-4 Days) $8.00 – $12.00

This is an unlimited ride pass and can be purchased at the Airport Station.

On returning to the Airport the MARTA station deposits you right into a Delta terminal. You can check in easily there.

NOTE: For those attendees who are in hotels in out lying areas the last trains heading to the North East Station is at 1 a.m. from the Airport. Last train from Peachtree is 1:19. You may need to make arrangements if you plan on staying at some of the very late programming.

Buses

At many of the stations you can catch different buses to different parts of the city, such as at the North Avenue Station you can catch the Route 2 Ponce DeLeon bus to venture to Little Five Points, the cool, hip place with the shops and restaurants. If you do this you need to get off at Moreland Ave. and either walk down to Little Five Points a few minute walk or catch the Route 6 – Emory

Many of the schedules you can find online and can download handy pdfs.

Buses seem to run every 45 minutes on Saturday.

Dragon Con Survival Tips by Rox of Spazhouse

Log Entry 002: HYDRATION

Other than getting food into you. Staying hydrated is another fact you must consider.

First, get yourself a good size water bottle. A water bottle is handy especially if the hotel staff is running behind in replenishing the water jugs.

Chill the water and wrap a wash cloth around the bottle and place in your back pack. (Don’t forget the return the wash cloth to your hotel when you leave). This helps keep the water cold and the condensation from seeping on to your first edition “I Am Spock” by Leonard Nemoy.

The cool washcloth is refreshing to use on your face and hands when having to wait in one of the long out the door Star Trek lines on a hot afternoon.

You can use the washcloth to wipe off some of the sweat and grime you will pick up. You will hunt me down and thank me for this one.

Replenish your water bottle in the panel rooms often. You will be surprised how much water you will be downing through the course of four days.

SIDE NOTE:  Adding a power aide to your water intake is not a bad idea.

The ever popular, “Book of the Month” podcast is back! But, lets be honest: it really should be named “Book of the Whenever We Get Around To It” podcast.

For this book discussion we chose “World War Z” by Max Brooks.

Shag (OnceUponAGeek.com), Cary, Ron, Jon, and Widge (Need Coffee) all try to have an intelligent literary discussion, and it sometimes works.

Be sure to check out the ListServ (http://ListServ.TheUniqueGeek.com) for more discussion on WWZ. Also, be sure to check out Widge’s new book- There’s a Zombie In My Tree House (www.zombieinmytreehouse.com)

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Shag (OnceUponAGeek.com) and Mike (ViewsFromTheLongBox.com) get back together for the ever popular “You spend HOW MUCH on comics?!” discussion.

In this episode they discuss the comics that you should be spending your mortgage money on  for July of 2009.

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Shag (OnceUponAGeek.com) and Mike (ViewsFromTheLongBox.com) get back together for the ever popular “You will buy this or your an idiot!!” discussion.

In this episode they discuss the comics that you should be buying (or avoiding) for June of 2009.

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Jon, Serv, Ron, Cary, Terry, Ed, Thomas, and Need Coffee’s very own Widge hang out and discuss the awesomeness that is Star Trek. I mean seriously only an idiot would find flaws in this masterpiece of a film… just call us a bunch of idiots then.

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