{"id":1431,"date":"2012-09-20T22:05:11","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T03:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=1431"},"modified":"2012-09-20T22:05:11","modified_gmt":"2012-09-21T03:05:11","slug":"our-trip-to-dragoncon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2012\/09\/our-trip-to-dragoncon.html","title":{"rendered":"Our Trip to Dragon*Con"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We all know who that is on the left. But who knows who’s standing on the other side of me? It was SO SCARY how well he nailed the character!<\/p><\/div>\n

This post has been a long time coming…but because GeekMom’s<\/a> credientials got me a free press pass into Dragon*Con, I had to write all my Dragon*Con related posts for GeekMom first. Our whole family drove up to Atlanta over Labor Day weekend and stayed in a hotel near Turner Field so we could also enjoy a Braves game (for another post).<\/p>\n

Learn more about the history of Dragon*Con here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Do you want to go to Dragon*Con? Here’s the website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Since I’m heading on a jet plane for Nebraska in the morning, I figured for now I could simply refer you to the posts I had written over the past 2 1\/2 weeks for GeekMom. That about sums up the fantastic weekend we had!<\/p>\n

I have a lot more posts forthcoming (about a plethora of topics) as I have a few days to myself while I’m working.<\/p>\n

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The boys couldn’t get enough of all the costumes! They were indispensable when it came to identifying some of the characters, especially from Pokemon and the more obscure Star Wars characters.<\/p><\/div>\n

I had never been to a fan-con, and it was a pretty amazing experience. I was probably a bit over my head with how intense some of the fans are. I didn’t even attempt to wait in the very long lines to meet some of the more popular fans (such as Torchwood’s<\/cite> John Barrowman and Batman’s<\/cite> Adam West and Burt Ward).<\/p>\n

The parade was a totally new experience for our family, especially the part where we publicly appeared in costumes somewhere other than on Halloween or a Civil War reenactment!<\/p>\n

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For those who didn’t know, Timmy became a Doctor Who<\/cite> fan this past summer. I’ve been slowly working my way through 2005-and-later episodes on Amazon Video and he often joins me. He loved seeing the Daleks, TARDISes and fans dressed as the several variations of The Doctor.<\/p><\/div>\n

The next Dragon*Con post I plan to write will be an interview with the amazing Erin Gray, who starred in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century<\/cite> in the 1970s, and Silver Spoons<\/cite> in the 1980s. Ms. Gray’s accounts of being a working mom in a challenging marriage were very moving. It was also very interesting learning her story of how she turned to alternative medicine and tai chi as a way to keep from delving down a road of drugs and alcohol, like so many of her colleagues.<\/p>\n

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Dave is a huge fan of The Simpsons<\/cite>. He found not only Duff Man, but also a group of Stonecutters!<\/p><\/div>\n

Here are my four Dragon*Con Diary posts, enjoy!<\/p>\n

First Impressions<\/a><\/p>\n

Dragon*Con With the Kids<\/a><\/p>\n

“Cosplay” and the Dragon*Con Parade<\/a><\/p>\n

Science and Space Panels<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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