All the World's a Stage, I Guess...

The accommodations at the Westin hotel were so nice and so big that there was another conference going on at the same time as "Love is Murder": it was a re-enactor's convention!

Everyone at the other conference was dressed up in some kind of period costume, ranging from Greek and Roman warriors, Civil War soldiers, and knights in armor to cowboys, society ladies, and WWI&II soldiers. My favorite was the card shark form the old west who had a "three card monte" game set up in the hall.

The best part about being in the same hotel with these guys was that they stayed in costume and in "character" the entire weekend! So I ate sushi with a pirate at one of the three hotel restaurants, chatted with a witty Victorian couple at the hotel bar over a beer, and once went to the bathroom next to the that massive knight. The only frightening part was the platoon of Nazi S.S. guards protecting the entrance to the grand ballroom. They were scary!

I have more pictures of these guys around and I'll get to posting them eventually.

"Acting is so much more real than life." - Oscar Wilde

"The one charm of the past is that it is the past." - Oscar Wilde