Current mood:	hurried
Entry tags:	browncoat saloon

Take Me Where I Cannot Stand
Although I haven't mentioned it lately, work on the browncoatsaloon has been proceeding...and it's yet another reason why I haven't been posting much.

Having said that, it's a very worthwhile reason. :)

Since the Browncoat Saloon is just about to make its debut here in Winnipeg, this seemed like the right time for some more details, even if I have to provide them in the middle of the night.

Many of the usual suspects have been involved with this project--chavvah and her Tamed Mechanic, casanovacoconut and dontmentionlove, imperfectmedium, and of course, xandersgirl, who originated the concept.

One of the more important steps we all took in making this happen was taking a weekend trip at the end of April to the area near Piney (a town in southeastern Manitoba) where imperfectmedium's parents live. Their home is not so much a log cabin as a log mansion, and they (thankfully) had all the materials and equipment we needed to build our set pieces. If you're curious, the LiveJournal community has a public post with pictures from that weekend...

Beyond that, the past few weeks have entailed a lot of shopping for necessary consuite items...plenty of thrifting, visits to Chinatown, and many a stop in seemingly random stores here and there to pick up this and that. It would probably seem disconnected to an outsider, but I have to say that the sum total of our efforts is an excellent mix of Eastern and Western elements that will serve the Saloon well.

I did insist on a couple of Eastern elements I hadn't originally anticipated. Rewatching Firefly left me with the impression that we should really have a Buddha statue for the Eastern/Companion half of the suite, so I managed to track down a relatively inexpensive one. Before that, though, my main shopping trip to Chinatown with xandersgirl and dontmentionlove led to my grabbing some spirit money...which seemed all the more appropriate as decor because it is made from Joss paper. ;)

(I am aware of the cultural overtones of spirit money, if anyone reading this is worried, and anyone reading this who isn't aware of them is encouraged to read up on the basics. I do plan to tell people not to take the money as a souvenir, since keeping it is generally associated with a death wish...)

I know that some of you who are in Winnipeg are already planning to go to Keycon...but if not, I would encourage you to check it out. Actually, I'd encourage you to check out the Browncoat Saloon, which necessitates going to the con, though the con itself often leaves much to be desired. :/

There'll be food, drinks, music (including a sing-along, complete with a book of lyrics :)), prizes to be won, games to be played (darts, poker, Red Dead Revolver, and more), screenings to be watched (Firefly and Serenity, as you'd expect, but also the fan-made documentary Done the Impossible and even the fan film Mosquito, thanks to its producers :)), fun to be had, and some of the prettiest Browncoats you'll ever meet. ;)

The LiveJournal community linked above is probably your best source for ongoing information about all this, but you can also keep checking out the Browncoat Saloon on MySpace...

This weekend will be the first appearance of the Saloon, but somehow, I get the feeling it won't be the last. ;)

On that note, I really need to get back to work...