Whew, it's been a while since I updated. Lots of events and trips have come and gone. All in all, it has been a pretty busy summer, even though some of planned summer Trek gatherings did not pan out due to another bout with Covid.
The NJ mineral show was better than last year, but I do hope that it will continue improving. I miss the special exhibits, and I can stand to see less polished, tumbled and otherwise modified rocks. ABBA movie event rocked; my best friend Ken and I had a blast! A nice precursor to what was to come in July. Phoenix Fan Fusion turned out to be a nice, if very hot, convention. I had a wonderful time hanging out with my friends and seeing some of the guests. The two long-planned trips to London in July - one with my sister and one with the said sister and our grandmother - hit all the spots! We got to see quite a few of old favorites, museums and galleries. And we got to visit the Buckingham Palace! Truly amazing, like a fairy tale! It is fortuitous that we had an opportunity to visit various royal places in the year of Queen's Platinum Jubilee. The special exhibits alone were worth the price of admission. Windsor Castle had one dedicated to the Queen's Coronation, and the Buckingham Palace had one dedicated to the Queen's Ascension.
And then, of course, there was the ABBA Voyage concert. Incredible! They advertise it as “a concert like no other”, and it
is 100% patently true! A tremendous show and an
extraordinary technological achievement! On top of that - there was a great
atmosphere, as the audience genuinely felt it and totally
bought into the whole mood! Loved it! I hope we get to see it again some time.
In other news, I have launched a page with the Trek and Trek-related events calendar, which I had run in a form of Facebook posts for more than two years. The return of in-person conventions made such format rather unwieldy, so here it is.
2022:
August 25th - 28th - 56-Year Mission Tour convention (former STLV) in Las Vegas, NV
October 6th - 9th - New York Comic Con
October 23rd - Kate Mulgrew is visiting the Captain Janeway Statue in Bloomington, IN
October 28th - 30th - Chiller Theatre in Parsippany, NJ
November 9th - 12th - CTBUH 2022 International Conference
2023:
February 26th - March 5th - Star Trek: The Cruise VI