Sheltering from the Smoke

Air quality is still pretty bad, and while I did go out and get a take-out breakfast from the Wigwam and later ran a short errand, I was masked up the entire time I was outdoors. (And I would have been even without a pandemic; breathing all of that wood smoke is no joke.) The rest of the time I've been staying indoors near the air conditioner and not doing a whole lot. But that doesn't mean I can't enjoy myself, with some help from a souvenir of a SMOFCon 15 years ago.

( Mugging it Up )

There is an A&W in the Mizpah Hotel complex, but they don't have a sugar-free ice cream; otherwise I'd have gotten root beer floats there in one of their large mugs, as I think their draft root beer is one of the best sugar-free root beers I've ever had. I do, however, expect to have a lot of lunches at A&W during Westercon 74, as it's conveniently close to the convention center. Indeed, if you attend any of the convention programming in the "ballroom" (the largest available function room), you'll be right on top of the A&W, as the ballroom is located over it in the Mizpah Club building.