With
Scares That Care: AuthorCon VI
coming up next month in Williamsburg, VA, I figured I should make a new,
updated banner for my vendor space in the main ballroom. In a vast area with
several hundred exceptional writers packed in, visibility is paramount, and
while I'll keep using my older banner for the front of the table, I hope a
nice tall one will help pinpoint my location in the room.
The con runs from February 27 to March 1, 2026, at the Doubletree by Hilton Williamsburg. Scares That Care is a
charity that, in its twenty years of existence, has raised and donated nearly a half-million
dollars to organizations and families with a child affected by illness or
burns, and women fighting breast cancer. A substantial percentage of the
proceeds from AuthorCon go directly to the charity.
Yesterday, there was a geocaching event at The Cheesecake Factory in Greensboro, and since we needed to run a few errands down yonder, Ms. B.
and I decided to attend. She tells me that I have been to The Cheesecake
Factory before—a few years ago with friends—but I have no recollection of
this. I suspect that she might have drugged me while she picked up copious
amounts of cheesecake from the place and then, in case I had some vague memory
of the dastardly deed, decided to bamboozle me by insisting I'd been there
myself. I think not. We ate some good, if monstrously overpriced food. The
geocaching company was excellent.
After the event, Ms. B, had some errands to run in town, including a trip to
Costco. And once the necessities were concluded, we hied ourselves over to Cooper's Hawk Restaurant and Tavern to sample their spirits (excellent), and then State Street Wine Company, which, when we lived in Greensboro, was a nearby, always enjoyable venue to
snag a few drinks. It is, of course, considerably farther away now, but
whenever we visit Greensboro, if State Street is open, that's where you'll find Brugger and Rainey.
So, it was a nice outing to our old hometown. I'll be going back next week for
a dentist appointment. Not quite so fun.
