K was supposed to have Friday off, and I was hoping to get out early.
Then K had to take the car in on Thursday. Fortunately, our rental for the weekend was huge and had great cargo space.
On the downside, K had to go into work for a few hours Friday morning, and two of my folks were on vacation so my "early" was 5:30. We got there and moved in, though. Well, K got there and moved in, and I met him in time for dinner with
We changed into Japanese, and spent the rest of the evening at parties. We were landlords for

Saturday morning we got up at 7:30 for breakfast (joined by

We got back, each did a panel, and decorated the room. It came together. We had sushi again with J, and opened the party around 9:30. Ran until a little after 2:00. Went through a case of champagne, almost a bottle of chipotle vodka, and almost a bottle of Nassau (something) that Merv and Judith brought the previous night. That's not counting the wine that J brought and poured.
Slept in on Sunday morning, not that it did much good. Had a late breakfast.
All in all, I saw very little of the convention.
So the lessons are: It doesn't matter that Silicon is smaller. Take off Friday and move in Thursday night. Maybe stay over Sunday night. Don't try to cram everything in to barely two days.