that I'll show up at this next Journalcon. Do I really need a hotel room? I was thinking I could sleep in my car. What's a good street to park on for this sort of thing? I don't mind having to walk a few miles to the venue if there's a choice location for car sleeping.

-- Anonymous, January 20, 2002

Answers

I think parking in San Francisco may be more expensive than a JournalCon hotel room!

-- Anonymous, January 21, 2002

(I'm exaggerating. I never drive in the city and I live in a place where you can park for free almost anywhere, so SF parking fees scare me.)

-- Anonymous, January 21, 2002

Oh, there are plenty of people here who live in their cars--you just have to snag one of the free parking spaces along Lincoln, and you're all set.

-- Anonymous, January 21, 2002

The cheapest way to stay in SF (and what I did when I was there over Christmas) is to stay at someone's house (and not pay them anything). Getting to know someone well enough to stay at their house can take time, so you better get started now. Maybe engage a local in a long distance relationship?

-- Anonymous, January 22, 2002

Enagage a local in a long distance relationship to avoid the high motel/street sleeping costs. The ol' "I'll love you as long as I can defer the pecuniary downside of travel lodging." Why didn't I think of that? What the hell is bathtubgirl's number?

-- Anonymous, January 22, 2002

What? We have to rent hotel rooms? I thought we were all staying with Jen!

-- Anonymous, January 22, 2002

I also need to know the minimum acceptable dress code for any place we might wander into. I dress like a fashion victim these days, and might as well plan on knowing up front what I might be expected to wear. (why there's no sense going some place if I know up front they won't let me in)

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2002

Not to worry pal, in San Francisco I'm pretty sure any fashion faux pau can be erased by the public exposure or naked dangling of some ringed, studded or pierced body part whose mere mention flushes the faces of most midwestern houswives. It's true. I read it in a magazine.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2002

There is only one fashion rule in San Francisco: don't wear shorts. It's never really warm enough here for shorts, and everyone will know you're a tourist.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2002