Otakon begins

I got checked in last night at my hotel and already the Holiday Inn kicked the crap out of the Radisson. I'll just say the Holiday Inn is better than the Radisson in a LOT of ways and leave it at that. Thursday night pre-reg badge pickup was super painless this year. Ate dinner at the Pratt Street Ale House last night to the music of a street drummer using buckets to drum on. He was actually REALLY good. He was a machine, at some points drumming for hours with no stop. I'll add video and pictures after con.