The 2nd Semi-annual Utah Thiefcon: A report in pictures!

[magicsandwiches.livejournal.com]

.


First things first: The Mediterranean buffet. And this was before all the food showed up.



Rosemary and olive oil bread, goat cheese spread, artichoke heart and sundried tomato pizza, assorted olives, homemade rolls, fresh herbs and sea salt to garnish, insalata caprese (with and without the balsamic vinegar), spinach philo wraps, Greek currant cake, Greek honey and nut cake, a Chex Mix Hamiathes's Gift (HAR HAR), baked brie, assorted cooked vegetables, vegetable and feta salad, caramelized apple tart with aniseed, and rosaleeluann's delicious rhubarb pie (I didn't get a picture of it, but I got two pieces of it even though I was full to my eye-lids)!



A close-up of the Chex Mix Hamiathes's Gift. What the...?! So hilarious.



Here, my neighbor in the tie-dyed pink shirt (you know the one who called me sobbing her eyes out?) explains how to make the Gift out of polymer clay, black sand, and the most acceptable blue stones she could find online. There were twelve of us, including a * gasp * guy who took the very longest to make his Gift because he wanted it to be perfect. I still haven't seen the finished product.


Me doing my flutter-clap because I'm SO EXCITED.



Nothing says hearth and home quite like a freshly baked batch of Hamiathes's Gifts right out of the oven!



Okay, not a great picture, but you get the idea. The Gifts ranged from “As authentic as possible from the description without having an actual visual to work from” to “Hey, that looks just like the one on the cover...except smaller” to “Oooh...sparkly!”




The whole Thiefcon/bookgroup crowd minus three people (the_bon was taking a picture). We were doing a read aloud en mass. I think that guy in the red shirt just got to the chop part.



My first apple tart of the day. It was supposed to broil for just two minutes to finalize the caramelization, but I got a phone call from my cousin during the two minutes. She said she was coming and bringing a friend and they were super excited and then I got excited and pretty soon there was smoke coming from the oven and...yeah. So I made another one because, darn it, Thiefcon is worth it!




It was great to mix my bookgroup buddies, family member fans, and my Sounis buddies for another FIVE SHORT HOURS of all things Queen's Thief. in_my_niteshirt and rosaleeluann and shaylee_ann, you guys totally "brought it"! I had so much fun, I didn't want it to end. Luckily for me...

See y'all next March for the third semi-annual Utah Thiefcon!

Comments

[opheliastorn.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, so much envy!

[annikah.livejournal.com]

That looks so much fun! And the food! And making the Gifts! :D

[crazededdisian.livejournal.com]

Waa! I is so jealous! Glad you had fun!

[readsintrees.livejournal.com]

*JEALOUS*

[zumie-ashlen.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD, NUMMY LOOKING FOOD. *drools*

And the gifts all look really authentic! Fantastic job, everyone who did one! :D

[kulai-raito.livejournal.com]

thee foood loooks delicious!! Every one had the gift for a souvenir nice nice. There's going to be a 3rd oneee, soo envious. Thanks for the report!

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD, HOW AM I GOING TO GET OUT TO UTAH FOR NEXT MARCH. oh wait, except here I'm closer to Ohio, nm.

Seriously, though, way to rock the Thiefcon experience! I'm esp. jealous of those Gifts. *wants one*

[rosaleeluann.livejournal.com]

So much fun :D We had quite the adventure getting there, might I add. My phone was out of battery and I couldn't find the chord, so I was calling Shaylee_ann from everyone ELSE'S phone, in_my_niteshirt got a flat tire (though fortunately tires are much more easily replaced than hands) and Shaylee_ann got stuck in traffic.

Quite an adventure. But we made it!

[newbia.livejournal.com]

This looks so fun -- and the food looks awesome! :D

[loquaciousquark.livejournal.com]

GASP

THIS LOOKS

SO AWESOME

Seriously, it looks like a great turnout and an AMAZING spread; that apple tart's got me salivating, seriously

[shimotsuki.livejournal.com]

Looks like fantastic food and a wonderful time!

Also -- how nice that you were able to bring together sounis folks and your local reading group.

[philia-fan.livejournal.com]

Youse guys rock!

[inkasrain.livejournal.com]

Wow this looks like it was a total blast!

[rosaleeluann.livejournal.com]

Thats EXACTLY what it was XD

[styromgalleries.livejournal.com]

Wow! I'm so jealous! Looks like you had a ton of fun.

*wishes there were a Southeastern U.S. Thief-Con in the works*

[shaylee-ann.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah. Quite the adventure. I almost forgot about that...
It was so worth it!!!!!!!

[allthingevil123.livejournal.com]

:O No fair, we need to organise another, larger UK thiefcon.

Looks like you all had fun :) Great idea making Hamiathes gift and the food looks yummy ^^

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Heyyyy, I'm in the SE, too!

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Oh, what fun! I'll bet Megan wishes she really *had* been there. What yummy-looking food.

[katewaits.livejournal.com]

Wow! That looks so fun. The food ... people don't really make food like that do they? Thanks for the photo report. Love the "gifts". :D

[magicsandwiches.livejournal.com]

Heh heh! Someone noticed! :D

Love the Dairy Queen books so much. Counting down the days until Front and Center comes out (but if I could please skip to March 2010 right now, I would appreciated it).

[magicsandwiches.livejournal.com]

*nods head vigorously*

[magicsandwiches.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it was fun to mix the groups. Sigh. It was so awesome!

[magicsandwiches.livejournal.com]

I was very pleased with the turnout!

[magicsandwiches.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I can't believe the hoops you guys had to jump through to get here! Crazy!