>Do you mind me asking why you would go to a conference just to hang out in the lobby ?

Gary and I did that at WhilFest in 2002. We had started a new company at the beginning of the year and switched from VFP to .NET development. So, there was no reason to attend the conference sessions, but we'd been going to VFP conferences for so long that, like Craig, we wanted meet up with old friends ... and that was the only reason we went and hung out at the hotel.

~~Bonnie