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| Sheila's Southern Comfort Conference Selfie |
I prefer the new venue in the Fort Lauderdale area. A logical reason for this is that since I live in Tampa, the drive is about half the drive time and much less stressful than driving north to Atlanta. The resort hotel and spa was originally a Grand Hyatt which is, I believe, the highest level of Hyatt hotels. So, it was quite nice. In fact, my room had a bidet as well as a toilet. When I first saw it, I was pretty sure it was not a drinking fountain.I had never actually seen one in person before. Although I did not use it, I did check out a couple of YouTube videos on how to use it.
The main building is quite large, although just one story tall. It has all of the restaurants, lounges, meeting rooms, banquet halls, the business center with desktop computers and printers, and other convention facilities. As you might guess, bring a Grand Hyatt, everything is very, very nice. There are two swimming pools. One is the main swimming pool and the other is a private swimming pool just for spa members. Apparently, the property is adjacent to a golf course. There are approximately eight or nine four-story buildings that contain all of the guestrooms. The rooms and suites are large and gorgeous.
The hotel property is approximately 10 to 15 miles west of Fort Lauderdale proper. It's close to the largest outlet mall in the United States. I did not go to the mall; it's name is Sawgrass Mills.
Jazz Jennings, a 15 year-old transgirl was there with her parents and older twin brothers. They are featured in the TLC television series "I am Jazz." She is adorable, gorgeous, and mature beyond her years. Her family is fantastic and supremely supportive.
Jazz spoke at one of the banquet meals. She sold 50 copies of her book (intended to teach children and teens about transgender people). They sold for a very reasonable $15 and she autographed each book and also took photos with each buyer. All proceeds from the sale of the book go towards Jazz's foundation to help transgender children.
The attendance was higher than last year's SCC in Atlanta. I don't know what the numbers are, though. A totally uninformed estimate on my part is somewhere between 600 and 800 attendees (at least for Friday and Saturday).
All in all, this year's SCC was excellent! I had a marvelous time. It was lovely being a woman full-time for three days.
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Don't forget, as Halloween approaches, show us what you wore for our favorite holiday recently. Send me your costume photo and I will feature it in the Femulator slot below.
Meanwhile, have a great weekend.
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| New York City street style, Fall 2015 |
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| Andee's showgirl 2002 Halloween costume |
Dear Stana,
ReplyDeleteThank You for posting my impressions of this year's Southern Comfort Conference (SCC). The LBD (Little Black Dress) I'm wearing in the photo is the oldest dress I wore at SCC. It's 10 years old. I have 3 other newer LBDs. It was fun returning to wearing this "old" LBD. On another evening during the conference, I wore my newest LBD.
Love,
Sheila.
Wow,
ReplyDeleteYou have come to the same conclusion I did 20 years ago. I, when I was unsure as I was then, I went to the many "Trannie Dos". They were, looking back, awful! I didn't think that then of course, well I did but couldn't quite handle it, the rows of men sitting with there legs apart, but they were only events available and I went to them.
Today, as a 71 year old seasoned Trannie, I get out as publicly as often as I can, dressed to the nines as only I can, furs, leather, retro, retro but always really stylish, gone for ever, apart from if you glimpse me oot 'n aboot,
You done the right thing,
love, Caro.