Hi Laura. Speaking as one of those who got to sit with JM at the banquet (my roomie was the one who won the raffle and she brought me along) I must say that the atmosphere at his table was completely different from what I later found out was going on in the rest of the room. For us it was very comfortable. James didn't seem anxious to leave at all. He was so sweet and genuine it was just... well, words fail me. When it was time for him to do the rounds of the tables we all got up and he just spontaneously started hugging everyone at the table and told us all how nice it had been to have us there. *sigh*

My full con report should be up sometime in the next couple of days.

PS I'm glad we got to spend a bit of time (with Liz) chatting Sunday night/Monday morning!

Jade