I was thinking about it, but I'd like to know where people are planning on staying. The Howard Johnson and Radisson are the closest ones, but they aren't the cheapest.

I know people really like the Doublewood, and I personally have had good experience with the Holiday Inn, but they're sort of across town...although, there's a whole bunch of hotels in various price ranges in that area.

But yeah, if people let me know what they want to do (i.e. where they want to go), I'll consider reserving a block. I have to get a place for Megha and Carolena anyway.

Let's see:

The Radisson down by the workshop is pretty nice. The rooms aren't that bad (starting around $70/night), but the restaurant there is pricey. On the other hand, the food is *really* good. Also, I'll be picking up Carolena and Meg (since I'm probably going to put them up there), so I'd have room for 1 or 2 more people.

The problem with downtown is that the food choices aren't exactly "fast food"...most of them are sit down places. Aladdin's Cafe and Cynthia's deli would be good choices for lunch, though.

The doublewood is a favorite, which is down by the mall, and there are several other hotels in that area (everything from Motel 6 to the Ramada Inn, which is probably right up there with the Radisson). Other chains are Holiday Inn, AmericInn, Super 8. I was hoping I could convince LeAnn to pick up a few people, or if people carpool from there, it would make it easiest. There are TONS of food places there.

To get from there to the workshop from those hotels, you can either find I-29 (which is pretty easy) and take it north to Main Ave. Follow Main East until 11th St., turn south, and it's one block away.

The other way is to follow 13th Ave (which is also very easy), follow that to 10th St., go north on 10th St. until 2nd Ave. S. Turn left on 2nd, and it's one block away.

Either route unfortunately has a lot of stoplights, which is why getting across Fargo takes way longer than it should. :-) However, neither route is very complicated.

There are buses and cabs, but living all the way across town and having kids, I don't use them that often. Usually carpool is the easiest way to get around.

To get to the workshop info:
myweb.cableone.net/mreich/awdc/tpfi.html

(Apparently the amberwavesbellydance.com isn't working so well. I apologize for that.)

Okay...I hope that answers the major questions.