We are going to post many more things about BSI Weekend 2013, we promise, but first—we’ll kick off an account of the festivities the way the Weekend always begins, with the annual welcome dinner hosted by the Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes!
Before the BSI began investing women into its company in 1991, ASH provided Sherlockian revelries for all regardless of gender, age, or experience. Two of our number (Melinda and Lyndsay) are invested members of ASH (“Less Frontal Development Than I Should Have Expected” and “The Fascinating Daughter of a California Millionaire,” respectively). But the ladies (and gentlemen!) of ASH are so very warm and welcoming that any newcomer will feel wonderfully at ease attending their monthly midtown Manhattan whiskey dinners, which are open to all and pay what you order. For much more ASH history and information about how to join us, here is our podcast episode featuring longtime (and newly married!) ASH couple Susan Rice and T. Michelle Fromkin.
So many groups we love seeing had already arrived in NYC when the ASH Dinner commenced at O’Casey’s Irish pub that we were treated to a veritable Sherlockian Who’s Who. The Sherlock Holmes Society of London were in evidence, as were our dear friends from the Bootmakers of Toronto, and the usual crowd of ASH and Baker Street Irregulars. There’s no program at the ASH Dinner—just hobnob and palaver and general geeky giddiness at the prospect of the whole weekend stretching out before us like a gorgeous Sherlockian vista. Matt Laffey of http://always1895.net was in evidence as well as many more of our friends from local get-togethers, including Becky Robare (who organized one hell of a Gaslight Gala this year) and SherlockNYC. It was a total hug fest, with a great deal of bourbon, and a merry time was had by all.
The ASH Dinner was notable for us this year because it set an initial record (soon to be beaten, of course, following Melinda joining our crew) of Baker Street Babes occupying the same room at once. And so here are Kafers, Taylor, Curly, Ardy and Lyndsay, all breathing the same air, from left to right. (Photographs courtesy of the beautiful Kathryn White.)
Special hugs and love and thanks from all the beautiful people the Babes got to interact with during the BSI Weekend. We will post more in depth later, but in the meantime are exhausted and delighted and sipping Baker Street Babes blend tea and couldn’t be luckier to be around such amazing people. Having been gifted (literally) a giant carrot for our efforts this weekend (check @BakerStBabes or @always1895 on Twitter for pictures of this sacred root vegetable with the fandom), we would like to close this Sunday evening by saying:
THANK YOU.
(credit to MarieLikestoDraw for #ThankYouCarrot art)
bakerstreetbabes:
So SherlockNYC is hosting their own Sherlock Series 2 screening on November 17th, and we thought it’d be glorious to have one the same day by across the pond! With being in London, we do have the advantage of having some guests!
We have Michael Price, the composer for Sherlock and Joe Lidster, the man behind the Sherlock blogs confirmed to attend. We’re still sending out enquiries and waiting to hear back from others. We’ll update as we know more of course.
The preliminary schedule is to have doors open at 10AM with BELG starting at 11. Small break and then HOUND, lunch, then a Q&A with Sherlock Creatives, and then finally FALL, ending at 8PM.
The thing is… we need to prove to some people that there is enough interest to warrant them helping us financially to get this sorted! So what we need from you is to answer this poll HONESTLY. There are 285 seats at The Prince Charles Cinema (by Leicester Square), whom we’ve spoken with and plan to have the screening at.
So PLEASE vote in this poll [HERE], just so we have concrete numbers to show. Naturally you can reblog saying yes, etc, but please also vote!
Thank you!
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So to some questions which will undoubtedly be asked!
Why £30? This is to pay for the cinema hire and the license fee to get the rights to show Sherlock. For a full day of Sherlock, Q&A, and some goodies, it’ll be worth it, we promise! The £40 VIP will be to further this and for decorations, supplies, and gift bags for attendees. In addition by purchasing one of the VIP tickets, you’ll be in one of the first three rows and get first go at autographs, as a thank you.
Where is this? London! The Prince Charles Cinema is right in Leicester Square. Centrally located and everything. It’s a FANTASTIC venue. There’s a bar downstairs just outside of the cinema. The people there are fantastic and we can make it really special.
WILL BENEDICT BE THERE?!?!11/??! He’s not available. But we’ve asked all involved so hopefully we’ll get at least one of the cast members, though who we’ve got already is still epic!
So you’re doing a live podcast? Yes! The Q&A will be recorded and put online with our other episodes. Audience members will get to ask questions, huzzah!
Will it be filmed? Possibly. It’s something we can look into.
Have any other questions? Please ask. We want this to happen, but we need people to come!
Xx
The Babes
(via bakerstreetbabes)
bakerstreetbabes:
So SherlockNYC is hosting their own Sherlock Series 2 screening on November 17th, and we thought it’d be glorious to have one the same day by across the pond! With being in London, we do have the advantage of having some guests!
We have Michael Price, the composer for Sherlock and Joe Lidster, the man behind the Sherlock blogs confirmed to attend. We’re still sending out enquiries and waiting to hear back from others. We’ll update as we know more of course.
The preliminary schedule is to have doors open at 10AM with BELG starting at 11. Small break and then HOUND, lunch, then a Q&A with Sherlock Creatives, and then finally FALL, ending at 8PM.
The thing is… we need to prove to some people that there is enough interest to warrant them helping us financially to get this sorted! So what we need from you is to answer this poll HONESTLY. There are 285 seats at The Prince Charles Cinema (by Leicester Square), whom we’ve spoken with and plan to have the screening at.
So PLEASE vote in this poll [HERE], just so we have concrete numbers to show. Naturally you can reblog saying yes, etc, but please also vote!
Thank you!
——
So to some questions which will undoubtedly be asked!
Why £30? This is to pay for the cinema hire and the license fee to get the rights to show Sherlock. For a full day of Sherlock, Q&A, and some goodies, it’ll be worth it, we promise! The £40 VIP will be to further this and for decorations, supplies, and gift bags for attendees. In addition by purchasing one of the VIP tickets, you’ll be in one of the first three rows and get first go at autographs, as a thank you.
Where is this? London! The Prince Charles Cinema is right in Leicester Square. Centrally located and everything. It’s a FANTASTIC venue. There’s a bar downstairs just outside of the cinema. The people there are fantastic and we can make it really special.
WILL BENEDICT BE THERE?!?!11/??! He’s not available. But we’ve asked all involved so hopefully we’ll get at least one of the cast members, though who we’ve got already is still epic!
So you’re doing a live podcast? Yes! The Q&A will be recorded and put online with our other episodes. Audience members will get to ask questions, huzzah!
Will it be filmed? Possibly. It’s something we can look into.
Have any other questions? Please ask. We want this to happen, but we need people to come!
Xx
The Babes
bakerstreetbabes:
So SherlockNYC is hosting their own Sherlock Series 2 screening on November 17th, and we thought it’d be glorious to have one the same day by across the pond! With being in London, we do have the advantage of having some guests!
We have Michael Price, the composer for Sherlock and Joe Lidster, the man behind the Sherlock blogs confirmed to attend. We’re still sending out enquiries and waiting to hear back from others. We’ll update as we know more of course.
The preliminary schedule is to have doors open at 10AM with BELG starting at 11. Small break and then HOUND, lunch, then a Q&A with Sherlock Creatives, and then finally FALL, ending at 8PM.
The thing is… we need to prove to some people that there is enough interest to warrant them helping us financially to get this sorted! So what we need from you is to answer this poll HONESTLY. There are 285 seats at The Prince Charles Cinema (by Leicester Square), whom we’ve spoken with and plan to have the screening at.
So PLEASE vote in this poll [HERE], just so we have concrete numbers to show. Naturally you can reblog saying yes, etc, but please also vote!
Thank you!
——
So to some questions which will undoubtedly be asked!
Why £30? This is to pay for the cinema hire and the license fee to get the rights to show Sherlock. For a full day of Sherlock, Q&A, and some goodies, it’ll be worth it, we promise! The £40 VIP will be to further this and for decorations, supplies, and gift bags for attendees. In addition by purchasing one of the VIP tickets, you’ll be in one of the first three rows and get first go at autographs, as a thank you.
Where is this? London! The Prince Charles Cinema is right in Leicester Square. Centrally located and everything. It’s a FANTASTIC venue. There’s a bar downstairs just outside of the cinema. The people there are fantastic and we can make it really special.
WILL BENEDICT BE THERE?!?!11/??! He’s not available. But we’ve asked all involved so hopefully we’ll get at least one of the cast members, though who we’ve got already is still epic!
So you’re doing a live podcast? Yes! The Q&A will be recorded and put online with our other episodes. Audience members will get to ask questions, huzzah!
Will it be filmed? Possibly. It’s something we can look into.
Have any other questions? Please ask. We want this to happen, but we need people to come!
Xx
The Babes
(via bakerstreetbabes)
bakerstreetbabes:
So SherlockNYC is hosting their own Sherlock Series 2 screening on November 17th, and we thought it’d be glorious to have one the same day by across the pond! With being in London, we do have the advantage of having some guests!
We have Michael Price, the composer for Sherlock and Joe Lidster, the man behind the Sherlock blogs confirmed to attend. We’re still sending out enquiries and waiting to hear back from others. We’ll update as we know more of course.
The preliminary schedule is to have doors open at 10AM with BELG starting at 11. Small break and then HOUND, lunch, then a Q&A with Sherlock Creatives, and then finally FALL, ending at 8PM.
The thing is… we need to prove to some people that there is enough interest to warrant them helping us financially to get this sorted! So what we need from you is to answer this poll HONESTLY. There are 285 seats at The Prince Charles Cinema (by Leicester Square), whom we’ve spoken with and plan to have the screening at.
So PLEASE vote in this poll [HERE], just so we have concrete numbers to show. Naturally you can reblog saying yes, etc, but please also vote!
Thank you!
——
So to some questions which will undoubtedly be asked!
Why £30? This is to pay for the cinema hire and the license fee to get the rights to show Sherlock. For a full day of Sherlock, Q&A, and some goodies, it’ll be worth it, we promise! The £40 VIP will be to further this and for decorations, supplies, and gift bags for attendees. In addition by purchasing one of the VIP tickets, you’ll be in one of the first three rows and get first go at autographs, as a thank you.
Where is this? London! The Prince Charles Cinema is right in Leicester Square. Centrally located and everything. It’s a FANTASTIC venue. There’s a bar downstairs just outside of the cinema. The people there are fantastic and we can make it really special.
WILL BENEDICT BE THERE?!?!11/??! He’s not available. But we’ve asked all involved so hopefully we’ll get at least one of the cast members, though who we’ve got already is still epic!
So you’re doing a live podcast? Yes! The Q&A will be recorded and put online with our other episodes. Audience members will get to ask questions, huzzah!
Will it be filmed? Possibly. It’s something we can look into.
Have any other questions? Please ask. We want this to happen, but we need people to come!
Xx
The Babes
bakerstreetbabes:
So SherlockNYC is hosting their own Sherlock Series 2 screening on November 17th, and we thought it’d be glorious to have one the same day by across the pond! With being in London, we do have the advantage of having some guests!
We have Michael Price, the composer for Sherlock and Joe Lidster, the man behind the Sherlock blogs confirmed to attend. We’re still sending out enquiries and waiting to hear back from others. We’ll update as we know more of course.
The preliminary schedule is to have doors open at 10AM with BELG starting at 11. Small break and then HOUND, lunch, then a Q&A with Sherlock Creatives, and then finally FALL, ending at 8PM.
The thing is… we need to prove to some people that there is enough interest to warrant them helping us financially to get this sorted! So what we need from you is to answer this poll HONESTLY. There are 285 seats at The Prince Charles Cinema (by Leicester Square), whom we’ve spoken with and plan to have the screening at.
So PLEASE vote in this poll [HERE], just so we have concrete numbers to show. Naturally you can reblog saying yes, etc, but please also vote!
Thank you!
——
So to some questions which will undoubtedly be asked!
Why £30? This is to pay for the cinema hire and the license fee to get the rights to show Sherlock. For a full day of Sherlock, Q&A, and some goodies, it’ll be worth it, we promise! The £40 VIP will be to further this and for decorations, supplies, and gift bags for attendees. In addition by purchasing one of the VIP tickets, you’ll be in one of the first three rows and get first go at autographs, as a thank you.
Where is this? London! The Prince Charles Cinema is right in Leicester Square. Centrally located and everything. It’s a FANTASTIC venue. There’s a bar downstairs just outside of the cinema. The people there are fantastic and we can make it really special.
WILL BENEDICT BE THERE?!?!11/??! He’s not available. But we’ve asked all involved so hopefully we’ll get at least one of the cast members, though who we’ve got already is still epic!
So you’re doing a live podcast? Yes! The Q&A will be recorded and put online with our other episodes. Audience members will get to ask questions, huzzah!
Will it be filmed? Possibly. It’s something we can look into.
Have any other questions? Please ask. We want this to happen, but we need people to come!
Xx
The Babes
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bakerstreetbabes:
So SherlockNYC is hosting their own Sherlock Series 2 screening on November 17th, and we thought it’d be glorious to have one the same day by across the pond! With being in London, we do have the advantage of having some guests!
We have Michael Price, the composer for Sherlock and Joe Lidster, the man behind the Sherlock blogs confirmed to attend. We’re still sending out enquiries and waiting to hear back from others. We’ll update as we know more of course.
The preliminary schedule is to have doors open at 10AM with BELG starting at 11. Small break and then HOUND, lunch, then a Q&A with Sherlock Creatives, and then finally FALL, ending at 8PM.
The thing is… we need to prove to some people that there is enough interest to warrant them help us financially to get this sorted! So what we need from you is to answer this poll HONESTLY. There are 285 seats at The Prince Charles Cinema (by Leicester Square), whom we’ve spoken with and plan to have the screening at.
So PLEASE vote in this poll [HERE], just so we have concrete numbers to show. Naturally you can reblog saying yes, etc, but please also vote!
Thank you!
——
So to some questions which will undoubtedly be asked!
Why £30? This is to pay for the cinema hire and the license fee to get the rights to show Sherlock. For a full day of Sherlock, Q&A, and some goodies, it’ll be worth it, we promise! The £40 VIP will be to further this and for decorations, supplies, and gift bags for attendees. In addition by purchasing one of the VIP tickets, you’ll be in one of the first three rows and get first go at autographs, as a thank you.
Where is this? London! The Prince Charles Cinema is right in Leicester Square. Centrally located and everything. It’s a FANTASTIC venue. There’s a bar downstairs just outside of the cinema. The people there are fantastic and we can make it really special.
WILL BENEDICT BE THERE?!?!11/??! He’s unavailable. But we’ve asked all involved so hopefully we’ll get at least one of the cast members, though who we’ve got already is still epic!
So you’re doing a live podcast? Yes! The Q&A will be recorded and put online with our other episodes. Audience members will get to ask questions, huzzah!
Will it be filmed? Possibly. It’s something we can look into.
Have any other questions? Please ask. We want this to happen, but we need people to come!
Xx
The Babes
So SherlockNYC is hosting their own Sherlock Series 2 screening on November 17th, and we thought it’d be glorious to have one the same day by across the pond! With being in London, we do have the advantage of having some guests!
We have Michael Price, the composer for Sherlock and Joe Lidster, the man behind the Sherlock blogs confirmed to attend. We’re still sending out enquiries and waiting to hear back from others. We’ll update as we know more of course.
The preliminary schedule is to have doors open at 10AM with BELG starting at 11. Small break and then HOUND, lunch, then a Q&A with Sherlock Creatives, and then finally FALL, ending at 8PM.
The thing is… we need to prove to some people that there is enough interest to warrant them helping us financially to get this sorted! So what we need from you is to answer this poll HONESTLY. There are 285 seats at The Prince Charles Cinema (by Leicester Square), whom we’ve spoken with and plan to have the screening at.
So PLEASE vote in this poll [HERE], just so we have concrete numbers to show. Naturally you can reblog saying yes, etc, but please also vote!
Thank you!
——
So to some questions which will undoubtedly be asked!
Why £30? This is to pay for the cinema hire and the license fee to get the rights to show Sherlock. For a full day of Sherlock, Q&A, and some goodies, it’ll be worth it, we promise! The £40 VIP will be to further this and for decorations, supplies, and gift bags for attendees. In addition by purchasing one of the VIP tickets, you’ll be in one of the first three rows and get first go at autographs, as a thank you.
Where is this? London! The Prince Charles Cinema is right in Leicester Square. Centrally located and everything. It’s a FANTASTIC venue. There’s a bar downstairs just outside of the cinema. The people there are fantastic and we can make it really special.
WILL BENEDICT BE THERE?!?!11/??! He’s not available. But we’ve asked all involved so hopefully we’ll get at least one of the cast members, though who we’ve got already is still epic!
So you’re doing a live podcast? Yes! The Q&A will be recorded and put online with our other episodes. Audience members will get to ask questions, huzzah!
Will it be filmed? Possibly. It’s something we can look into.
Have any other questions? Please ask. We want this to happen, but we need people to come!
Xx
The Babes
sherlocknyc:
GIVEAWAY TIME!
This past weekend, the girls at SherlockNYC were lucky enough to meet the wonderful Henry Zecher at Scintillation of Scions V!
We had a fun discussion about our next meetup at Gillette Castle in Connecticut on Saturday June 23rd. (RSVP HERE ASAP!)
During the discussion, Mr. Zecher was kind enough to donate a SIGNED COPY of his book, William Gillette: America’s Sherlock Holmes, the first full biography on the incredible actor, playwright, stage manger and ultimate Sherlock Holmes fanboy.
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RULES OF GIVEAWAY
1. You must be following us on tumblr
2. You may reblog as many times as you like (LIKES DO NOT COUNT)
3. Giveaway ends at 12:00 AM EST on Friday, June 22nd
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If you can make it to the event on June 23rd, please RSVP ASAP!!
Thanks!
Aubre
The Mod Team
SherlockNYC
