Pictures taken during August 2019

What's this all about, Davieau?

This is a fancy water heater

Gotta wet the filter

Expensive and loud grinder

The moment Davieau realized there are almost no coffee beans

Starting the pour

"Look at that bloom"

Drip drip drip

Checking out more beans

Coffee is fun

The coffee was pretty good!

Oh boy, are we really doing this? Visiting the BCC will be fun

Hey they have the same registration booths as Otakon

Registration was in the old Video 1!

Hey they use the same printer we use too!

Got my badge

Vic and I ensure we can never deny this later after we regret it. Also, am I a jerk for wearing an Otakon jersey to another con?

The BronyCon program guide cover

Checking out the schedule

Our first plushie sighting

Oh! Well... that escalated quickly

The old VAT! It's where the attendees dropped off their little kids, so we weren't allowed in

Vic discovered an ARG (alternative reality game) in the program guide

It's a secret QR code!

Amanda is clearly thrilled by the ARG

These people were stealing chairs to set up a video game station in the hallway

Vic had to get away from this projector setup ASAP

"Stabletop Games"... I get it

Baltimare!

Don't mess with this pony

We found their radio gear

Holy crap, that is quite a line. And we don't get to skip it like usual

Fluttershy has a snack

Uhhhh. Uhhhh. Uhhhhhhhh.

More plushies

More giant plushies

Generic Name

The line was so long we had to go outside in the heat. The line control people were pretty ineffective

Do people come to a con like this looking for old yo-yos?

I did not get this sign's permission

I did ask permission to take a photo of this funny sign

Oh my god, did they ever. It was.. really really weird and sort of upsetting. Especially with the kids around

This Boba Fett walked up to Amanda and just pointed to the wanted poster with Pinkie Pie on it

Vic is in his element

Wandering the dealer's room

Sweetie Bot

I got my own plushie to blend in. Trixie rides in style

Vic continues to work on the game

Is this maze part of the game?

So many extra ears

This person has a uh.... friend?

It's Lauren Faust! She created the 4th generation of MLP

Also Bonnie Zacherle, the creator of the original MLP

Our seats for the panel

Trixie's hat stayed in the bag

Bonnie seems thrilled to be involved here

There's weird fake code flying by on the screens

And weird symbols on the ceiling! Is this also part of the ARG

Lauren Faust was pretty cool

Time for Q&A

It was tough to get clear photos from our seats since we were pretty far

This guy...... Yeah.

So many lights

The tech booth is pretty cool in here

Tech ponies?

Well, hello Princess

Oh this project is still going?

What the hell is up with that bottom-right one?

Flim and Flam had quite a show going out in the lobby

What's wrong, Flam?

So many weird nerds

Uhhhhhhhh. When Bronies and Furries collide?

Michelle Creber (Applebloom) and Kathy Sullivan (Spike)

Andrea Libman (Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie) was late

It was super weird hearing the characters' voices come out of just normal people

What the hell is this dolphin thing

Cadance is making friends in the lobby

We found Omar!

More random crowd shots

Do not make direct eye contact with Princess Cadance

This is where that train fell into the subway. Welcome to Baltimore

Spiffy dress

These people were asking for trouble

I checked out the PMV contest just to see how it worked. All the winners were just chosen by the judges, who prattled on about why they chose them. It seemed a lot more about the judges than it needed to be. Also there was a light directly on the screen.

Elevated tech booth

Look at this giant cable just running through the seats!

Fancy board

The PMV room

Haha, they used VLC and just left the default "show the filename" thing on

Get out of here, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

What the hell is this bizarre parade of furries???

Why are there so many furries?? Where are they coming from?? Where are they going??

Vic bought an AR poster. You can look at it on your phone and it gets 3D. I don't get it. Amanda's holding it up so Vic can demonstrate

This picture of Vic exists

This time we got closer seats. Hi Lauren Faust!

Those ceilings are so familiar

Listening to Faust

These people were cosplaying as the "how much I want to talk to people" cards we get with our badges

I didn't get a good photo of this guy but he was wearing the SpaceX spacesuit!

We were running out of stuff to do so we wandered into some sort of cosplay contest

All the contestants lined up. What the hell is that blue thing on the right?

Princess Celestia closes out the con. Well, for us, at least.

Nice sunrise on the way to the airport

Becky tries out my iPad

Monte! Nick and Becky's dog

Are you supposed to be on the couch?

Nick and Becky's sweet basement setup

Pizzaaaaa

Game time!

Both these facial expressions capture a lot about the situation

Who's ready to get breakfast?

Dad's ready to shop

What is this thing?

Scientists have yet to agree

Dad is amazed at all the options

Hey that's where I bought this camera!

Nice face, Dad

Dad was flummoxed by the Rubik's Cube. Not solving it, just why anyone would want to in the first place

He gave it a shot though

Is Monte being a good boy, Becky?

Monte and Becky

Little me and Becky with Dad. I think Becky is a magical firefighter

Monte!

Yes, I'm taking pictures, Becky

Becky's having fun

I love the photo genre of "Becky making weird faces at pets"

Nick also likes Monte

What is this weird toy

So many dog toys!

You want the toy??

Becky considers Monte

Mom came by to visit too!

Monte gets to work

Hey Monte, your ear is.. never mind

These stairs are really weird

Time to go for a dog walk!

Celeb Becky's paparazzi photo

The shuttle to the airport

Doing Challenger research at the airport

Window seat!

Airplanes are loud. But not as loud as I thought!

Shuttle to the parking lot. Time to drive home!

Just look natural!

Pavona points

Natural workers

This is natural working

Ax has arrived and brought the purple

Alex at work

Creeping on Scott

Change your default wallpaper, Scott

Petusky immediately was just like "you want me to look like I'm working or at the camera or what"

Alex also has the default wallpaper!

Mitra will be horrified if she ever notices that this photo is featured at the top of the "careers" page

Hi Mitra!

Mitra loves photos. No not really

Time to debug!

This is the last time we will ever go to this Buffalo Wild Wings. There's bad service and then there's this

Elliot can't even believe it

It took forever and literally 100% of our orders were wrong

Tom's got some Coke!

Debugging continues

Hi Davieau

Tom inspects the screen

Alex didn't make the website

Ian looks so suspicious

Nate thinks about being on the website

Hi Ian

I printed this photo of Davieau and put it on Ian's wall

Pavona and Tom arm wrestling contest! I should've bet on Pavona

The moment Tom realized he was in trouble

Just don't break any bones

Justin's ready for lunch

It was so hot

Never ever ever let Davieau choose the music

Justin shows off Meridian

Get back to work!

Geoff and Mike try to look natural

Geoff sort of got it, haha

Picking over DroneSwam stuff

Justin sets up the propellers

Don't touch them, Josh!

Mike's got the payload

Scary blades

Cubesat!

Setting up the scary drone

Scott and his baby

Deploy landing legs!

The DroneSwarm payload

Weird LED cube thing

Oh ho, a new drone

I only included this photo cause Davieau's making a dumb face

Just berating people while eating snacks

Justin lifts the drone

What's in the case?

Hey Jeff's here!

I caught Josh and Geoff mid-meeting. "...thanks JP"

Bob's cool models

I think this is HR land

Mysterious hardware at Davieau's desk

Why is your desk so weird?

Why is this on the floor?