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Well, tomorrow (Friday) evening I am heading towards Louisville and WonderFest. John, the owner of Horrorbles, and I are going, along with another friend. It will be a bit of a whirlwind trip, but hopefully very fun.

WonderFest certainly lives up to its name-- it was wonderful! I had a delightful, if all too short, weekend.

Firstly, I have to say-- Max, it was great to meet you! Within moments of meeting I felt completely at ease with yourself and your lovely wife. I don't think I've ever been accepted so quickly-- as soon as Max found out I was a Karloff fan, he pulled me out to his car to give me a spare copy of a book that would be of interest to me. (And it certainly has been-- thank you, Max!) Thank you, Max, for your enthusiastic and very warm welcome!

There were so many delightful points...

The dealer room, of course! Most of my purchases were books and copies of old magazines, but I did treat myself to a small (very small) King Kong & Ann figure and a Peter Cushing t-shirt-- and had a blast browsing, dreaming and admiring all the wonderful goodies!

The models: as ever, they are really works of art. I never cease to be amazed at the creativity, ingenuity and phenomenal talent there is out there. The work exhibited at this event was truly stunning. It is really great that there is a venue like WonderFest where these talented artisans can exhibit their work.

The Universal Monster Army display: this was my first time seeing the exhibit. I walked in and was totally blown away by the level of professionalism. My background from college was anthropology, with a heavy dose of museum studies, and I was so very impressed with the range of the exhibit, the different mediums used to communicate the message, and the construction. The people who put this together have to be some of the hardest working people in monster-biz, and my hat is off to them. My UMA buttons are now proudly tacked to my billboard, and I look forward to revisiting the exhibit, and its creators, at Monster Bash!

The screening of the upcoming documentary AMERICAN SCARY, due out this fall-- a documentary about the history of horror hosts. I cannot wait to purchase my own copy!

Meeting friends with whom I'd only communicated on line, as well as having the opportunity to meet Dr. Gangrene, Lori Nelson, Kenny Miller and the warm and dear Bob Burns.

Finally, I have to say, for this Chicago girl, the highlight of my weekend-- meeting Zacherley. Never did I think I would have the opportunity to do that. Saturday, I was able to attend a panel discussion about Shock Theatre, of which he was a participant, and chat with him after. It was a delight to watch him receive his Rondo. I was thrilled to chat with him again on Sunday and buy personalized copies of his award-winning CD and the recently published biography-- as well as have my photo taken with him. I was completely swept off my feet-- and have notified my husband and Svengoolie that I will be leaving them both and running off to be a full-time Zacherley groupie.

The weekend went by too quickly-- my only regrets are not having more time and being tired from our drive. (Well, that and not having hundreds of dollars to spend in the dealer room!) I am looking forward to attending in 2008!

Meanwhile, it certainly has whetted my appetite for Monster Bash!

I wish you could come too, Maleva!

Joe, really???? This is BEST news! Whooo hooooo!!!

(I'm used to being at this one sorta Scarlet Street-er-less... )