Thanks, all, for all the kind words of welcome (bookwormom, you're my new favorite!   ;-D), and yes, I am having a fantabulous time. I've played tourguide a LOT in Seattle (even more in the last couple of years, since I've been a part of #joiito), and it's always fun to do, but this is the first time in longer than I care to admit that I've played tourist anywhere else. It's really quite fun. I take pix of EVERYTHING, and then when people hear me speak after doing something odd, they just kinda smile indulgently (well, usually...actually, pretty much everybody does, except Tom), and let me go on my way. Still having a hard time not tipping people, but since the dollar sucks so much right now, it's rather a relief not to! The "Serenity" thing was pure serendipity - was fun to see. We were standing next to this really cute couple (young geeks in love are precious!), and the guy told me of his plan to wait until the people had gone inside, security was getting lax, but they hadn't started breaking things down yet, and then he was gonna grab one and run. Then he asked if we happened to have a bladed implement. Tom, natch, had his Swiss army knife on him. It was a little disappointing, actually, to be - at the last second before our coup - given permission, but still, it was a good plan, and we would have carried it off fearlessly. Tom was very brave, though, because as people saw that they were going to be allowed to take the posters, we realized that the couple had taken the one that was in front of us, and the others were getting quickly claimed. We worked our way over to the press sections, Tom nonchalantly worked his way through a gap, and grabbed me one from there. My hero! (insert dramatic sigh here)