non-obvious solution.

So last week, my big debate was whether to go to Loscon over Turkey Day Weekend, or hold out until I could tell how the Cal season was going so I could be in position to go to Pasadena on New Year's Day if it turned out that this was the year.

This week, the debate is resolved. I'm going to an East Coast City the first weekend in December.

I'll leave the exercise of how the debate between two LA-area destinations ended up being resolved with a second trip to the East Coast for the student. ;)