Today was Opening Day for Bouchercon2025 in New Orleans, and my first Bouchercon ever. The commute was easy as I’m staying at the same hotel as the conference.

The conference part of the day is covered on my PolyWogg site at https://polywogg.ca/day-1-of-bouchercon2025-in-new-orleans/.

I am fighting a cold, so I ended up sleeping in the afternoon for three hours, and missed a few panels before going back to the conference. Closed out around 8:30/9:00 and I grabbed some dinner in the lobby, came back to the room, and called it a night. Just in time to write this post and the conference one.

Back at it tomorrow for Day 2. I’ve got better meds for tomorrow, so I’m hoping to be in better shape with more endurance. I’m a lightweight conferencer, apparently.