User blog comment:Jamie/Episode 20 - Conventions/@comment-366508-20140930124008

I go to the annual Ottawa Comic-Con (and used to do some of Toronto's smaller cons; never tried FanExpo yet though). These are my two tips: 1- Bring food! Convention food is usually not very good, it's expensive, and lineups are long. In your swag bag, bring a bottle of water, a sandwich, some granola bars, etc. Things that are easy to eat that you can get out while in queue. 2- If you're going alone, be sure to have some kind of entertainment. My wife will come with me to a con for one day, but the other days I'm often by myself. When you're waiting in line for 45 minutes to get a good seat at the Wil Wheaton Q&A, you're going to get bored. Bring a book, or an MP3 player, or whatever.