I’ve spent the past few days at Azkatraz, a Harry Potter convention in San Francisco.

It’s a pretty intense scene. Something like 1,000 (I’m speculating) Potterphiles in one hotel in downtown SF. You immerse yourself in it, and the whole non-Potter-related world just vanishes. I was going to say it’s like being at Hogwarts, but really it’s more like sticking your head in a pensieve and accessing the memories of someone who has only thought about Harry Potter ever, and nothing else.