Brian over at Random Ravings has returned from Dragon*Con 2003 and has a few reports up on his site on his adventures therein. More importantly, he’s put up tons of pics of various attendees.
One of the things I always enjoyed about attending anime conventions were the cosplayers who would dress up as their favorite characters and then get up in front of a thousand or so strangers and put on silly skits. Some of these folks manage to put together some damned impressive costumes. Ah, how I miss those days of yore.