By Plane National Airport (Reagan National for non-locals) is along the subway and a few short stops from Union Station.  A quick lyft or metro trip and you will be across the border and safe! Washington Dulles International Airport is 28 miles from the hotel - more depending on traffic - and probably a 45 minute to hour drive.   It's an option but a flight to National would be easier on...

by Kass McGann of Reconstructing History - a great resouce for costuming ideas, patterns, reference books, help or inspiration. We are unbelievably privileged that Kass has written this costuming guide for the Browncoat Ball! Every year, the famous Browncoat Ball  is held in a new city.  You going?  What’s that you say?  You don’t have anything to wear and you don’t know how to sew? N...

Saris and Lehenga Choli by Kass McGann of Reconstructing History Everyone remembers that provocative scene in the pilot when Inara takes a sponge bath. But do you realise what she’s wearing is a sari?  Nothing complicated about this.  It’s just a sari wrapped to cover your important bits. And that’s not the only time she wears one. In the movie when she waves Mal for hel...

You have to be a little careful swearing in a Core world such as ours.  Alliance around here will write you a ticket for it due to our no-swearing ordinance . Or at least...they will if you swear in English. #1 in our opinion Shove All the Planets in the Universe Up my Ass (War Stories ) 太空所有的星球塞盡我的屁股 ・ Tai-kong suo-yo duh shing-chiou sai-jin wuh duh pee-goo Or perhaps... Stupid Inbred S...

We offer a Big Damn Thank You to Captain Halo and the Utah Browncoats for creating the Guilds of the ’Verse as part of Browncoat Ball 2016 ! At the 2016 Ball, the Utah host crew introduced the Guild Conclave as a way to provide a break-the-ice activity that would continue interaction throughout the weekend. Each Weekend Pass holder was inducted into a Guild, and then given a "passport" style...

Drugs and Alcohol DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (DC) AND FEDERAL LAWS MANDATE THAT DRUGS SUCH AS MARIJUANA, ECSTACY, COCAINE, HEROINE, AND OTHER, SIMILAR ITEMS ARE ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES. The Browncoat Ball (BCB) and 2018 host committee, the DC Independence Brigade, do not authorize or endorse the use of drugs while engaging in any BCB activities or in areas in use by the BCB event. We reserve the right...