Ellington

Todd bought me a new little digital camera for my birthday but, so far, I'm not sure it's really for me. What y'all think?

As you can see below the view from our room is incredible...we also had another show by the Blue Angels this afternoon, with some of the flybys seemingly right outside our room (and some of the roaring sounds were bone-rattling).

Me, patiently having my picture taken with a beer.

The view from our hotel room (26th floor *suite* -- thanks AAN! -- of the Holiday Inn Golden Gateway at Van Ness and California).

Me, no longer patiently having my picture taken.

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107761

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It looks like the beer is sitting, patiently waiting to have its picture taken with you. Or is it a case that both of you have something in common - neither can wait to get drunk? :D The view is amazing, as I thought. So jealous. :)

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Lady Havoc

Date

2006-10-09T00:13:51-06:00

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107762

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No, not getting drunk. One Pilsner Urquell got drunk tonight by this chick! (Left over from last night when we gave a little impromptu happy-hour up here because we didn't believe we could keep this view to ourselves! The gods had blessed us; we had to share! I think the maid is going to get several bottles of beer and an unopened Pinot added to her tip, though.) Todd's in there taking more photos of the wondrous view with "my" new camera. So be prepared! What's crazy about the view -- you should triple or quadruple it to get the full picture. We're going to bid the panorama a sad adieu tomorrow, I can tell you that. But it'll be good to get home, as always. Then, AAN is flying me out to Portland in a few weeks (and I can visit Lynette while there!). But Todd won't be along on that one. :-( It's a board meeting to plan the national convention there next year. Should be fun; I've only been to Portland once. San Francisco we used to visit every year, so we know it pretty well. But Portland will be really new and different.

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2006-10-09T00:18:06-06:00

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107763

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(Of course, he promptly deleted the photos I took of him.)

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DonnaLadd

Date

2006-10-09T00:18:50-06:00

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107764

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Glad to hear you're having fun in San Francisco. I spent a few months in the Bay Area shortly after graduating from MSU. I was working in Palo Alto. Awesome place. I've not been in the city in not quite five years...

Author

Ex

Date

2006-10-09T01:36:42-06:00

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107765

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We hadn't been here since we started the paper, even though we used to come at least every January for Todd to present at MacWorld. (When you're the iTodd, hey.) It's great to be back, and we're staying in the same neighborhood where we always used to stay at a delightful little B&B. They put us in the hotel this time, but with the room/view (and the $1 bill they just slid under the door), we're not complaining one iota. It's fab. ;-) Great city; we considered moving here when we decided to go to NYC instead. (After we had met in Colorado. I had considered grad school at Berkeley instead of Columbia. A fine school, but the curriculum seems rather focused on daily journalism when I looked at it. So NYC it was. I'm glad; my work at Columbia, in part, led me home to MIssissippi. But that's that's enough personal history for one posting!) The view this a.m. as the sun rose was amazing, by the way. Red almost like a sunset.

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2006-10-09T09:59:25-06:00

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107766

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so, let's get this history..y'all love San Fran, doesn't everyone who has ever ever been there, even right after an earthquake as I was, but you went to NYC which everyone also loves, as I do, after meeting in Colorado which is so perfect, but New York was better than Berkeley , sigh. and you came back to Miss. But you get to go to all those places still. Lucky duck.

Author

sunshine

Date

2006-10-16T22:59:14-06:00

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107767

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Quack. ;-) Actually, Todd and I used to crisscross the country all the time when we were national freelance writers, and he used to present at a lot of tech conventions, which was a great excuse to travel to wonderful cities. Then, we started the JFP, and our travel was curtailed as we worked seven days a week to get this thing off the ground. Now, though, we have more help, he is becoming a Web/blog guru in the alt newspaper world, and I was elected to the national AAN board this summer. So we're running around a bit again. And couldn't be happier about it -- as long as we can run on home to Jacktown when we're done. Portland is up next. Can't wait. ;-D

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2006-10-17T14:31:09-06:00