1. We got up this morning before the sun. Not too much before, but it was certainly dark and made me cranky!
2. Modes of transportation: 2 cabs, 1 train, 1 airtran, 1 plane, 1 trolley.
3. Airport security was annoying, but not bad. I did generate several easy ways in which it could be improved... for example, the 4 extra people just hanging out waiting to stack the plastic bins could maybe assist people in putting their stuff into bins and guiding them as to what should be in bins, instead of having 1 guy trying to oversee 2 lines and yelling at whoever was doing it wrong.
4. The plane was tiny! We're talking 50 people or less tiny. There was one row of one seaters and one row of 2 seaters. Fortunately I had my knitting. Airplane seats are so uncomfortable. I can't imagine a long ride, I was squirming after 20 minutes.
5. They gave us food on the plane! Like real food! I was expecting a bag with 3 pretzels in it and maybe a drink, but they gave as a "fun-sized" turkey sandwich with lettuce, "fun-sized" bag of baby carrots, and a "fun-sized" bag of Skittles, and a choice of many different drinks.
6. Walked around and saw Beale St, where we ate at BB King's club. Very cool. And they had the most amazing food I have ever tasted... fried pickles!!! FRIED PICKLES!!!! Oh my god, I think I'm going to make Kevin take me back there every day we are here to eat more of them, and then have him figure out how to make them at home. FRIED PICKLES, people, they are the awesomest! (I also had a pulled pork sandwich that was very good).
7. Stood next to my poster for one and a half hours. I actually had people interested in it and asking questions, sharing ideas, and giving me suggestions. It was actually a very positive experience (unlike the last poster I had that no one wanted to read or talk about).
8. Drinking Miller High Life and eating Doritos in the hotel room, watching the Colbert Report an hour earlier than normal (what is this central standard time?!) I'm very sleepy.
9. Tomorrow? More excitement! (Hopefully including pancakes!!!!)
Comments (3)
Congrats on a successful poster presentation! I should get around to doing one of my own one of these days. I hope the rest of the convention was fun too.
And I was blog surfing today and found this one. Is it just me or is that picture of the blogger wearing your Sexie pattern?
Posted by Pamela | January 26, 2007 2:54 AM
Posted on January 26, 2007 02:54
let's try that again. the early hour is obviously getting to me.
http://furiousknits.blogspot.com/
Posted by Pamela | January 26, 2007 2:55 AM
Posted on January 26, 2007 02:55
I love Memphis. Hope you have a good trip!
Posted by Amber | January 26, 2007 8:10 AM
Posted on January 26, 2007 08:10