Nice story. Thanks for sharing. Wish I could have been there. Paul
On May 21, 2010, at 3:25 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: > Now that work has let up, I'd like to share a few thoughts. > > 1) I'd like to say big thanks for all the kind words about the exhibit and > reception etc. I'm glad everyone had a good time and is generally pleased > with the gallery. Just a FYI, two colleagues from work went to DANK last > Thursday. They had nothing but great things to say about the pictures they > saw. > > 2) My husband, Darrel, & I did our best to get our friends and family out to > help support the exhibit, and a good many of them showed up, which was > great, but at the reception we received sad news about a dear friend, which > put the two of us on the edge of tears, but we were able to rally back. Two > of my oldest girl friends came in from the far northern suburbs, and > visiting with them led to giggles and stories from memory lane--a lot of > those stories I'd like to forget. And work colleagues came, and I suspect a > few more will go in the weeks ahead. My mom and dad came, and I had to stop > my mom from walking off with one of the PDML annuals. She thought it was a > give-away. My sibs came; the only one that didn't show was my eldest > nephew, but since it was his prom night, I didn't make much of a fuss over > his no-show. He sent me a text message, "have a good time at ur thing > 2night." Darrel & I didn't leave DANK until maybe 1am. > > 3) Then I got up to meet folks at the Art Institute, which was a great idea. > At the Eggelston exhibit, Chris Mitchell was bombarded with questions from a > woman who self-identified herself as someone who doesn't know anything about > photography. Chris found himself explaining depth of field and why there was > more of it in some photos and less of it in others. I'm happy to report, > Chris was courteous and patient. > > 4) After the Art Institute, Boris, Jostein, Sasha, Larry, Miserere, and I > went to the Russian Tea Room, but before going, Boris and Sasha argued about > which Russian Tea was the best, and it ended with Boris swearing at Sasha in > Russian. Everyone agreed that this little set-to made our Russian lunch more > authentic. We let the two Russians pick our after lunch tea. Boris said it > was too heavy on the smoky bit and too light on the black tea part, but he > said the food was good, so we all decided we liked our lunch. At lunch Sasha > showed us some of his prints which were great, and we had a look-see at > Jostein's photo book from Antarctica, which was great as well. > > 5) After the Russian Tea room, we just romped in the park a bit, then it was > time to eat again--this time pizza, which was good, and it was fun to visit. > > 6) After pizza, good-bys were said to some, and it was another romp in the > park for others, but folks complained the music was too loud, and we headed > for Miller's Pub--finally, a chance to relax. I had a very stiff scotch, a > few smokes with Doug, and conversation with any PDMLer who was willing. Then > the calling hour came and my last good-by was to Miserere. The PDMLers were > gone, and I was alone. I moseyed back over to the Art Institute, sat on the > steps, and called my husband. While I waited for him, a woman walked by with > her dog. It was a handsome dog. He sniffed about my shoes. I asked the > woman if she knew the time. I asked for the name of the dog--Spot something. > Some comments about it being a nice night were exchanged, and soon the two of > them strolled off. I then began to wish for a tripod. Had I one, I would > have taken a self-portrait of me alone on the steps of the Art > Institute--hell, I'd come full circle, hadn't I? > > Cheers, Christine > > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
