Bill, glad you could go. Thanks for sharing your experience with us. It helps to give a glimpse of the event!
-- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, May 9, 2010, 7:16:49 PM, you wrote: WR> Ignore the last one. Friggin Microsoft. WR> Well, that was fun. WR> Even the plane rides were bearable. WR> Thanks to the generosity of Tom, I was given the very pleasurable WR> opportunity to visit Chicago this past weekend. WR> It happened that this weekend also coincided with the Chicago Celtic WR> Festival, so there was entertainment. WR> But especially, there was the gallery opening for the PDML Show. WR> So, I got to Chicago latish Thursday evening. WR> The escape from Canada flight was on was on a scale model of a very small WR> cattle car that had jet powered wings. WR> And, the buggers busted me for having too much toothpaste. WR> But, I had no seatmate, so it was all good. WR> The flight to Chicago was on a somewhat larger version of the same thing, WR> but my seatmate was a relatively small woman who was quite decorative and WR> friendly, and I had bought some 10 cent per ml Crest, so that was fine as WR> well. WR> When I debarked, Tom phoned and told me he was right outside. WR> The seatmate led me through the terminal and off she went, and a few moments WR> later I was in the passenger seat of Tom's Renta-A-Toyota. WR> After checking out our room on the 27th floor of the downtown Sheraton Posh WR> Hotel, we found a little bar and had a nice meal and drinks. WR> I believe we closed the place. WR> And then sat up until 4:00 catching up on stuff. WR> The very next morning after too few hours sleep, we went for a walk. WR> We found a very busy but efficient breakfast place called the West Egg Cafe WR> where we had a very nice breakfast. WR> And Tom, I think you have to admit it was the best breakfast we had, no WR> matter what you thought at the time. WR> And we found a very big lake. WR> And we found Navy Pier. WR> We found all sorts of cool stuff, and then we found Harry Carey's, and we WR> stopped for lunch. WR> I think we both had the Blackened Tenderloin. WR> It was quite wonderful, and washed down nicely with a nice ale. WR> And we walked some more, and then went back to the hotel. WR> It was a good day, and I would have been quite satisfied to call it a WR> success on many levels, but there was still more to come. WR> For this was the night of the PDML Show opening. WR> And off we went. WR> Finding a liquor vendor along the way was a good thing to do, so we laid in WR> a supply of whiskey and wine for laters, and to the gallery we went. WR> It was quite fun. I met a whole bunch of PDML members who also came to the WR> show, and I also got to meet Sue, the curator of the gallery. WR> The show is well worth seeing. I had seen all of the pictures on the web, WR> but nothing prepared me for the splendour that was hung on the walls of the WR> Scharpenberg Gallery. WR> We are an incredibly talented bunch of photographers, and I am proud to be a WR> member of this community. WR> Talking about talented photographers, I coudn't believe that Ted actually WR> talked to me. WR> I may not have given him any choice though. WR> But he still talked to me. WR> Actually, everyone was quite gracious. WR> Especially Tom. WR> After the show, Tom, Ann, Jay and myself went to a little Pizzeria that WR> served what I believe was a Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza. WR> After that, a bottle of wine and a few hours of sleep, and we found WR> ourselves in the Sheraton's food for exorbitant profit centre, and then off WR> to the Chicago Art Institute and the William Eggleston Exhibit. WR> Gonzo Photography. WR> I suspect that he and Hunter Thompson smoked a few together. WR> And then some silly tourist photography, back to the gallery for a dose of WR> Matisse, and supper with the whole gang at a place that Tom's Voodoo Device WR> said was permanently closed. WR> After we were done with it..... WR> But seriously, more good food, and I got to see Jostein's book from his trip WR> to Penguinland. WR> More seriously good photography there, and then we were off to the park, WR> where loud music was calling. WR> Apparently, we are too fucking old, because it chased us away. WR> But I digress. WR> Refreshing beverages were in order, but after making the mistake of trying WR> to park closer to the bar, and having an epic fail with a parkade, Tom WR> chickened out so we went back to the hotel. WR> Where we had a small but adequate stock of refreshing beverage. WR> And then, far too soon, this morning and off to the airport. WR> It was truly a pleasure to meet in person, more members of this community. WR> Meeting Boris and Jostein was what I'll remember the most, simply because of WR> the effort that they made to be there. WR> Seeing Ann again was truly a pleasure. WR> Cory, did you really say you couldn't believe you were shaking my hand? WR> By my count, 18 of the 44 artists who have pictures in this show were in WR> attendance, and whether I was meeting you for the first time or WR> reacquainting myself with you, it was a pleasure to be there. WR> A friend of mine, who shoots a different brand of camera is envious of what WR> we have here. WR> The PDML is, apparently, quite unique. WR> And at the end of the day, it, and this show, would not have happened, were WR> it not for Doug Brewer and his babysitting of this thing called the PDML. WR> So, while the Hurculean efforts of Mark and Christine cannot be forgotten, WR> they were the driving force behind the book and the gallery showing, were it WR> not for Doug, I suspect none of this would have happened. WR> Doug, I love you. WR> Be well WR> William Robb -- 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.
