All being well, Karin and I are coming. We'll make a proper trip and will be over for 2 weeks. Christine's already very kindly contacted us off list with offers of help.
Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Bob Sullivan > Sent: 20 December 2009 21:19 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Chicago Photowalk--2 options > > Christine, > Can we get some basic paramaters on this event? > What's the count on who's coming? Committed vs Intending and > International vs not? > What activities on what days? Is it a Thursday night pre-opening > party or is that Friday? > Will US folks do Friday-Sat-Sunday? International a bit longer on > either end? > Can we get most folks at hotel 1 or hotel 2 (alternative price > classes?). > I'm thinking that I have a 6 passener van and we could do some tours. > Is Jostein coming? Can he bring his slide show of the Antarctic? > (Why should the folks at Nordfjord photoclub have all the fun.) > Regards, Bob S. > > On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Christine Aguila > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Everyone: > > > > Photowalk Option #1--we'd probably have to do this one on Saturday-- > we > > couldn't do the galleries on a Sunday. > > > > Everyone meets at Chicago ave & Wells under the Brown Line El tracks. > We > > head straight-a-way to both the Stephen Daiter Gallery ( > > http://www.stephendaitergallery.com/ ) and Catherine Edelman Gallery > ( > > http://www.edelmangallery.com/ ). Darrel & I have a good friend > working at > > the Daiter Gallery. I'll tell him we might come by, & maybe he'll > give us a > > "special look-see" around the place. NO PROMISES, but I will let him > know > > we're coming. (Chicago Gallery Guide > > http://art-collecting.com/galleries_il_chicago.htm ). Then we head > east on > > Chicago ave. toward Michigan ave--see the Water Tower, tramp & clown > around > > the square, walk over to stare at the John Hancock, or go up to the > top--the > > view is great!!!. After nudging everyone's vertigo to the forefront, > we > > head north and slightly west by way of Rush & Oak streets heading > towards > > Division and State streets. We tramp, & clown, & make beautiful > pictures, & > > drink, & eat, & shop all along the way. Folks could then catch the > Red Line > > at Clark & Division to head home or to a brothel of their choice if > they've > > discovered where one is. This option's a bit of a walk, but very > doable. > > Our Mountain Goat will probably complain about it's ease, but the > rest of us > > will feel well walked by end of day! > > > > Photowalk Option # 2 > > > > We all meet at the Old Town Ale House on North ave ( > > http://www.oldtownalehouse.net/ there's music at this site. don't > yell at > > me). We all start with a quickie: a shot, a beer, and a pretzel, > then head > > east on North ave, ending up at North ave Beach. We tramp & clown > around, > > see the North Ave boat house, maybe walk to Oak street beach, walk > back, > > take pictures of each other. If the volleyball players are out, you > can > > gaze at nearly naked dudes and dudettes. We then head west on North > Ave, > > maybe stop at the Chicago Historical Society ( > http://www.chicagohs.org/ ), > > but continue on with purpose to North & Wells, the heart of Old Town, > (which > > isn't the Old Town I grew up with, but it's still fun), where we > tramp & > > clown, & take pictures, & drink, & eat, & shop more if you like. > > > > I'll be posting more photo options, but there's time for that. If > you want > > me to try and work in something you want to see in a photowalk > option, just > > let me know. I'll give it a shot. > > > > Cheers, Christine > > > > P.S. I'd really like to do a PDML group shot on the beach somewhere. > I'd > > be bummed if we didn't do that--but if we couldn't make it happen, > I'd > > probably be able to get over the disappointment. Just FYI. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
