Thanks Christine, very nice read! --Sasha
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 7:05 AM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > Christine, > Wow, I missed Darrel entirely! Tell him Sorry. > I enjoyed meeting your Mom, Dad, sister, and sister-in-law. > It was a fun weekend. > I have really enjoyed seeing people's pictures. > Regards, Bob S. > > > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 2:25 AM, Christine Aguila > <[email protected]> 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 >> [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.
