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gordonzola) wrote2008-08-04 08:23 am
gordonzola) wrote2008-08-04 08:23 am
ACS 2008: oops
I can tell I’ve been under a lot of stress lately because I’ve been doing some things I wouldn’t ordinarily do. For example, upon arriving at the airport last week, I discovered that I booked our ticket to Chicago a day early.
In the heat of getting ready to go to France, finish a ton of cheese work in order to not leave it to others, and trying to add a section to my manuscript before trying to sell it, I had booked the plane tickets for me and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sheanadavis. Unfortunately, I had gone to the American Cheese Society website, seen registration on Wednesday morning and booked our tickets to get in on Tuesday afternoon. If I’d read further I would have seen that it was the early registration for people doing the optional Wednesday tours (that cost extra $) and that the real conference didn’t start until Thursday.
Duh.
The bright part about that was that I got to go to the unofficial party at Pastoral (Thanks againbuttonlass!). It was on the roof of their building and filled with free beer and burgers, amazing views and chock-a-block with cheese folks. It was one of the best parts of the conference even if that night I mostly hung out with California folks I hadn’t seen for awhile. No networking or hidden expenses, just a good party.
Sheana and I spent the next day walking around downtown Chicago and drinking at, of all places, a restaurant at Navy Pier. It’s nice to know that Chicago has a Pier 39 too!
The local TV News thought the conference was funny.* Who can blame them?
*Sorry, there’s a commercial first.
In the heat of getting ready to go to France, finish a ton of cheese work in order to not leave it to others, and trying to add a section to my manuscript before trying to sell it, I had booked the plane tickets for me and
sheanadavis. Unfortunately, I had gone to the American Cheese Society website, seen registration on Wednesday morning and booked our tickets to get in on Tuesday afternoon. If I’d read further I would have seen that it was the early registration for people doing the optional Wednesday tours (that cost extra $) and that the real conference didn’t start until Thursday.Duh.
The bright part about that was that I got to go to the unofficial party at Pastoral (Thanks again
buttonlass!). It was on the roof of their building and filled with free beer and burgers, amazing views and chock-a-block with cheese folks. It was one of the best parts of the conference even if that night I mostly hung out with California folks I hadn’t seen for awhile. No networking or hidden expenses, just a good party.Sheana and I spent the next day walking around downtown Chicago and drinking at, of all places, a restaurant at Navy Pier. It’s nice to know that Chicago has a Pier 39 too!
The local TV News thought the conference was funny.* Who can blame them?
*Sorry, there’s a commercial first.
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