Teachers Conference

These are apartments, just a couple of
blocks from the convention center. 

This is conference week for Evelyn and me. Monday through Wednesday I was at the NEXT Conference in California. Now I'm in St. Louis with Evelyn who's attending the Conference on College Composition and Communication, sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English.
The morning and early afternoon were chilly and rainy. First task: buy an umbrella. Second task: find the room for Evelyn's first workshop. Third task: find a deli to grab some lunch for Evelyn and me to eat in the 30 minutes between her first workshop and her second workshop.
I spent the afternoon in our hotel room: did some editing, played on Facebook, answered e-mails. Evelyn was in and out between workshops, and then we met Paul and Sev Friskney to enjoy a very nice dinner together. (Paul's attending the conference too.)

"We're going to be in
Taylor Made," Sev said after
agreeing to pose with Paul
for a picture.

I haven't seen all of downtown St. Louis, but the area around the convention center and its headquarters hotel, the Renaissance, is kind of cool. Restaurants, a few (very few) shops, and a Whole Foods-type grocery, Culinaria, where Evelyn and I grabbed some granola packets and a banana for her breakfasts and two cookies for a bedtime snack.
A nice day. An important discussion may happen at work tomorrow that I may wish I was there for. But, on the other hand, maybe it's good that I'm not. I'll weigh in on that after I know how it turns out.