Thanks, glad I missed it. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
>
> The hotel address was listed as 24th and M street. If it had been
> listed as "Somewhere along the Yellow- Brick Road," I may have
> reconsidered the decision to stay there. After the end of the meeting,
> a cab was due to arrive at the hotel. It was 20 min late. I checked
> with the concierge and there he said there is some to do today in the
> area. Thinking of Nathan's modus operandi, I grabbed a cam in my bag
> and went outside to investigate. Lo and behold there was the Wicked
> Witch of the West feverishly texting (?tweeting) on her Blackberry to
> her winged gremlins---"Abort the abduction of Dorothy, there is
> something curiously ASKEW."
>
> http://www.zoto.com/site/#USR.gordon9213::PAG.detail::f3f74307fa0bf46331da6d908d7bfd9c
>
>
> And this is why:
>
> Dorothy is on the left with the Ruby Slippers.
>
> http://www.zoto.com/site/#USR.gordon9213::PAG.detail::734fc197572eae4f48d834809dc67def-019fa
>
>
> I should have grabbed a better shot of her shoes. Drat, missed the
> shot; Nathan would have done better.
>
> Here is a close up confirmation:
>
> http://www.zoto.com/gordon9213/other_sizes/#420174004efdafacc3bd2119ac592301
>
>
> And then I spotted the Tin Man.
>
> http://www.zoto.com/gordon9213/other_sizes/#53adf547e91f48184087093bd32dceae-88168
>
>
>
> Few hearts to be had here. Perhaps he had consulted the Scarecrow
> before he got his brain. The place is infested with 6000
> endocrinolo
> gists. The cardiothoracic surgery meeting was 2 weeks ago.
> Note the people behind the Tin man. Clearly they use a different tailor
> than I. Anyway the cabbie finally made it and we exited OZ through some
> alleys and onto areas of Washington DC where only things that pass as
> normal were occuring. I did arrive with little time to spare to catch
> the plane home.
>
> This is the gallery: http://www.zoto.com/gordon9213/albums/19449/
>
> The Wizard is in there somewhere, I think.
> Mike
>
> Lest I be misinterpreted, I have no issues with the parade though that
> lifestyle is by no means my cup of tea, except I did not wish to miss
> the plane. More issues with the parade of lobbyists at the hotel--for
> one the hotel rates skyrocket even at the "meeting rate" when Congress
> is in session.
>
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