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Subject: [OM] Paul's PAW - bunch of new ones up
From: Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2013 23:15:06 -0500
The first five in the PAW gallery area new - more shots from the casino 
club, a stitched pano of our casino at dusk, and a shot from my day at 
the Robie House today.

My first two tours today were normal ones, albeit with guests from 
China, France, Italy and Germany.  However, we also offer special 
"Private Spaces" tours where we can take limited groups into parts of 
the house that are off-limits to the general public.  Today was my first 
one of these tours.  I'd been through the training, but the tours are 
usually at a time when I'm not there, so I haven't been able to practice 
much (the other tours, I've been doing them for seven years and they're 
second nature to me now).

We had a tour bus of 34 folks from Australia and New Zealand (the 
organizer, and Aussie, explained that we'd be able to tell the New 
Zealanders easily enough since they'd be the loudest... we all chuckled 
at that).

Anyhow, I did my thing, took them all through the house, told stories, 
history, let them take their photos and ask questions... for roughly 90 
minutes.  At the end of a day, it's kind of exhausting.  However, they 
were very engaged and asked intelligent questions and were really into 
what I was telling them, so it went pretty fast.  At then end, as I was 
wrapping up, the one gentleman told me that he'd been back here three 
times previous over the years to see the house, and of all of the 
docents (we're actually referred to as "interpreters") he'd had, I was 
the most informative and entertaining.  And because of that, they wanted 
to present me with a gift.  The little gold-plated Koala pin was that 
gift.  A small token, but heartfelt.  I was touched.  We interpreters 
are volunteers, and it costs me roughly $9 in tolls plus gas every time 
I go into Chicago to give tours.  But when I get to share my passion for 
that house with people who have flown in from all over the globe, and 
then they tell me they enjoyed my presenatation and occasionally 
applaud, it makes it all worthwhile.

http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=1965

Also a few new ones in the cars gallery - from a little used-car lot on 
the way to the casino.

http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=2907

And speaking of Australians, here's one more from the Music gallery with 
the artist I mixed on Saturday.  Richie is Australian, but lives in 
Nashville now.  I'm always happy to see him on the schedule - I really 
like him and his band, and love his music.  Even bought his most recent 
CD a couple of gigs ago.  I don't often do that for the bands coming 
through the club.

http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=8999

Enjoy.  As always, C&C encouraged.

-- 



Paul Braun
Certified Music Junkie
Valparaiso, IN


"It's such a fine line between stupid, and clever." - David St. Hubbins

"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life" - Harlan Howard

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