Marianne and I arrived at the conference hotel on Tuesday. We’re the official videographers of this year’s conference so we have a lot of work to do. I drove to Pittsburgh with a minivan load of fellow writers, our producer Morgan Doremus’ filming equipment, and a ridiculous amount of luggage. The usual hijinks ensued. (How’s that for a summary? But the journey’s not the point, in spite of what the swamis say. This week it’s all about the destination.) Marianne flew in and we checked in and unpacked, at which point…
Marianne realized she forgot her underwear. I’m still laughing. It’s all so glamorous, isn’t it? And that’s before the part where I mention that the hotel is under renovation and they seem to have run out of rooms with two beds so we’re sharing a king. It’s like The Odd Couple in here. Except with a lot more glitter and feathers. I can only imagine the horror of five hundred women waking up this morning (Wednesday) and realizing the hotel had not installed full-length mirrors in their rooms.
In any case, we rolled out of said bed at a reasonable hour to spackle and shellack and took our traditional “Today’s Day Outfit Is…” pictures. Sadly, Marianne forgot her camera cord so no shot from this morning…we’ll use mine tomorrow. We headed down to interview Jade Lee and Judi McCoy for the reel (they are so much fun!), grabbed some very necessary Joe (Maverick = Triple Skinny Venti Latte, Mancusi = Skinny Vanilla Venti Latte) and then hung out in the lobby with the Ellora’s Cave girls for a little rowdy talk.
Next up, filming at the Intergalactic Bar & Grill. It’s supposed to be a doozy. More later… Locked and loaded, Liz Maverick
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