Tanning Conference Day 1
Posted by Plaidman on October 11th, 2007
THE FLIGHT
The flight was short - almost too short. I didn’t even get to finish the podcast I was listening to. The guy in front of me fell asleep and his head would roll forward then jerk back reflexively. I thought that was really funny for some reason. The cabby who took me to the hotel didn’t wear any shoes.
Speaking of the hotel, we’re staying at the Opryland on Smart Tan’s tab. I’m sure it wasn’t an inexpensive gratitude they showed us, and I really appreciate the opportunity to stay here. It’s friggin huge. I had to ask directions from one of the bellhops to my room. I’ll have some pictures when the trip is done. I’m off to help set up our area.
THE WALKTHROUGH
After arriving to my room, we all walked around the conference hall. But not before me getting lost again, pressing the down button on an elevator, and making some guys who wanted to get off on floor 6 get off on floor 5. It took all I had to not bust out laughing at them. On the way to our meeting place I got confused and managed to find my way onto the conference floor without a badge (which is required). The real walkthrough was uneventful. I can’t wait for gameday tomorrow. Apparently the Dallas cheerleading team might make an appearance.
That brings the total ‘lost’ count to 3, but I’m getting the hang of the place.
PRE-GAME PARTY
Drinks, drinks, drinks! I had a hell of a time hanging out with the ST folks. Jack Daniels’ Bar was a hoot and a half. The live band there kicked lots of ass.
October 11th, 2007 at 10:31 pm
That sounds great, I can’t wait to see the pictures of the trip! I LOVE it when you fake people out with the elevator trick. Since we are on the second floor, occasionally when I hit the down button, the elevator happens to be bringing someone down from one of the higher floors and they ALWAYS get off at the second floor. It’s even better here though because they live here and they should know that the second floor looks NOTHING like the lobby. Humorous. Good luck tomorrow.