I live in San Diego so it was really nice being able to drive up to Netroots Nation this year. I have friends in the Bay Area and I was looking forward to being able to get up there a few days early and visit with them.
The first day I stop for the night in Paso Robles and had dinner at Firestone Walker Brewery's Taproom restaurant. I already knew they made great beer and I was please to find out the food was incredible as well. The next day I drove up to Santa Cruz and met up with an old friend, we did some bar hoping then ended the day on his deck drinking wine with his wife (who I've known since I was 10) at their home in Scott's Valley.
The next day I drove over the hill to San Jose and checked in to the Marriott. Unfortunately my son managed to give me his cold just before I left so I spent Tuesday and Wednesday mostly in bed or at least taking it easy. On Thursday I did mange to get to a few sessions, standing in the back so I could go out into the hall and cough. I mostly hung out at the Netroots for the Troops booth, didn't have enough energy to do too much more than that.
By mid day on Friday I was feeling a lot better and was able to both help out with NFTT and get to some more sessions. Saturday went great and Sunday I felt so good I drove all the way home, I missed my kids and my bed so I pushed through instead of stopping in San Luis Obispo like I had originally planned.
Even when sick I still manged to take lots of pictures on my iPhone, about 550 for the week. So I'm sharing with you some of my favorite shots.
A few weeks back I started a new diary series here on DKos, Bob's iPhone Photography - Lessons. I still have a lot of topics to cover and will be doing that in the coming weeks. So I hope you enjoy these shots from NN13, if you have any questions about the pictures please feel free to ask.
Please Note: some of these pictures will be hard to see only 600 px wide. If you click on the photo you will be taken to a larger image.
Netroots Nation 2013
The view from my hotel room, 17th floor. The convention center is below.
Lunch at the Arcadia Restaurant in the Hotel
Chicken Flat-Bread, it was delicious.
The 2nd Main Hall in the Convention Center
Stuffing Swag Bags on Wednesday
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What Political Consultants Don't want Donors to Know
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Netroots for the Troops Booth
The Quilt Booth
The Daily Kos Lounge
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I shot this using the iPhone's Panorama function in the Camera app.
I shot this using the iPhone's Panorama function in the Camera app.
A Seriously Big Firetruck
I'm still trying to figure out how they got this thing into the building.
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The California Caucus
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Radio
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The Outside Break Area at the Convention Center
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The NFTT Boxes have Been Assembled
Waiting to be packed on Saturday afternoon.
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Convention Center
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Barney Frank Discusses How to Cut the Pentagon Budget with Howard Dean
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Daily Kos Caucus
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Craft Beers at Original Gravity Public House.
Morning News Dump with Liz Winstead, Shannyn Moore and Cliff Schecter.
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Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Where We Stand and What's Next
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The CA Comeback: How We Stopped California's Decline
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Ask the Leader with Leader Nancy Pelosi
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Netroots for the Troops: Packing the Boxes.
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Netroots Nation 2014: Detroit – July 17-20
Please share your pictures from NN13 in the comments, I'd love to see them.
Bob