Some of what happened in Pittsburgh is not staying in Pittsburgh. Below the fold are more than 200 photos that I can share with you. The rest are more like the photo montage at the end of The Hangover and will "stay in Pittsburgh."
I flew into SFO Sunday night hoarse, exhausted with sore feet but supremely satisfied with the whirlwind of events at NN09. It was fantastic to see many people again and meet some new ones. So join me below the fold for another entry in my on going series of Idiot with Idiot Camera.
Every convention becomes more and more fun. I simply cannot wait until next year. See you all at NN10 in Vegas Baby, Vegas.
More at my Flickr set and a Flickr Slideshow here.
Everyone who's real name shows in their badge said they didn't mind, there is no outing going on here.
All photos and details below ::
I had the pleasure of flying with Shayera and Robert Cruickshank aka eugene aka Robert in Monterey (that's me in the middle) from the West Coast to Pittsburgh.
I shared a cab with cosette, Arenosa and their husbands.
I meet earicicle and dweb8231, one of the official photographers for NN09 at the early check-in to get our NN09 credentials.
Back in the Westin Hotel lobby everyone is starting to arrive:
Mik and Brillig
Meet Pandora's Box
cskendrick, robocop and Land of Enchantment
Sardonyx
************ and Ellicatt
I wonder if that is mofembot...
Land of Enchantment
someone is delighted to be here...
LOE asked me to shoot her shoes.
Mrs. sidepocket and sidepocket
N in Seattle
Lulu57
Bill in Portland Maine
Bill in Portland Maine and vicki there on the left
trying to get a shot of the Willkie button
Don Siegelman there in the blue shirt
Cheers & Jeers dinner
brillig and clammyc
Cheers & Jeers dinner
Cheers & Jeers dinner
Cheers & Jeers dinner
Timroff and Dania Audax on the left
It was fun watching people find out who jotter was.
That's jotter on the left and clammyc on the right.
jotter, cskendrick and clammyc
jotter and sidepocket
jotter and Land of Enchantment
Land of Enchantment showing her trusted user sticker from last year
LOE shooting sobermom's shoes
sobermom
mindoca
That little shit Democratic Luntz
snafubar
I could not believe it. There were 3 salads on the menu that included fries. Apparently that is a Pittsburgh thing.
This blogger wants to remain anonymous so I've named him Robocop
TexMex, so cute and one of the best SKA dancers around!
Back at the hotel lobby is Robert Cruickshank, Shayera, Democratic Luntz, Brian Leubitz and withthelidoff hiding
Arjun Jaikumar greeting casperr hello
casperr and Adam B hugging hello, we've become a very huggy group
Arjun Jaikumar, casperr and Adam B
ukiyo and cedwyn
Darcy Burner and ukiyo
ukiyo and Sharoney
ct not singing opera at the moment
Land of Enchantment, Deoliver47 and cedwyn
Jeff in CA, his family hiding behind him and across the table Mrs. sidepocket, LOE and sidepocket at the SFKossacks' dinner before the Bill Clinton opening keynote
highacidity, cedwyn, Deoliver47, jotter, kimoconnor blocked by someone and norm at the SFKossacks' dinner before the Bill Clinton opening keynote
My friend Jamiah Adams found me.
Paul Hogarth of Beyond Chron
Relaxing in between sessions with the free wifi
Jill Richardson aka OrangeClouds115
Laura Clawson and Arjun Jaikumar
Jammed packed house to see the Big Dog
Doug Webster, official photographer of NN09
Malacandra, kimoconnor and ukiyo listening to President Clinton
(Well Malacandra should be listening but I think he's tweeting.)
Austin Adams
One Pissed Off Liberal speaking to Markos
MsSpentYouth
Raines
teacherken
Ed Tracey
WineRev with his book
LOE's Thursday shoes
Muskegon Critic
California Caucus, that's hekebolos, juls and malacandra
California caucus: withthelidoff, laura and Shayera taking a power nap
Markos stopped by our California caucus to give us the recent results of his California poll.
Matt Lockshin there looking at the camera
Brian Leubitz of Calitics and Malacandra on the left
California Caucus
Markos chatting with Donna Edwards
D Wreck
The Mom Cat
Deoliver47 and Texas Mom
Doggie rocking guitar hero and Shermanesque
Kath25
jlms qkw
Empty Exhibit Hall B in Pittsburgh
Lobby of the Westin on Friday night during the hootenanny
OPOL and mik
snorfbat on banjo
snorfbat and mindoca
Lobby of the Westin on Friday night during the hootenanny
Who knew that jotter could jump in and play snorbat's washtub bass!?!
Lobby of the Westin on Friday night during the hootenanny
LithiumCola
Outside the Bossa Nova for the DFA Howard Dean event
The Bar at Bossa Nova
DFA's Howard Dean event
Common Sense Mainer, Ellicatt and ?
highacidity and edgery
Jane Hamsher and Howard Dean there in the center
Howard Dean there in the center
Audrey Molsky and NYBri
kimoconnor
Judyzola, Harryzola, Dewey of the Desert and Harvey Bryan a green building technology expert
Cheryl Contee and myself, Neeta Lind aka navajo
4Freedom
Blueness' daughter Julia Rain
Is Duncan slightly smiling here? Atrios
DFA's Charlie Chamberlain and Mary Rickles. Media Director for Netroots Nation
? and Will Easton
This is a fake magnolia tree...
Now it's time to grab some dinner. I arranged for the Westin Shuttle to take us to a hot spot I heard about from Raven and Mona. Church Brew Works, a brewery in a majestic old church.
We crammed 18 SFKossacks into the Westin Shuttle for transport to Church Brew.
Church Brew facade
SFKossacks at The Church Brew Works: norm, kimoconnor, ukiyo and slinkerwink
SFKossacks at The Church Brew Works: highacidity, Ed Tracey, jotter, slinkerwink, LOE and dweb####
SFKossacks at The Church Brew Works: Jeff in CA and his family with the sidepockets in the background
We took this photo for thereisnospoon. Here there are many spoons.
Outside of the the Church a CNN camera man came up to me and said he had taken closeup video of my jewelry for reaction shots to Clinton's speech. lol.
Let's see...who else can we piss off....????
Floja Roja
myself, navajo and earicicle
Stephanie Block
slinkerwink
TiaRachel
Bruin Kid
RLMiller NRDC Action Fund Scholarship recipient
Son of OPOL and OPOL. I know their real first names but I cannot remember the young one's screen name.
Joel Silberman's workshop
virgomusic
vicki
hekebolos, mcjoan and thereisnospoon
hekebolos and thereisnospoon
PerfectStormer
Steven Singiser
Jed Lewison
Gina Cooper
Eric Thut and myself, navajo
Eric deserves two pics for all his hard werk.
Mike Stark
? with a supercute baby and Scout Finch
Jane Hamsher of Fire Dog Lake
FaithG and SusanG (daughter and mom)
Arlen Specter on the grill
Myself, navajo, Denise Ford LSW and Ilona Meagher
Marcy Wheeler, one of my heroes
This protester was preaching to the choir. She was kindly asked to sit down so she wouldn't block others photographs. She refused. Way to piss everyone off.
Paul Delehanty aka Kid Oakland
Rain's star quilt with 204 signatures of bloggers:
Meteor with a Star
I know Meteor Blades does not like the social spotlight but meeting him in person was the highlight of my trip. I have begun nagging him to attend NN10 in Vegas Baby, Vegas.
Debra Bowen and fans
The Daily Kos booth where you can find Front Pagers, tee shirts and stickers!
Free massages next to the Daily Kos booth compliments of Advomatic
Will Easton on the left deciding who the winner of the Credo Mobile/ Netroots Nation 2009 Blogger Award
DemfromCT
LOE and DemfromCT
Elisa Batista and myself, Neeta Lind aka navajo
Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner with MomsRising
cskendrick
Sarahnity
Ben Masel
Dana Houle
Stranded Wind
Common Sense Mainer and SanDeigoDem
Zwoof and his wife Joanna
fbihop and Yobachi Boswell of blackperspective.net
Command Central, that's Nolan, Mary, Raven, Robyn and Karen
Wesley Gadsden and Marcon Washington
boran2
boran2's tee shirt
I don't know how Markos and crew can out do the party they gave last year but they did. I personally needed a good dance party for some exercise and I stayed on the dance floor possibly 3 hrs. There was no one there making me leave, wink wink. Markos and Elisa dance very well together. It was fun to watch them. Markos took me for a little spin but I am not trained in couples dancing, just pole dancing... I kid. Anyway, Markos I promise to take some salsa classes. Then I can be ready for next year. Well, now you all know that I am a serious party girl. Can't help it.
Spiritual Rez at the Altar Bar
Markos saluting me...nice.
Altar Bar cocktail person and TexMex
Sam Seder
Baratunde Thurston
Katie Halper
Lee Camp
Elisa and Markos laughing along with Lee Camp
Brillig? Are you taking a picture of me taking a picture of you?
Markos and Katie Halper
David Cross reading Markos' hate mail
Markos had fricking laser beams at his party!
Cheers from Gina Cooper
deaniac83
CJnyc
I'm in love with this youngster. He wants to remain anonymous. I had so much fun dancing with you. Hope you can make it to Vegas Baby Vegas.
Well, I was pretty tired the next morning but I did manage to take a couple of last day photos.
Pam Spaulding of Pam's House Blend and Michelangelo Signorile of signorile.com
jotter and Shanna Ingalsbee talking hard hat smack to each other
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Other NN09 photo diaries and albums:
Netroots Nation tag
Ilona Meagher's Flickr Set
Also, please report mistakes and I will correct.
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A special THANK YOU to Shanna Ingalsbee and Robyn McMillin who found my camera and gave it to the lost and found. I missed shooting the event at the Warhol museum. I was quite upset and there were some stunning night shots on our walk home.
Speaking of missed shots...
He who hesitates is lost OR regrets on missing images I was not ready to shoot:
Couple’s shot of Plutonium Page and Frank.
(Frank calls our convention UP, UP with Bloggers...btw...lol)
Meteor Blades tattoo on his arm. Killer Cool, I must say.
Markos bonking.
I'll try to be more alert next year.
Tell me what your favorite moment was at NN09. I'm listening...