Cleveland, Fall 2003

• A Little Pre-Gaming...

  Jenn and I drove out from Rochester and met up with Kristyn, who was coming from Bowling Green, at the art museum. After a few hours there, we headed towards our enormous party room at the Holiday Inn Express. Two rooms and a kitchenette, two big screen TVs, two queen size beds … we are definitely bringing more people next time!

  	A little PRE-pre-gaming -- my tummy didn’t feel so good, so I was hoping the pretzels would have a calming effect!
  	The first (of many!) bottles of wine for the evening!

• Peabody’s

  Jenn’s friend LJ, a Cleveland native, took us out to what turned out to be the Cleveland equivalent of Rochester’s Penny Arcade. We spent a few minutes searching for the Cleveland equivalents of ourselves before running into the singer and bassist of the headlining band, who we had missed. Apparently, all of our years of chatting up bands in Rochester paid off because five minutes later, we already had an invitation to the after-party.

  	Photo Tip #1: Long arms aren’t enough to take a good group shot – it helps if you aim the camera!		This kid walking by had pretty impressive timing!!
  	Wait, I don’t think we’re ready!!!		We finally commissioned someone else to take the pictures…
  	Jenn, me, and the singer, whose name we seem to have forgotten!		Jenn and LJ, taken by yours truly (I think)
  	Jenn’s original title of this picture was, appropriately, “Jenn and Pouty Kristyn”!		The reshoot…

• Our Own After-Party

  Instead of heading back with the band guys, we went back to the hotel with two of LJ’s friends. They ended up overstaying their welcome after causing some mass destruction and chaos… Surfing on ironing boards, an entire crate of Clementines devoured and peels scattered all over, furniture put on the beds – just a small sample of these boys’ stellar behavior! They also used up all but a few pictures on both Jenn's and my cameras, so we have nothing from the next day's trips to the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame or the Irish pub.

  	Jenn aptly titled this one “the calm before the chaos”!! This was before all hell broke loose.		Apparently, this was the only way the chair was coming off the bed…
  	Still pushing… when the chair finally flipped, we ended up with a lovely hole in the wall. (Thanks to LJ for making it unnoticeable!)		Jenn ended up in a wrestling match with the smaller kid… I don’t think she was playing around, though! hehe
  	Aawww.. LJ and Dana :)		Me, LJ, and Jenn just after our tickling war ended…
  	Giving my camera back after wasting film on nothing – Jenn & I developed two disposable cameras for $5 because they wasted so much film…		This is the shot taken during the handoff…
  	A professional-quality shot of LJ!		More of LJ…
  	No, we hadn’t been drinking ;)		5:30am and definitely past our bedtime…