A post about one of the things that holiday decorations in general provide us a chance to do – sit back for a moment and reflect. It’s also a chance for those of you that care to see a photo of our Christmas tree for this year 🙂
Thanksgiving is a great time of year to take a step back and reflect, just not for too long (and not on the bad things either). Yesterday just seemed like one of those perfect days…
During the flight to Chicago last week – an adventure unto itself I may add – I realized just how often I’d been there in the last five years. I think I’ve averaged at least one trip per year since my arrival in Birmingham.
The Magic City is often compared to Pittsburgh, with many claiming that it’s the Southern equivalent to the Steel City. I’ve never been to Pittsburgh, but I’ve been to Chicago and I see several similarities between it and Birmingham (probably more than the average person), though the ability to ride in from the airport on the Blue Line to eat ramen and potstickers for lunch downtown in Macy’s Seven on State food court is not one of them. For the record, I enjoyed the ramen;Â others apparently had different experiences.
While I did eat quite well last weekend, that wasn’t the main reason for the trip. I was in Chicago to attend the inaugural CityCamp at the UIC Innovation Center. I stumbled across the initial announcement for the conference via an email from BarCamp’s wiki several months back and figured that if I only attended one conference this year that it would be the one.
#reverb10: The search for community
Published by Andre on December 7, 2010Today’s #reverb10 prompt gets participants thinking about where they’ve found community in the last twelve months. I’m thinking that my answer’s a little different than most since I’ve found bits of community while hoping to make those instances occur just a little more often…