Wednesday July 27: A Day Off. Art and I Attend the Democratic National Convention

 

24th Street  at 10am

Happy hump day off from work for me. If another series of hot days in the long hot summer of 2016. I was

Demolition Site on Fairmount Ave

going to go to sunrise and I decided to myself I needed some sleep. So I got up around 9 AM did the


A  News Reporter for DNC

breakfast thing took in the garbage can. The recycling is still not picked up yet. Well I'm off from I am

Photo Lounge

outside the convention hall I'm now working on trying to meet my friend Frey can get in the place

19th and Chestnut

the security of unbelievable here. I needed credential just to be able to stand outside the stadium got


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out of the house and I'm gonna head downtown to buy some items so I can enter my artwork.

It's still pretty hot out here at the 10:39 AM. I'm hoping with a little luck I can get a pass inside the convention hall

John Who Hooked Me up for DNC

 If I am not successful  I got enough to do here I just stopped at the photo lounge and they

My Security Pass

had my pictures ready as I showed up. I also Saul a private party and I hope you don't get to walk by.

Yay!

I'm gonna try to appointment if at all possible. So I can have an upgrade to go to the convention.

I Got Frames Here

My friend John has a hook up. I'm about to meet someone from Indian tribe underneath the tent

Some of My Photos to Choose

want to get let in. I then wandered around the bed and finally went to Blick & bought 2

At Starbucks

frames. I also got hanging wire and hangers. I'm  downtown at 16th and Walnut at Starbucks

charging my phone and framing 2 photos I am just winging it right now in this incredible heat. I framed them and I'm going to enter

 both in the gallery for a juried show. The deadline is today and

Open Call for Juried Show

 

Today's News

of course I waited till today. 🙄😜Whether they are accepted is not up to me. Well I found out I


Leaving for Broad St Line

didn't need my photo framed I just need to send JPEG. I got bit instructions and send them over. I

Broad St Line

 got to talk to the art director at the Da Vinci  thank goodness. I then went to my  appointment early

Entrance to Convention

and then put the Broad Street line down to AT&T station. I am outside the convention hall I'm now

Press Pool

working on trying to meet my friend John can get in the place the security of unbelievable here. I

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needed credential just to be able to stand outside the  Wells Fargo Center. Well I did manage to get a ticket

In My Seat w/ Ticket

in the general mission section. And I climbed up in the nosebleeds and got it. I think Jesse Jackson

My Section

and now they have mayor of Flint Michigan it is 6:20 PM I'm going to turn off my phone so I have battery time

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left. I have 29% battery. Well it's 7:17 PM I decided to hit the men's room and look for an outlet to charge my phone. I'm now up to 47% I'm probably going to hang here till about eight and then go back

Sitting On Floor Charging Phone

 

 

Jerry Bown

on my feet. I could buy I got back to my seat and saw various speakers. I saw Leon Panetta, Gabby 

Feeling the Sprit  

Giffords, and a few other people I can't name. The heavy hitters came next. I saw Joe Biden and we were given

Gabby Giffords

signs  that said  "Joe"on them. He was excellent. Next was Tim Kane.He is  a Senator from Virginia 

Lenny Kravitz

and the Vice Presidential  nominee. He made fun of trumps famous statement that he says all the 

My Vies

time "trust me". But the star the evening with President Obama. He spoke about his time in office and

Gabby Giffards

how he trusts Hilary and that people in the audience lifted him up when you lifting any hope that he lifted 

Listening to Joe Biden

us up as well. I got all kinds of signs that they give you for each of the main speakers. I decided

President Obama

that I would take two from the work when I go in tomorrow. Going home was pretty smooth. I charged my

Cheering for President Obama

phone and talk to 2 young ladies. There also talking to phone you get home. They were from Washington

DC. And we all got our phones charged over 20% on our phones, we all went our way I got the Broad 

Leaving

Street Line non-stop to City Hall. After got off the train. We will all went up to broaden Juniper Street. I

Posing for a Photo

then walked to JFK Boulevard. I I managed to catch the 32 bus just in time. I went to the

minimart on Fairmount Avenue and got two bananas and two drinks so I'll have some food in my stomach

Exiting towards Street

before I got home I ended up getting home around 1 AM. It was a very enjoyable experience

On the 32 Bus Home

being at the convention. Also, taking the day off enabled me to take care some business and get some sleep.