This One's for Sister H

See, if you beg - I will blog. It's not that I don't want to keep my peeps in the loop of my day-to-day or that nothing is going on. It's just that I can't stop getting on planes and flying myself dizzy.

Last night, I got back from Reno. Every time I say the word "Reno" the Mister shouts out "The biggest little city in the world!" Yes, I know - Pittsburgh, Reno? My well-intentioned client is trying to shed some tourism light on these neglected cities.

Oh, maybe I forgot to tell you about Pittsburgh! How long has it been my friend? Well, let me tell you.... In Pittsburgh they have Super Fans. Not to be mistaken with the fans of the regular variety. These fans dress up in Steelers (or Penguins or whatever else) uniforms and parade in the streets for hours prior to a game. If you are in the city on business, like me, and you are trying to find a parking spot, like me, and your hotel is across from the stadium, like mine, then you are out of luck. If you finally valet your rental for a million bucks and decide to order room service to avoid the fans (which fill up every restaurant in town) you will be surprised to learn that because of the game room service will take two hours. I kid you not, work shuts down for "THE GAME". I was told by the labor union that we can order labor during game hours, but no one will show up. Seriously? No one will show up for a paycheck in these economic times if there happens to be a game? Now picture Jim Carrey when I say this, "COME ON!!!"

So the good news about Pittsburgh is that everyone is super friendly. Like, go-to-the-ends-of-the-earth-for-a-total-stranger-who-needs-her-signs-reproduced-last-minute-before-the-client-freaks type of friendly. I can't count the number of times people acted as though my problem was their problem until it was fixed. How refreshing!

The other cool thing about Pittsburgh is that everyone there looks like they are from Pittsburgh. I can't quite put my finger on exactly what it is, but when you see some Pittsburghians (?) you will see what I mean. Maybe there literally is a salt of the earth that makes you look this way.

Here's some pics from the show... This particular venue was "green". This means that instead of fluorescent lighting there was a canvas ceiling that allowed the natural light through. So cool. Usually I get fluorescenditis from being cooped up inside for days on end. The food is composted by yucky worms. All the paper is meticulously gathered and recycled. So I guess this green thing really is catching on. I can't figure out who exactly is pushing us in this direction, but I like it. Mister, we're buying a Prius!

Okay, I admit these aren't the most fascinating examples of my creative genius. In fact there is little of my flair represented here (it did exist in this show, just not in these pictures). But, HOLY MOLY it is so much easier to produce a "pipe and drape" show than worry about pantones matching. With the economy and the resulting hiring freeze I will be taking on more and more of these type of shows. Yipee!