Hanging out with my own kind

This week I attended an aviation marketing conference in Pittsburgh, PA. I was very excited because Karyn was able to join me. Karyn has been a fan of Pittsburgh since she came and visited me during college. The fun neighborhoods with lots of character, the great shopping and the yummy food. It was also a chance for Karyn to experience a full immersion into the world of aviation nerd-ery. I told her that everyone who would be there (for the most part) would be speaking in aviation nerd code like I do most of the time.

These people get excited about a new paint scheme, a major route announcement or a controversial airplane change for an airline - say from Boeing to Airbus or vice versa. These are the news bytes that send blackberries on overload and the pending coffee break buzzing with excitement. It always refreshes me to be at these conferences because at the end of the day, even though working is always work and it can be stressfull - I am very happy to be in an industry that I enjoy. So what if $140 oil is gradually killing the everyday person's appreciation for how awesome it is - but c'est la vie - It's a great time. Everyone enjoyed meeting Karyn and she even mentioned "Hey, your conference people are way more exciting!"

Side notes:

1. We got to go to the first Yankees game in Pittsburgh (due to interleague) since Bill Mazerowski's homerun to win the 1960 World Series. He threw out the first pitch and it was awesome.

2. We got to see Dave Sherer (friend from Pitt and Semester at Sea) and his new place.

3. We also got to see baby Claire June Gerencir at only 6 days old. So Cute!

4. We have also recently celebrated great events such as Michelle and Sara's commitment ceremony and Kyle's 30th Bday and PhD celebration.

For pictures of Michelle and Sara's commitment ceremony, check out the following link.

For other pictures from June including Baby Claire and Kyle's celebration, check out this link.

This Thursday we are off for a long weekend to Santa Fe with Karyn's mom. While we are not taking a major vacation this summer - we are doing Santa Fe, Big Sur (wedding) and Chicago (fun, fun, fun) for long weekends. Let the Summer officially begin....