AIA National Convention, New Orleans
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The AIA national convention starts this week. I see Google SketchUp will be there and some of our add-on rendering friends. Anyone else out there going to attend?? I haven't been in New Orleans since Katrina. A major part of the convention and host chapter events will center on the recovery steps which I am sure will be eye opening.
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Jim,
If some guy walks up to you on the street and says, "For a dollar I'll tell you where you got your shoes," don't take him up on it.
I haven't been there since before Katrina but I enjoyed it.
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Jim, if your a drinking man, you have to go to Pat O'brien's (the piano bar, if you like to sing along when drunk; I spent the night there on my 18th birthday). And, you must go to the Cafe Du Monde for beignets. Both in the French Quarter. Wish I could have afforded to go.
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Beware, rising waters, The Army Corps of Engineers opened some floodgates at the Bonnet Carre spillway upriver from New Orleans this morning to take pressure off the levees near New Orleans.
As the Mississippi River continues to rise forecasters expect it to reach record flood levels this week.
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@dave r said:
Jim,
If some guy walks up to you on the street and says, "For a dollar I'll tell you where you got your shoes," don't take him up on it.
I found the street people and street musicians most interesting. Better jazz outside than inside except for "Preservation Hall"
@daniel said:
Jim, ....And, you must go to the Cafe Du Monde for beignets. Both in the French Quarter. Wish I could have afforded to go.
One of the first good things I heard post Katrina was that Cafe DuMonde was not wiped out by the flood
@solo said:
Beware, rising waters, The Army Corps of Engineers opened some floodgates at the Bonnet Carre spillway upriver from New Orleans this morning to take pressure off the levees near New Orleans.
As the Mississippi River continues to rise forecasters expect it to reach record flood levels this week.
I heard it would crest at 17' and they are confident in the levy will take 20'. Just in case, we have an upper level hotel room. I was wondering about a sticking an inflatable raft in the luggage but my wife looked at me real funny so I dropped it.
I'll post photos, one way or another.
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It is a conspiracy. Obama is trying to drown as many architects as he can.
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@unknownuser said:
It is a conspiracy. Obama is trying to drown as many architects as he can.
Really...
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@unknownuser said:
It is a conspiracy. Obama is trying to drown as many architects as he can.
Bobby Jindel loves architects. I think it is more likely he will close the borders and keep all +/- 15,000 architects in the super dome behind computers to crank out plans for the new delta region. (Those architects that can't CAD may be alligator food)
If you don't hear from me in a week, you will know what happened.
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Made it back --- Great convention. Learned some things; bought some things; great tastes; great sights, great music. No flooding! The levys held and the pumps are working.
Visited the Google booth and had an informative chat with Chris Cronin and others about Layout3. Quite a few impressive construction document sets on display. Right across the aisle was Shaderlight. Daniel Tal was there making notes and giving tips. He is writing a new book on the renderer. After seeing the demos' and talking with Daniel, I decided to pick up a copy (at expo discount) I will post something as soon as I get a chance. Attached are a few of the 1500 photos we shot during the week in NOLA.
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