Hi all,
I just returned to the Big Apple from the excitement in Chicago!
Many, many wonderful people were there, and I was happy to meet
so many of you from the awizard list (and some great folks who
haven't taken the on-line plunge yet). The weather in Chicago was
quite mild, I thought, and this made the wait in line, and the
wandering around afterwards, very pleasant. A local band opened
for Todd, and they were quite good (despite the fact that the
sound man gave them no bass drum for some reason). Todd was hot;
the minor glitches that occurred were indeed minor.

The set list:

The Park West is a nice place to see a show, and they didn't try to pack us in -- although they did get a little abrupt when it was time to kick us out. Many of us preceded the concert with dinner at Topo Gigio's, and followed it with a cozy party back at the Days Inn. And just a few hours ago, I was having brunch with all the same great people; bleh, please tell me I don't have to go back to work in the morning.....

-- Bill Pierron