Last night my girlfriend and I attended the annual Roe v. Wade anniversary dinner put on by NARAL Pro-Choice America. I had meant to bring the digital camera, just 'cause you never know what's going to happen at these things. (Turns out we were sitting two tables away from Howard Dean, who walked in, stood up when he was recognized by the first emcee, and then, so far as I could tell, bolted faster than President Bush from a press conference.) The dinner was a good time. Chuck Schumer spoke well, I thought, and vowed to amend "I support Roe v. Wade"-language to any bill put forward in Congress trying to chip away at Roe. We'll see how (or if) that goes.
But the best part of the night occurred just after we walked in the door. There, at the beginning of a long hallway, were two signs, each pointing to separate events going on in the same hotel. The signs were so close to each other that they overlapped, one's bottom corner covering the other. What were the two signs? "Roe v. Wade Dinner, NARAL" and "Inaugural Prayer Breakfast." Oh how I do wish I had remembered to bring the digital camera!
Posted by Paul at January 19, 2005 11:11 AMThis happened to me at an event at the Washington Hilton a couple of months ago when I was working a third event. I had to share a cab with a stranger on the way back to my office and couldn't tell if I could talk to her or not. It was weird and she was nervous, too. Turns out she was at the NARAL event, so we exchanged business cards before reaching our respective offices.
Posted by: Melanie at January 19, 2005 07:34 PM