Quite a night last night. We attended the closing banquet for the annual National Society Of Newspaper Columnists conference, and was it ever a doozy!!

These affairs are always memorable, but this one had several highlights worth mentioning...

The dinner was held in the rooftop ballroom of the Omni Parker House Hotel, in Boston. This place is crazy with history, on top of simply being one of the nicest old hotels we've ever been in.

The formal part of the evening included awards for attending columnists, and a special presentation for legendary columnist Art Buchwald. Due to health, his daughter was in attendance to accept on his behalf, and he did appear in a short, pretaped video.

After that, a 30-piece gospel choir blew whatever was above the rooftop off the building, closing the night.

Then we ended up in the legendary NSNC hospitality suite, where these conferences really come to life. Had a chance to revisit old friends, and meet new ones. You often pick up more in these gatherings than you do at the actual workshops. Perhaps several malty beverages enhances the workings of the learning part of your brain...

A good time had by all...

Chow for now!!