TESOL Portland Lists: Reflecting on the Week

Some of the high points of this week were

• reconnecting with my dear friend Patricia Dyer
•  my first f2f meeting with Jose Antonio da Silva, my fellow EVO coordinator and webhead friend since 2007 (we had a great time on the Best of Portland Walking Tour!)
• the Walking Tour itself (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4)
• Spending quality time with JA and Laine on Wednesday
• Dinner "with the girls" at Bridgeport BrewPub on Friday night
• Karen and Shirley's Color Vowel Chart presentation on Friday afternoon
• and of course seeing so many webheads: Vance, Jane, Carla, Evelyn, Miguel, Rick, Barb, Christine, Elizabeth, Claire and others 
  

There were some low points as well:

• falling (twice!)
• the weather (wet!)
• my Classics Fair presentation (with Elizabeth) on the EVO--I wish that it had been better attended and that the webcast had worked. :-(

And some regrets:

• People I didn't manage to connect with, like Mary Hillis
• Places I didn't manage to eat at, like the Blossoming Lotus
• Things I didn't get to see or do, like
• the Underground Walking Tour
• Mount Hood (hidden by the clouds the whole time we were there)
• the Columbia River Gorge
• Washington Park
• the Japanese Garden
• Pink Martini! (they were in Florida this week anyway) (official website)
• People I didn't get to say a proper goodbye to, like
• Vance
• Jane
• Christine 
• Elizabeth
• Carla
• Miguel, and many more (Goodbye, all of you! It was wonderful seeing you!)

But overall, it was a great convention! Thanks again for visiting the blog. See you next year (wia-in-toronto)!