(not so) Str8 Up With A Twist

I was back at the Hilton Americas on Saturday for the Creating Change 26 conference on Saturday.  I spend additional time hobnobbing schmoozing networkingwith people from all over.  I was also to present with some of my co-workers about Legacy's history and the impact of fundraising.  The title of the presentation was The Little Agency That Could...and Did!

More portion was subtitled Parallel Lines and had one timeline of the growth of the agency with another timeline of the impact of HIV/AIDS in the U.S.  I thought we were wonderful.

So...after it was over, I proceeded to the bar.  I was going to order a Rose Kennedy but right before the waitress left I noticed this on the table:

I've never been a big fan of fruity drinks that try to pass as a Martini just because it is served in a Martini glass.  I've been known to drink a Cosmo from time to time.  Lemon Drops don't really do it for me.  So I was bit skeptical about this but when in Rome when at Creating Change why not?

Well...the damn thing was so good I had two!  I'm glad I went out of my comfort zone.

Pic Of The Day - 01.31.14

Creating Change 26 rolled into H-town earlier in the week.  It was the first time the conference has been held in Houston.  Attendance figures were around 4,000 which puts it a the largest attendance in the history of the conference.

I attended Creating Change 24 when it was in Baltimore.  I didn't know what to expect so this time around I was prepared.  However, I wasn't really prepared for this:

 and to be quite honest with you, I'm still not sure what it is but if I had to guess, it is some type of a chamber where people could get a way from it all and relax and have some peace and quiet.  It was located in the lobby of the 4th floor of the Hilton Americas.  

When I took the photo, there was actually a man laying face down.  If he hadn't have been in there, I would have taken a photo of the interior.  The exterior makes a really cool photo too!