Spring Quilt Market, Pittsburgh...the second

Oddly enough, quilts are usually a last minute stop at quilt market. At the Fall Market, I'm lucky to see just a bit of the different exhibits. The best thing about the smaller spring show is that it's easier to cover ground and the quilts were front and center so they were easy to enjoy. These are some of my pics but I could snap many, many quilt pictures. I guess I'm more into the art appreciation than actually...you know, producing any.

And, of course, many of the prettiest quilts were in booths...patterns readily available for sale. I didn't take any pictures of those. Or of any of the stars I encountered. Sigh.

Spring Quilt Market, Pittsburgh

I always have the most difficult time deciding what to post after I get back from a show like the Spring Quilt Market. So much happens and by the time I get back somewhere to write it down, it turns into a blur. And this time was no different! Add my sensory overload to camera amnesia and my posts become even more jumbled, but I'd need two brains and sets of eyes to see it all and keep it all straight so we'll just have to make do.

I have to give Pittsburgh the title for "Most beautiful convention center" because it is really, really nice. This is the view from the inside.

And this is what you see on the outside as you walk in...lots of running water. It's a beautiful place if you like water. And bridges and buildings.

The first day I was here I successfully rode the subway to the Station Square stop and then I managed to find the Monongahela Incline (sorry if I spelled it wrong...too tired to check right this minute so I'm sticking with phonetics). I took these photos from the overlook. I feel all adventurous and intrepid and stuff.

I did it. All by myself, too.

So I did manage to get my little baby computer all set up. Good job! And I did manage to walk all...the...way over to the convention center. I felt a little like I ought to be wearing a straw hat and my overhalls rolled up around my bare feet with a little hay dangling from my mouth. I gawked. The buildings are tall is what I'm saying. And then there's a subway station right across the intersection from the hotel so I totally rode it...and I didn't get lost! I consider it a personal triumph. More on the destination later.