The Roadie Show

After sleeping for almost 20 hours I think I’m ready to tell you about PodCamp NYC. The crew gathered at the House That Geek Built (in sunny Philadelphia, PA) on Friday afternoon sans Adam Plante. Plante decided to drive up to Connecticut a day earlier and meet us in NYC. Schmidt, Iggs, Nicole and I hit the road around 4pm, ready for traffic.

We sat in the Lincoln Tunnel for a long ass time but the ride up was pretty smooth. Whew. I was worried. Traffic makes me want to kill…
I tried calling Edyn around 5pm to see how she was doing. Edyn was driving up and meeting us at the New Yorker Hotel. Unfortunately my phone was acting up (I’m hoping it will last a few more months till the iPhone and others come out) and I wasn’t able to get in touch with Edyn until we pulled up in front of the hotel. It just so happened that Edyn was in the car directly in front of us as we pulled up, crisis averted. We sent Schmidt to find a parking garage while we all hit the lobby and tried to contact Plante. Once again we lucked out as Schmidt found Plante immediatly at the first garage he pulled into. By the time I dropped my bags and called Plante’s number he was standing next to Schmidt. So far so good…

Once we were all checked in we headed off to SLATE. Luckily it was a short cab ride and we were drunk within an hour of parking the car in NYC.

We met up with Drew Olanoff at SLATE, the site of the meet n’ greet. He immediatley sent me and Plante to the foosball table to take on Andrew Baron of Rocketboom fame. Plante and I kicked ass. Unfortunatley I kicked over my $12,000 drink while winning.

We drank, handed out cards, shook hands and talked. ALL NIGHT. I’ll end this post with a few pics of us drinking. Look for Part 2 soon!

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