Archive for April 20th, 2007
the opening
The Grand Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency, salons A through F opened wide, holds hundreds of square card tables and thousands of folding chairs spread at regular intervals. Islands of tables, punctuated by metal stanchions like palm trees: fronds of accordion-pleated computer paper and colored cardboard with bold-faced letters. Section A, fifteen tables. Section B, [...]