ALA Midwinter

I'm heading out to Boston for ALA Midwinter. I'm still puzzled by the fact that ALA always holds Midwinter in freezing places and Annual (June-July) in places such as New Orleans that are known for their heat and humidity. I hope I won't freeze to death in Boston. I'm really looking forward to this trip as Boston is one of those cities I've always wanted to go to but have never been.

Denver

I doubt you can see this that well but this is what the Colorado Convention Center looked like this morning. This is a big deal for me as Lower Alabama never gets snow so I'm not that used to it. I love the huge blue bear in front of the center -- I don't know why he's blue though -- if there's some legend about a blue bear associated with Colorado -- or if that's just the color the person decided to make him.

I'm at ALA Midwinter as you can probably guess from the fact that I'm in a cold snowy place. The American Library Association always does this -- Annual which is in June/July is in some hot place (it's been in New Orleans twice since I've been going) and Midwinter is always in some freezing place -- last year it was Philadelphia.