Cathy in the Wright

Did She Or Didn't She?

Is it the burning question for those not able to attend the MOB gathering at Keegan's last night? Did she actually wear her pajamas?

She did. That's your humble servant there in the red flannel pjs, along with the famous Captain Ed (credentialed Republican convention blogger and Instapundit's go-to man) and Jordan (Jo's Attic).

As you can see, Jo wore her pajamas too. I do think it was a bit unfair for her to show up in black silk looking like she stepped out of a Victoria's Secret catalog and thereby make me in my red flannels look like I came off the JCPenny's clearance sale flyer...but how can you not forgive someone who's willing to wear pajamas to a bar?

Besides Jo, I had the great luck to meet Doug and Ellen, Craig Westover (contributor to the Pioneer Press and the man responsible for getting Nick Coleman's undies into even a tighter bundle than the Fraters boys left them), Noodles, Eloise and Warrior from Spitbull, V-toed Bill from the Kool-Aid Report, Gary from DaytonvKennedy, Mary from ItsNoonSomewhere, Kathy (Cake Eater Chronicles) and her husband, and David Strom (of Taxpayer's League fame and perpetual thorn in the side of MN liberals) and his wife Margaret.

I also got to finally meet Ryan Rhodes (Rambling Rhodes) and his girlfriend, Melissa. I knew him in an instant, because he walked into the bar backwards with his pants down. Well, he would have done so, but I think he held off for Melissa's sake. She's a very pretty, very pleasant woman - what she's doing with him...I'm not sure. Great to meet you both!

In addition to the all the new faces, I had a lot of fun talking with the bloggers I met last July. The Fraters guys were wonderful hosts. If Laura Billings would come down to Keegan's some Thurday night and have a beer with them, she'd have four new friends, be writing for the National Review next month, and be a much happier person in general.

Mitch Berg was the anchor of the whole event. New blogger? Don't know anyone yet? Just fasten yourself on Mitch's sleeve, and you'll know everyone before the night's through.

I have a great picture of Mitch. He's eating dinner. I'd post it, but when I thought of all the guff he'd get from everyone when they saw it...I thought he might be very willing to drop off a suitcase full of unmarked bills in a pre-arranged location. I'll email you soon, dear.

My fellow Outlander, King Banian, was in attendance as well. We were talking about how GREAT it would be if all you MOBsters got to make the exodus out our way for the next gathering. King's already got the perfect location. If we can work out some sort of gas subsidy for you all, be thinking St. Cloud this summer.

Perhaps the biggest honor of the night was shaking hands once again with Scott Johnson of Powerline. Yeah. That's right. I shook his hand. I'll never wash it again. Of course, I can add to this honor the fact that I had met him once earlier, in the Pre-Rather-Gate Days, so I'm doubly cool.

Greetings to D.C. from Brainstorming and John the Policy Guy. Great to see you both again. Hello to everyone else I met whose name or URL I can't remember. I knew I should have brought a little notebook and pencil along...just like Atomizer. Of course, if you do that, someone might get ahold of it and start writing goofy crap in it.

I'm sure pictures and reviews have surfaced elsewhere by now. It feels like Christmas morning. I'm still in my pajamas (yes, those same ones) and I can't wait to open up different sites and see what's in them.

Thank you, Keegan's, for allowing us to descend upon you like a plague.

Posted by Cathy at January 23, 2005 11:20 AM