As David mentioned in his last post, we went to an opening reception for Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Virginia delegates last night. The event was held at Red Rocks, an amazing stone park in the outskirts of the city. So, as we were walking around and meeting other delegates, you would never believe who we ran into….

 

That’s right! My favorite almost Vice President Tim Kaine. I told him that I was his biggest Ohio fan and invited him to check our blog. He was amazingly friendly and gracious, but the shirt he had on was not so friendly to the eye. 

But that’s not all folks!

We then ran into former Virgina Gov. and current Senate candidate Mark Warner:

 

Then Robert Kennedy Jr.

 

Then Governors Ed Rendell (D-PA) and Joe Manchin (D-WV)

David and I were so excited to meet all of them we could barely contain ourselves. Though some were friendlier(i.e., Kaine) than others (i.e., Kennedy), it was still fun.

After the reception, we went to the concert with Sheryl Crow, Dave Matthews and some other country group whose name I can’t recall (update – the band was called Sugarland – davidpmann). Organizers called the event “The First Green Concert” and in between musical acts, we heard from enviromental activists who encouraged us to green our lives. It seemed as if the concert lasted about 10 hours though. Being the person I am, I chose fashion over practicality and nearly froze to death. Nonetheless, we had fun and met a lot of great folks.

We are now off to our first Ohio breakfast delegation meeting. We have these every morning to go over the events for today and are visited by special guests each day. We’ll have updates for you all soon!