Allyson_Wilson's Blog

Its Friday morning and I have a mere 24 hours before I return and head back to work.  Yesterday, after getting into the city I hit the ground running at the Unity conference and attended a few seminars.  But one of the best things about this conference is connecting and reconnecting with friends after the day's work is done.  Last night everyone was talking about going to an ESPN sponsored party.  It was at a club called Crobar and true to the hype it was ridiculously crowded!  When Maureen and I got there we tried to hook up with other co-workers and friends but the crowd was so thick we could not find everyone-- In fact i must have walked the place twice looking for Wisdom and never found him!  We did run into CNN's TJ Holmes who had a circle of girls "sharking" around him trying to meet him.  It was so funny, I thought-- his ego must be ginormous!  We also saw a few of our co-workers-- Gwen Tolbart, tape producer Michelle Dunham, and tape coordinator Brian Balbuena

The club ended up being just too much, meaning too many people- I began to feel claustrophobic so we left.  Oustide, Maureen and I ran into WRC's Miguel Almaguer and decided to go with him to the National Association of Hispanic Journalists after party.   After a quick cab ride across town we were at a restaurant/bar type place called the Alhambre.  This was more my speed-- live salsa music, spacious dance floor and the bar area was seprate from the dancing so you could actually hear a conversation.    We had a blast-- however it did make me miss my colleagues Raquel Amparo who remained in DC to produce the 10pm news for you, our viewers; and Javier DeDiego, our old 10pm producer who just abandoned us to go clinch a golden opportunity producing at CNN, and Roby Chavez.  I wished I could share the fun with them.  One highlight for me was seeing NBC's Ron Allen salsa dancing.  When I see him live in war-torn middle eastern cities he's always, understandably, so serious. So it was good to see him having a good time.

I am posting my pictures.  I will type more later!