Piece Pizza and DaveCago 3

So we had a whole crew at Piece Pizza again (we were there two years ago), thirteen people I'm thinking. Mostly people I'd met and a few wonderful new people! Our first photo is a little blurry (but that's because we were drinking) but it's got the most people in it. Starting on the left is Kevin and Katie, Suzanne, Mrs. RW and Tori in front. Tori I hadn't met before but since she brought brownies she was quickly treated like family! Suzanne was another new person and even though she was a non-blogger she was really fun too!

This is Robin and Leah at our third location for the evening (we got around). I've met Robin before and was thinking I didn't know who Leah was on-line but I just didn't remember that I did know, because when I got back to the hotel and turned my computer on, the first thing I saw was her tweeting about being pulled over by the police during her cab ride home.

As usual Dave made us cool badges to wear and these had a "Piece" theme. Get it? (Guess whose site I stole this badge picture from?) And not only did we have cool buttons too, Piece Pizza gave us some of theirs!

Speaking of Dave is it a coincidence that he's wearing his "Zombies Ate My Brain Shirt" in this zombish looking picture (you really need to click for the full effect). That's RW sneaking up behind him.

That's Jenny and Mocha Momma whom I've both met before but I don't have a photo of Lynne and Kosh.

We just ate and drank and chatted and after we ran around to a few other places The Velvet Hour and the Tequila bar where we went a few years ago (name anyone?). It was just a bunch of old and new friends getting together, it seems much simpler than when I have to tell people who I'm going to go see in Chicago. Some of the people didn't get to stay the whole evening and coincidentally (sadly) some of those were the ones I talked to the least earlier in the evening (I'll talk to them first next time!).

Argh, that's a lot more cutting and pasting than usual. But I think I got everyone and all the names right...

I didn't have as many photos as I thought, so maybe I didn't get all of them recovered (or maybe they were more blurry ones than I thought).

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The Velvet Hour

So I specifically wanted to mention The Velvet Hour it's this odd bar with these velvet curtains and candlelight. No baseball hats or cell phones allowed! I was nervous for a minute since I had sandles on, but it was so dark inside I don't think anyone noticed :)

It's the second place we went and we and you could have just walked by because the door is kind of hidden (see photo); it's not a fancy door I just thought the hidden part was interesting (although the camera flash lights it up good). I'm pretty sure Jen was the one who knew about this place (I think she usually picks out the places). Some of the boys got some Absinthe to drink but the rest of us got a carafe of some house specialty that I really liked but if I recall correctly it was kinda pricey ($90?). Can anyone tell me which one we drank?

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