Vicki is back in Banff

Last week, I was in Indiana at the Notre Dame campus on a great marketing trip with Thor Industries.  This week, I’m in Banff at a FDCC conference.  The tone is quite different.  I arrived at 7:00 pm this evening and the “warm casual” dress code seems to be almost-suit wear.  I decided to pretend I wasn’t part of the conference yet and wore my comfy travel clothes to dinner.  It had been 6-7 hours since I last ate and the trip was a little wearing, though it was wonderful to see the Canadian Rockies again.  I wish Mike were with me!  I really miss him, especially here where we visited last year.

Anyway, there was nowhere to sit inside the pub for dinner and the waitresses were ignoring little lone me.  I decided to eat outside in the cold and wet, as it had rained earned, because there was a place to sit.  The views were beautiful, and there was a couple out there.  We started talking and they invited me it eat with them.  They were a lovely couple from Michigan. He is an engineer who is presenting tomorrow at my conference.  She got me a blanket, so we were all three snuggled in our separate blankets outside.  After two beers and a warm dinner, I started feeling better.

The hotel is like a castle.  It’s a little incredible and a little intimidating.  Tomorrow, I’ll put on my lawyer armor and blend right in.  Here’s hoping for a successful conference where I meet potential clients.