Arrived around 5pm after a thankfully uneventful trip. I stepped off the plane from Vermont and it was actually HOT. 70-plus degrees. Everyone on my plane just sort of stood on the tarmac gazing up at the sky, soaking in the wonderful feeling of the warm sun before ducking back into the fake air of the terminal.
I tried to find someone else who was coming to the Summit to share a cab, but took a shuttle instead. Something very cool about Philadelphia are the murals everywhere. I couldn’t get a picture out the van window, but you can see some for yourself here.
Got to the hotel just in time for the opening reception. There weren’t a ton of people there–this is something I like about this conference. It is small enough to really connect with people and if you meet someone you like you can actually get to talk to them again. Saw David Acosta. one of the organizers–and someone who I associate as a driving force for this summit–who I will try to interview over the weekend.
After lots of hand shaking, hugs and air-kisses, we mosied into the main room for the opening Plenary “What is Risk? LGBTI Health and the Risk Paradigm.”
