RNC

Finally, on the 4th day of the RNC, I was able to pay a visit to downtown St. Paul.  Anyone who knows me knows that I have a very hard time staying away from the hustle and bustle of excitement...of any kind. Kerry always laughs at me when a cop car drives by with it lights on 'cuz I always want to follow it.

When I finally made my way to downtown St. Paul, it was really fun to witness such an incredible spectacle of democracy.  In this great country, if you have an opinion, you get to speak it.  As an observer, I do get a kick out of the stupid ones though :) 

This was the main entrance into the Xcel Center.  Simply put, it was a fortress.

...so I said to the guy, "are you giving me the stink eye buddy?" 

.....over???  It's still daylight! 

There was no way I could pass on this portrait opportunity.

I believe this is when a large group of protestors got pushed back into a litle trap.  Rumor has is milk and cookies worked quite well to calm everybody down.  .....alright, I admit it.  I started that rumor.

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[Miss X]

I had to head downtown on Wednesday during the convention to drop off our marriage license application at the Dept of Public Health (on Cedar). I believe that was the day Sarah Palin gave her speech. (?) I was really dreading going down there because I thought it would be crazy and a pain to get around. Instead it was SO quiet!! I would have never guessed that there was so much hub-bub going on just a few blocks away.

Great pics!