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CHICAGO – Most of my life
has been spent on land. On Wednesday and Thursday,
however, I experienced the possibilities of fun on
water. More specifically, I shipped out on the CIMA
boat cruise, which departed from Navy Pier on Thursday
night. I was a bit nervous traveling far from land, but
the Illinois Venture Capital Conference
cocktail party at Bob Chin's on the river prepared me
for the long voyage. I love when things complement each
other.
| Not having
been to Navy Pier since I was a teenager, I have
to admit I was lost. Until I heard "Lou, we're
over here," I glanced the other direction and saw
the welcoming committee and hosts of the CIMA boat
cruise, who included Janice Down (left), Christine
Schmidt and Tim Seeden. |
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| Before the
ship set sail, fellow shipmates Lillian Bjorseth
(left), Ann Edakkunnathu (left middle), Sheetal
Shah and Paul Lim sat around in the dining area
exchanging ideas and describing how their friend
(not themselves) gets sick every time she's are on
a boat. |
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| The second
group of people I met was David Adler (right),
Ardath Berlient of brought 2 U by (right middle),
Susan Weiss of SWPR (left middle) and Gerri Kelly
of Mediabuz. The conversation was actually quite
short. All they asked was: "Where's Brad? Why isn't he here
and what have you done with him?" |
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| Just as the
ship left the pier, I took a picture of Shawn
Riegsecker, president of Integrent Media, along
with Kortni Lee (right) and Kari Hooper. Shawn was
thinking to himself: "Free food, booze and the two
coolest girls from Starcom IP. I love these CIMA
events." |
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| Being the
frequent eater that I am, I asked Sean Rosenthal
of Life Fitness (left), Alec Ross (middle) and
Matthew Forcey of Context Media to watch the
buffet until my hunger returned. I hope they did
not get too violent. I have learned that you just
do not mess with those software guys. |
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| Scott
Thompson (left) and Todd Holmes, both of Liquidus,
were downstairs discussing their game plan before
going upstairs to the deck. They agreed on
entering the deck last to create an image of
coolness and professionalism. You know what? They
pulled it off. |
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| Pam Stein
of UAL, Christine Schmidt of 24/7 and Jessica
Boggs of AlphaZeta all decided to hug and make up
after fighting over who was my date for the night.
A guy can dream, can't he? |
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