DNC nightlife...

Wednesday night we had a great engagement session in Denver and after seeing how close we were to all the action at the DNC downtown, my friend Gary and I decided to walk around and do some street photography. I thought it would be pretty funny for such a big conservative as me to be running around next to the protesters on the street. My late friend Arlen had gotten such great photos of the protests in Houston at the Republican convention in 1992 and I thought this would be a great opportunity to get some of my own.


The Hyatt Convention Center was lit up with the colors of the week:




I was pretty surprised at the lack of craziness and protestors....the 'free speech zone' was almost completely empty and we had to walk quite a few blocks to see much action at all. I wanted to keep my pictures 'PG' and it really wasn't a problem...all the hard core activist must have wrapped up early.




This war protester seems to have about had enough.




Finally some action...this young lady had a bit of a confrontation with the men holding signs behind her...we had a bit of a shouting match on the street corner.



This however was my favorite sign of the night...finally someone not taking themselves too seriously:




And of course, PETA was on hand...I wonder if this is where Chik-Fil-A got their marketing ideas....nah!!!




This was the transportation of choice...probably not so much for being 'green' but because it was far more practical than having a car:




This is about as close as we could get to the Pepsi Center...




But imagine our surprise when we actually ran into Obama! hahaha




Finally, here's a shot Gary got of me with one of the signs laying around....I think I might disagree with the protesters on how to achieve it but can't we all agree we want it? ;)