Banff 2009 - Favorite Things

• Snow falling as I turned off Hwy 1 to Banff
  
• Dancing with Mr. Mystery at the BBQ
  
• Walking into a room of 800 strangers alone and picking the Producer out of the crowd in less than 5 minutes
  
• The Producer being even nicer than I thought he would be
  
• The weird wi fi access that forced me out of my room and into the foyer, where I had to engage with the world
  
• Getting Paul Gross to autograph my copy of Passchendale
  
• Paul Gross’s delightful interview
  
• Paul Gross’s terrible weave for the Gunslinger
  
• Everything Paul Gross
  
• The shocked look on the face of the head of the Shaw Fund’s face when I told her my hand injury was from shark bite
  
• The Empress’ success
  
• Thankful I packed socks
  
• The Flash Forward flock approaching through the lobby – Mr Mystery and the Empress expected, Shooter and Delicious a wonderful surprise
  
• Having my weekly Flash Forward assignment to do “something outrageous” be so outrageous that I can’t put it in writing cause that would be evidence
  
• The great bathtub in my little jewel box of a hotel room under the eaves
  
• The petite Ramsey’s Lounge and its handsome and accommodating bartenders
  
• Drinking too many Strongbow and laughing too loudly with Delicious and Shooter in the middle of the afternoon
  
• The kindness of strangers – including the agents!
  
• The long gloaming and twilight of the mountains nearing solstice
  
• Learning to navigate the labyrinth that is this extraordinary hotel
  
• The cut of Ron Moore’s suit (Battlestar Galactica, Roswell, etc.) and his revival of the usage of the word ‘frack’
  
• The gift of a large bourbon and useful poker tips from the Appalachian Princess
  
• Joe Novak’s Rookie Forum
  
• All the surprised and delighted comments on Po’s graphic design of both my card and the Rain Girls two sheet
  
• Grabbing the courage to pitch to the CTV exec at the Women in the Director’s chair launch party
  
• The CTV exec liking the pitch and asking for materials to forward to Space
  
• The cheese burger with the million dollar view in the Rundle Lounge
  
• So excited about my Rain Girls two sheet I made everyone at the table take one, including the reluctant friend of Mr. Mystery’s, only to discover later she is a big development exec - oops, should remember to ASK people before shoving paper
  
• Someone with a biz card with a 30 Rockefeller Centre NY address asking for my permission to forward the Rain Girls pitch to the “West Coast group” 
  
• The great rah-rah emails and Facebook posts from absent friends
  
• A goodbye hug from a development exec
  
• Feeling frackable just about every moment of every day!