The "Art Hop" was tonight, with the grand unveiling of The Time Machine, and I have to say, it was a success. I was nervous all day, and then on my way over there, it stormed, so I imagined the worst, since the time machine was outside. It was under a tent, but the rain prevented anyone from being able to get to it or for us to turn on the electricity. When the rain looked like it was going to stop, Carl ran and bought a GFI thingie (something to prevent anyone from being shocked) and plugged it into that and then the time traveling was on.
I learned after my last post that although thousands go through the whole event, probably each shop has a couple hundred or so. We had close to 500 from our best estimates. I got there an hour after it started (I was tense and Carl wanted me to chill out and go later, which was wise), and then there was the rain, and we still had a big crowd. People loved it... lots of laughter, lots of people going with the whole craziness of it. Then the news came out and taped it and it was on the 10:00 news, which pretty much made Carl's day. Two other people asked if he would do the same thing at their galleries (one in New Orleans) and Caffery's asked him to come back for her next big event in November.
I have lots and lots of photos, and I'm beat, so will post them tomorrow.
Posted by toni at May 21, 2004 11:10 PMYou know. The only reason they haven't hauled Carl off and into a padded cell is because y'all are in Louisiana, and you're ALL crazy.
What an AMAZING time machine!!! Can't wait to try it myself!
Posted by: pooks at May 24, 2004 09:27 AM