[Jason Baliban]

It was great catching up with everyone at the AGA. Jason, your life needed saving on the flight back?

Yes....

Jay, Jens, and my wife all had a hand in the life saving.

I got to the airport and they told me my plane was canceled!! I had a choice, take a flight with 3 connections to philly and get in at 2am or go back to the hotel and stay until monday.

Now, i really didnt mind going back to the hotel, but work is very busy right now so i was beginning to stress. I asked the associate if anything was available for surrounding areas, and she said no, so i told her to book monday.

Right as i was about to grab the itinerary from her, around the corner comes Jay. I told him quickly what happend and he say, come to Newark with us.... I quickly asked the associate about it, funny how she found it this time.....she was not cool at all...thats another story.

I booked that flight, called the wife up for a pickup....bang, off to newark. Now i still got in 5 hours later then i should have but it was good to talk with Jay and Jens for a couple more hours....anything to squeeze a couple more tips out of Jay

So maybe not life saving, but trip saving

jB

 

[Tex Gal]

That sounds like a lot of fun! I think I want to come!

 

[BryceM]

That shadowed profile portrait of Amano is great photography. I'd definitely offer him a copy of it.

I'd be very interested to hear more details about the April '09 meeting.

 

[Jason Baliban]

Here is my writeup on the 2008 Aquatic Gardeners Association Convention. Planted aquarium enthusiasts came from around the world to attend the convention. Here is a brief account of the amazing weekend.

jB

 

[BryceM]

Great article Jason! Thanks for sharing.

 

[eleontie]

Whenever I loose some enthusiasm for cleaning and maintaining my tanks I take a look at some of the pics, dream that next year I will join the convention and start picking up those algae ....

 

[Paul Higashikawa]

Awesome read and pix! You continue to inspire, my friend! Not to mention those cool music you make too; is there anything else you can't do like......cooking And I agree with the rest here, you gotta get that Amano pix turned in bec you captured well what the man does in his finest!

BTW, we just had our final meeting of the year in NASH and it looks like we are gonna have some great things going next year, the least of which will be the Houston Plant Fest. So definitely make an opening on that weekend as mentioned by other NASH members cus it will be great. This should fill in the void we all feel in between AGA years

 

[krisw]

So, should we assume that April 9th-12th is set in stone as the dates to fly into and out of Houston?

 

[Jason Baliban]

Awesome read and pix! You continue to inspire, my friend! Not to mention those cool music you make too; is there anything else you can't do like......cooking And I agree with the rest here, you gotta get that Amano pix turned in bec you captured well what the man does in his finest!

Thanks for the gracious comment Paul I suck at basketball!! HAHA

Hope to see you soon,

jB

 

[TNguyen]

How cool is that! Say cheeeeeese. hoto: