Hello again. Here is part two of the "three posts in three weeks" promise that I extended last week. I'll admit that I was hoping to get this up last Sunday, but things have been busy, and I'm just now trying to throw this post together as I frantically edit papers and read for class. It's been an interesting few days.
Last weekend Meghan and I had the pleasure of enjoying a quick sojourn to Pittsburgh, PA, the site of the 2008 NYWC youth convention and consequently the site of our friends Brian, Amy, Chris, and Nikki. These four are all friends from our days working for Group Workcamps, and we rarely get to see them. Moreover, Brian and Amy were coming all the way from Arizona, so the sacrifice of driving three hours seemed minute. On Friday afternoon, Meghan and I packed up and headed out; we stayed in Pittsburgh for only a day, but it was really great.
I took some videos of our time there, but I will admit that they didn't come out quite as cool as I wanted them to. Brian showed me some tricks on iMovie (the program I use to make the videos) to make videos really cool, but I came to find out that my version of iMovie (the '08 version) is significantly more limited than the version that he has. For example, I was going to film us walking across the Roberto Clement Bridge and have it play in fast-motion with music in the background, but I came to find out that iMovie '08 doesn't allow you to play things in fast-motion. Weird, I know. Anyways, I did my best, and hopefully you'll still get a kick out of them.
Meet our friends, the Andersons! They were the initial impetus for us making the trip, and they were also our kind benefactors, providing us a place to stay while there.
This was the video that was going to be really cool, but iMovie '08 tanked on me. Nevertheless, it is cool to see some shots of Downtown in the daytime and of course the beautiful PNC Park and Roberto Clemente Bridge.
Our last stop in Pittsburgh was the Church Brew Works, an amazing brewery/restaurant established in an old Catholic church. The decor was incredible (much of the church ornamentation was still in tact), and the beer wasn't that bad either. I have, what I find to be, some funny clips of Brian and Chris doing some "official" beer tasting reports.
Alright, that's it for me. I'll post another one pretty soon, as I took some video footage of my trip to Quebec this past weekend. Really good stuff. I'll tell you more later.
6 comments:
Love the Video, iMovie08 limitation notwithstanding! If a picture is worth a thousand words a video must be worth, like, a gazillion.
Love you guys
Dad
Great videos. Glad you had a chance to re-connect with friends - always a plus.
Love you both, G-Ma
cool! again, loved the videos...i need to try the last one again though b/c it wouldn't load.
and i'm already thinking of some possible flip videos for our reunion in 2 weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
love it!!! especially the part with my husband in the closet with you. classic. it won't let me see the last video either, but i'll check back. that was SUCH A FUN WEEKEND!! we were so glad you guys were able to make it-- now if only we can get ohio closer to arizona permanently... hmm... :) love you guys!
My favorite is definitely the beer commentary. I've been to Pittsburgh and heard about the church turned brewery, but we didn't make it there.
Awesome time in Pittsburgh! Your videos turned out great. That is kind of dumb that Apple took away features from iMovie. So awesome to see you guys! Hope things are going great! ps...can you say President Obama!?
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