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I know you all have been breathlessly awaiting pictures from the Catholic Media Convention last week in Pittsburgh.\u00a0 The wait is over.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh is a lovely city, and not at all what a lot of us expected.\u00a0 No rust, no smokestacks.\u00a0 Lots of hills and ballparks.\u00a0 Below, the view from my hotel room.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>There were bishops hanging around. Nice fellows like Bishop David Zubik of Pittsburgh and the jolly Bishop Gabino Zavala, from Los Angeles, shown below.
\n $\"\"$ <\/a>And there were bloggers like Elizabeth Scalia.
\n $\"\"$ <\/a>My boss Michael LaCivita led a panel on reporting from the Middle East.
\n $\"\"$ <\/a>And the whole thing wrapped up with the Catholic Press Association awards, which consisted of three people reading a long long long list of names for about 90 minutes. Thankfully, there was also wine.
\n $\"\"$ <\/a>A good time was had by all. As an added bonus: while going through security in the Pittsburgh Airport Friday afternoon, who should I see but Miss Teen West Virginia! (She was wearing her sash. I don\u2019t know where she kept her tiara.)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"