You know you're REALLY in the glass industry when ...

It's inevitable. After a certain number of years in this industry there's a lot of little things we all end up doing: you look to see whose glass is in your hotel windows, check out the new storefront/entrance installation at the new mall, point out the IG failure of a restaurant window to a friend who has no idea of which you speak. Everywhere you go roll wave distortion just jumps right out you. One thing in particular I like to point out is the acoustical qualities of laminated glass. When people say "Oh, there's no way glass can block sound," I respond, "Really? When you're in the airport, how often can you hear the jets starting up outside?" After that they usually give in.

Now that summer is almost upon us, many are starting to think of vacations. Where will you go and what will you do? Whenever I go someplace I am always looking at the glass & metal architecture and structures, ans when I have my camera you can bet I'm snapping some pictures. This weekend, in fact, I'm heading to Chicago for the weekend, and I've got some time scheduled in to head over to Millennium Park to check out the Cloud Gate sculpture (featured in the most recent Architects' Guide to Glass. It's a cool structure; I will take pictures and post the here next week.

Speaking of pictures, I've posted here one of my favorites. It's from the Butterfly Exhibit at the Bellagio in Las Vegas a couple years ago.

Enjoy the weekend and some great weather.