Greetings from the Democratic National Convention! Every day this week, time permitting, I’ll give some snapshots (and a little video) of what’s going on in Denver.

THE FLIGHTS

The airlines and local transportation and hotel systems are doing a pretty good job of absorbing the tens of thousands of people who’ve descended on Denver in a two-day span. Travel here wasn’t without glitches: Norfolk blogger (and Clinton delegate Vivian Paige ended up getting routed through Bozeman Montana (she asks, “. . .anybody know why there is an airport there?”), and Congressman Jim Moran and his wife were reportedly bumped from their National-to-Denver flight on Sunday afternoon because the airline overbooked.

Security presence so far is comprehensive but fairly unobtrusive: I imagine it will tighten up and become more visible later in the week.

THE FLOOR

Placement of state delegations on the floor of the convention is all about real estate. I haven’t been over to the Pepsi Center yet, but on CNN Sunday I saw a floorplan that says Virginia landed on Boardwalk: we’re front and center, directly behind — Illinois. (Over the weekend, the Delaware delegation got moved from the nosebleed seats down to a more prominent place in the front.

THE FIELD TRIP

On Sunday night, the Kaine family and four busloads of Virginians headed out to a reception and concert at Red Rocks, an amphitheatre 15 miles outside Denver. The naturally formed open-air site is dominated by two 300 foot-tall sandstone monoliths that they say provide “acoustic perfection for any performance.” (I can’t attest to it personally: I had to get back to the hotel to download my videos before the concert began.)

THE FLIP VIDEO OF THE DAY

As Jon Stewart would put it, your moment of Zen: a few minutes of the field trip. See how many Virginians you can identify (starting hint: The World’s Oldest Page).