I would be abysmal at an elevator pitch

So where are you going?

Oklahoma City

Why?

My dad is in an art show.

An art show?  What kind of art show?

He's part of the Traditional Cowboy Artists Association.  It's a show every year at the National Cowboy Museum in Oklahoma City.  My dad is a bit and spur maker.

What now?

Bit and spur.  Cowboys use them.

So, is your dad, like...a cowboy?

Yes. (Then if I really want to dazzle them) I have never seen him wear a short sleeved shirt.

Really?!?

An art show.  Wow.  Well, that's really great.  

They seem to walk away from the conversation in equal parts perplexed and interested.

I can't sum my dad up very easily. 

(It is equally complicating to say where I grew up.)

We are going with my parents and Marianne and Robert and Olivia and Edgar (and 4/5 of their children).  The best part is that Adam and I are going together.