Thursday January 31/13

Thursday January 31/13  update #354

Last night I skimmed the manual for my new camera which is about 200 pages compared to about 10 pages in my Sony manual.  I was relieved to see that I really can take movies with the new Canon and even edit them, right in the camera.

I don’t know why I sleep so well in hotels, but I do…  It must be the combination of air-conditioning, the resulting white noise, soft pillows and hard beds, combined with a tired body.

I was up early, made coffee in the room then went downstairs for complimentary breakfast before walking to the show and it must be close to 2 miles to take me 30 minutes.    I find it interesting that every time I glance south there is a jet in the sky, every time.   Their airport must be really busy!

There was a very long lineup to get into our building even ½ hour before showtime but I was kinda surprised that they let the public in 15 minutes early, probably so the old folks wouldn’t pass out in the sun!   Anyway I was ready for them.  The day started sort of slow and I did a lot of demonstrating with slow results at first but then it picked up and lots of the early folks came back so I easily matched my best day in New York.   That bodes well for tomorrow which should be busier, and maybe Saturday might be a great last day.   Most shows end on a Sunday, which vendors euphemistically call “family day” because everybody brings their brats after church but, with this being a retirement community, we might just get lucky.

I talked to the show bosses about shipping out our leftovers and they said they have “decorators” that handle that so I will talk to them rather than try to drag it all back to the hotel where they don’t seem geared to handle anything like that.

The show is pretty spartan, just concrete floors, no carpets, so that is harder on the vendors and the customers but it helps to keep the costs down.   They want us to commit to next year’s show by closing time Saturday because they have a long waiting list of vendors.   I should know by then if it worth doing it again or not by then.   I imagine we could say yes and then change our minds...

I picked up supper and snacks with a huge juice at the corner gas station.  The chicken sandwiches were really not bad at all, and they had very reasonable prices. 

I just had a call from my brother Fern and he is going to pick me up across the street from the show tomorrow and take me to their place for supper tomorrow night.   How nice is that??   Fern says he was at the PGA Golf happening here right now and overheard someone say that their next stop was our show…

I only took a shot or two of our booth which is ideally situated for fresh air and good foot traffic.  The concessions are just outside the door too, so that is handy to slip out for lunch.

I tried to locate some photo shops close by but found they are all miles away, and they all close at 6pm, every day.  This place is worse than Regina for rolling up the sidewalks at dusk…

That was today’s excitement.   Hugs to all.    Please see all photos at http://souvenircuenca.blogspot.com/