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<p>[QUOTE="The Penny Lady®, post: 1342636, member: 16948"]After the show on Thursday, a large group of us went to Vito’s Chop House for dinner where we had some amazing steaks, and even more amazing wine!!</p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01303.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> When you walk into the restaurant, they have a display of some of their cuts of steak and lobster</p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/SouthwestOrange-20120105-01305.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/SouthwestOrange-20120105-01304.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> They also had this huge aquarium containing beautiful salt water fish</p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/SouthwestOrange-20120105-01307.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> I realize tequila doesn’t mix well with wine, but before dinner (and before we ordered the wine), Rick and I had some Don Julio 1942 sipping tequila – mmmmmmmmmm, tequila doesn't get much better than this!</p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01322.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01319.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> Just before dinner, we ordered this double-sized bottle of wine which cost over $200, but it was definitely worth it!!</p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01316.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01323.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> Here is the plate of beef they bring to the table to demonstrate the different cuts that are available</p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01325.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> They also have their own signature steak knives (that’s Karin demonstrating what she would do if someone tried to steal her steak!)</p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01324.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> This is the second bottle of yummy wine we ordered at Vito’s</p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01328.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> After we rolled ourselves out of Vito’s, we all headed down the street to Howl at the Moon (a chain of dueling piano bars which anyone who has read my previous show reports may be familiar with). The two piano guys at this Howl at the Moon were true entertainers and were very good at engaging the audience.</p><p> </p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01336.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01335.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01334.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> Here they are playing a Devo song!</p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01341.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> A lot of my friends have now become fans of the Irish Car Bomb, so of course, they ordered a round as soon as we got there!</p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01331.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> (Yes, I know exactly what you are all thinking – tequila, wine, beer/whisky/Bailys all in one night – and though each of these are wonderful drinks all by themselves, yes, I definitely paid the price the next morning for combining them!)</p><p> </p><p> Anyway, one of the trademarks of Howl at the Moon bars is that they also have these dry-erase boards where you can pay a tip to have any “advertisement” or phrase written on the board but you have to increase the prior tip by at least $1. We paid double the prior tip to “advertise” the FUN show and was surprised when someone soon paid even more to have their own phrase replace it!</p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01330.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01337.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01345.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> My hubby and I are Chargers fans so of course, I have to be sure to promote them on the east coast!</p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01342.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> A Scotch lover who felt “what goes on at Howl at the Moon, stays at Howl at the Moon!”</p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01340.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> Those of us who didn’t care!</p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01343.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> I was moving quite slowly on Friday morning but I did manage to go around the bourse floor and take photos of what was going on. As you can see, the bourse was quite crowded for most of the day.</p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120106-01349.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120106-01350.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120106-01352.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> David Lange at the NGC table</p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01302.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> The PCGS table</p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120106-01357.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> They had a gold panning set up where anyone could stop by and try their hand at panning for gold.</p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120106-01346.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> Mike Bean had his spider press on display</p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120106-01347.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120106-01348.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> The Hobo Nickel Club table</p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120106-01356.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> During the show, I was able to acquire several nice key date pieces for inventory, including an 1856 Flying Eagle. I even found a few toned Lincoln cents for my own personal collection and 4 more beautiful Conder tokens as well, including a really neat Conder that was struck over another Conder token! </p><p> </p><p> The Conder token on the left was struck on a Conder token just like the one on the right.</p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ElToro-20120108-01383.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> More critter Conders!</p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ElToro-20120108-01385.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Friday night after the show we were all still pretty worn out from staying up so late the night before, so we had a low key dinner, went back to the condo, and watched a mindless movie. In the morning I walked out onto the balcony and, although the sky wasn’t as clear, I noticed what a difference the temperature was from the first morning. </p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120107-01369.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> We had bought a lot of snacks for the condo and still had quite a bit left so we brought them to the show to share with our customers on Saturday.</p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120107-01375.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> Since my son Erik who lives in Italy came home for the holidays, I scheduled my flight to leave the show on Saturday to spend more time with him. (He’s the one on the far right next to my other son Troy – and that’s my hubby holding our very upset kitty who wanted desperately not to be in the photo)</p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ElToro-20111223-01245.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> Even though my flight wasn’t until 7pm, I headed to the airport around 4pm since we heard it was very crowded and security lines were long. Luckily, they had died down by the evening and, even though they screened (privately) my bags, it didn’t take very long. But each of the terminals did seem quite crowded, including mine.</p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Orlando-20120107-01378.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> Here’s a view of the sun setting from inside my terminal</p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Orlando-20120107-01377.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> And from my plane window just before taking off for home!</p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Orlando-20120107-01380.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Even though I very much look forward to each show I attend, I look forward even more to coming back home – and it sure is good to be home!</p><p> </p><p> <img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ElToro-20120108-01414.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Penny Lady®, post: 1342636, member: 16948"]After the show on Thursday, a large group of us went to Vito’s Chop House for dinner where we had some amazing steaks, and even more amazing wine!! [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01303.jpg[/IMG] When you walk into the restaurant, they have a display of some of their cuts of steak and lobster [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/SouthwestOrange-20120105-01305.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/SouthwestOrange-20120105-01304.jpg[/IMG] They also had this huge aquarium containing beautiful salt water fish [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/SouthwestOrange-20120105-01307.jpg[/IMG] I realize tequila doesn’t mix well with wine, but before dinner (and before we ordered the wine), Rick and I had some Don Julio 1942 sipping tequila – mmmmmmmmmm, tequila doesn't get much better than this! [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01322.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01319.jpg[/IMG] Just before dinner, we ordered this double-sized bottle of wine which cost over $200, but it was definitely worth it!! [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01316.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01323.jpg[/IMG] Here is the plate of beef they bring to the table to demonstrate the different cuts that are available [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01325.jpg[/IMG] They also have their own signature steak knives (that’s Karin demonstrating what she would do if someone tried to steal her steak!) [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01324.jpg[/IMG] This is the second bottle of yummy wine we ordered at Vito’s [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01328.jpg[/IMG] After we rolled ourselves out of Vito’s, we all headed down the street to Howl at the Moon (a chain of dueling piano bars which anyone who has read my previous show reports may be familiar with). The two piano guys at this Howl at the Moon were true entertainers and were very good at engaging the audience. [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01336.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01335.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01334.jpg[/IMG] Here they are playing a Devo song! [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01341.jpg[/IMG] A lot of my friends have now become fans of the Irish Car Bomb, so of course, they ordered a round as soon as we got there! [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01331.jpg[/IMG] (Yes, I know exactly what you are all thinking – tequila, wine, beer/whisky/Bailys all in one night – and though each of these are wonderful drinks all by themselves, yes, I definitely paid the price the next morning for combining them!) Anyway, one of the trademarks of Howl at the Moon bars is that they also have these dry-erase boards where you can pay a tip to have any “advertisement” or phrase written on the board but you have to increase the prior tip by at least $1. We paid double the prior tip to “advertise” the FUN show and was surprised when someone soon paid even more to have their own phrase replace it! [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01330.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01337.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01345.jpg[/IMG] My hubby and I are Chargers fans so of course, I have to be sure to promote them on the east coast! [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01342.jpg[/IMG] A Scotch lover who felt “what goes on at Howl at the Moon, stays at Howl at the Moon!” [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01340.jpg[/IMG] Those of us who didn’t care! [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01343.jpg[/IMG] I was moving quite slowly on Friday morning but I did manage to go around the bourse floor and take photos of what was going on. As you can see, the bourse was quite crowded for most of the day. [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120106-01349.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120106-01350.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120106-01352.jpg[/IMG] David Lange at the NGC table [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120105-01302.jpg[/IMG] The PCGS table [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120106-01357.jpg[/IMG] They had a gold panning set up where anyone could stop by and try their hand at panning for gold. [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120106-01346.jpg[/IMG] Mike Bean had his spider press on display [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120106-01347.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120106-01348.jpg[/IMG] The Hobo Nickel Club table [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120106-01356.jpg[/IMG] During the show, I was able to acquire several nice key date pieces for inventory, including an 1856 Flying Eagle. I even found a few toned Lincoln cents for my own personal collection and 4 more beautiful Conder tokens as well, including a really neat Conder that was struck over another Conder token! The Conder token on the left was struck on a Conder token just like the one on the right. [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ElToro-20120108-01383.jpg[/IMG] More critter Conders! [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ElToro-20120108-01385.jpg[/IMG] Friday night after the show we were all still pretty worn out from staying up so late the night before, so we had a low key dinner, went back to the condo, and watched a mindless movie. In the morning I walked out onto the balcony and, although the sky wasn’t as clear, I noticed what a difference the temperature was from the first morning. [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120107-01369.jpg[/IMG] We had bought a lot of snacks for the condo and still had quite a bit left so we brought them to the show to share with our customers on Saturday. [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20120107-01375.jpg[/IMG] Since my son Erik who lives in Italy came home for the holidays, I scheduled my flight to leave the show on Saturday to spend more time with him. (He’s the one on the far right next to my other son Troy – and that’s my hubby holding our very upset kitty who wanted desperately not to be in the photo) [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ElToro-20111223-01245.jpg[/IMG] Even though my flight wasn’t until 7pm, I headed to the airport around 4pm since we heard it was very crowded and security lines were long. Luckily, they had died down by the evening and, even though they screened (privately) my bags, it didn’t take very long. But each of the terminals did seem quite crowded, including mine. [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Orlando-20120107-01378.jpg[/IMG] Here’s a view of the sun setting from inside my terminal [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Orlando-20120107-01377.jpg[/IMG] And from my plane window just before taking off for home! [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Orlando-20120107-01380.jpg[/IMG] Even though I very much look forward to each show I attend, I look forward even more to coming back home – and it sure is good to be home! [IMG]http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ElToro-20120108-01414.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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