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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 1584799, member: 16948&quot;]I left a beautiful sunny Orange County for Houston early Wednesday morning.</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0015.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I arrived in Houston that afternoon and discovered the weather in Houston was just as nice as what I left in California!</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0155.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0157.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I checked into the Hilton which is right across the street from the convention center.&nbsp; It is an absolutely beautiful hotel.&nbsp; I copied these photos from their website.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/HH_downtownskyline_19_675x359_FitToBoxSmallDimension_Center.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/HH_exterior_2_675x359_FitToBoxSmallDimension_Center.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/HH_exteriornew01_675x359_FitToBoxSmallDimension_Center.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/hh_skylineterrace_6_675x359_FitToBoxSmallDimension_Center.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/HH_rotunda_3_675x359_FitToBoxSmallDimension_Center.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I arrived at the hotel around 2pm and unfortunately, they had 900 teenage thespians also checking into the hotel for the weekend, and my room (as well as many others) was not yet ready so I went over to the lounge dragging along all my bags and had some lunch, courtesy of the Hilton.&nbsp; When I finally got to my room, it was nice to have a few hours to unwind and unpack and not have to be anywhere until the next day.&nbsp; Here’s a photo I took from my room looking towards the convention center</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0158.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And here’s the same view at night</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0159.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thursday – registration began at 8am and set up at 9am.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0226.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0227.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0275.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0161.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>When I arrived, I saw many of the same people I had just left last week in Baltimore!&nbsp; Here’s a photo I took during set up.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0160.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>These are just a few of the many volunteers who help put together the Houston Money Show.</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0162.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The show opened to the public and people slowly began streaming in.&nbsp; As always, I enjoy and appreciate seeing and talking to the forum members and other people who stop by my table just to say hi.&nbsp; It’s especially nice to put a face to the username!&nbsp; Here are photos of people who stopped by throughout the show</p><p><br /></p><p>Mark Feld – it’s not the same show report without a comical photo of Mark!&nbsp; He made me promise to put in my report that the reason he’s holding five fingers out is because that’s how much he charged me to take his photo!</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0167.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Al/HardTimes brought me another bottle of great Texas wine!</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0236.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Jeff/JCM Houston</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0163.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>David/Heritage</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0164.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mike</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0165.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Stuart/Stuart and Damien/DizzleCC</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0235.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wendy/CyberSpaceVoid</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0237.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nick/NickCap</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0276.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Rick and Robin/900Fine (dealers)</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0278.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Walt Ankerman (dealer) – he is one of the nicest dealers (and he has some amazing muscles!)</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0213.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>After set up, for me, Thursday was pretty slow most of the day - the show never seemed to get that usual “buzz.”&nbsp; So I decided to do some more practicing with my camera, using the different photo settings.&nbsp; Here are some of the results!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0178.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0174.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wei took this picture of me and my new iPhone and my color coordinating phone cover!</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/photo1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I also walked around the room and took some typical photos of the bourse.</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0191.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0192.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>After the show was over, they put out a very nice bbq dinner for all the dealers.&nbsp; However, we opted out and went to Vic and Anthony’s Steakhouse for dinner.&nbsp; It’s an absolutely wonderful steakhouse, very classy and has some of the best steak around!&nbsp; This is the bar area where we waited for our table to be ready.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0219.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0220.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0217.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This was a very very tasty rib-eye steak – I had half, then had the other half for lunch the next day!</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0224.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>They also have amazing wine!</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0222.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, I was very fortunate and grateful to be treated to this wonderful dinner by another dealer friend who had just concluded a big deal and was celebrating.</p><p><br /></p><p>Down the street from the hotel is a great grocery store that has a small wine section on the second floor, so we stopped by and picked up a couple bottles of wine for the show.&nbsp; </p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0214.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is a picture of the lights and area right in front of the Hilton – it was very festively decorated.</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0225.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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