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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 1584800, member: 16948&quot;]Friday started out pretty slow again, but soon picked up.&nbsp; I made quite a&nbsp; few sales, including my 1877 in PCGS AU55 and 1914-D in MS63 BN.&nbsp; But&nbsp; of course, I also bought quite a few nice copper pieces – I just can’t&nbsp; resist pretty pennies!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0277-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&nbsp; are some of the exhibits – as always, you can tell the exhibitors put a&nbsp; lot of work and effort into presenting their exhibits</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0229.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_0230.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_0231.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_0232.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_0233.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In&nbsp; the afternoon, I opened a couple of the bottles of wine.&nbsp; As I&nbsp; mentioned, I had bought two bottles at the store, then Al/HardTimes&nbsp; brought me the Texas wine, then Wei also brought me a nice bottle of Cab&nbsp; – when it rains it pours!!&nbsp; I opened Al’s bottle and the Washington&nbsp; wine.&nbsp; My neighbors were friends of mine from Orange County and they had&nbsp; brought some cheese, crackers and olives.&nbsp; Soon, many of my dealer&nbsp; friends were at my table and I was having an impromptu wine and cheese&nbsp; party!&nbsp; It was a nice way to wind down Friday!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0256.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_0238.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>After&nbsp; the show on Friday a group of us headed out to El Tiempa Mexican&nbsp; restaurant for dinner.&nbsp; We had heard it had wonderful food and boy, were&nbsp; they right!&nbsp; Their list of fajitas alone was huge!&nbsp; One of the people&nbsp; in our group had quail fajitas which were served on this little hibachi&nbsp; grill right at the table.&nbsp; They also had some very tasty margaritas!&nbsp; I&nbsp; highly recommend this restaurant!!!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/ElTienda.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_0273.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_0263.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_0257.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_0258.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_0260.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_0259.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is one of our party taking of picture of me taking a picture of him.</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0261.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Saturday&nbsp; began very slowly as well but then business picked up.&nbsp; I did a fair&nbsp; amount of business before it was time to pack up and head home.&nbsp; As&nbsp; usual, the PCGS crew and I were on the same flight home, so they were&nbsp; very kind enough to let me ride to the airport with them.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0279.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It turned out that Wei’s flight was around the same time as ours, so he hung out with us for a little while too.</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0280.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And this is a picture of one of the brand newly designed “plastic” Boeing 787 Deamliner airplanes that was passing by our gate</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0281.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here’s a picture of the plane taken from their website</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/22pg-vertical.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>We&nbsp; boarded our flight and I quickly fell asleep.&nbsp; Soon we were getting&nbsp; ready to land.&nbsp; I took a few photos of Orange County just before we were&nbsp; told to turn off our electronic gadgets.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/IMG_0283.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_0285.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_0286.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Overall,&nbsp; I’d say the show turned out pretty well. I spoke to a few dealers who&nbsp; all said, while the show started out slowly, they said they had a good&nbsp; show – some even said it was fantastic.&nbsp; While Carl, Claude and their&nbsp; whole crew do a fantastic job putting this show together, advertising,&nbsp; helping the dealers, etc., public-wise I don’t think it draws quite the&nbsp; same quantity of public as Baltimore or even Long Beach, which for me&nbsp; are usually very active shows.&nbsp; But to me, I like the city, the people&nbsp; are very friendly, and I do well enough that I will keep it on my&nbsp; schedule.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I&#039;m home relaxing with my hubby in front of a warm cozy fire in jammies and brand new kitty slippers!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2012%2011%20Houston%20Show/photo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Next up, the Ontario show this weekend, then the PCGS&nbsp; show in Las Vegas, then I get to relax for a few weeks before I head off&nbsp; to FUN!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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