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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 2101176, member: 16948&quot;]We had reservations at what was the most favorite restaurant of the dealers at the show – Jake’s Crawfish! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2003%20ANA%20Portland/IMG_9748_zpsczga7wpb.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2003%20ANA%20Portland/IMG_9747_zpsb8fdklmz.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2003%20ANA%20Portland/IMG_9749_zpsufsqbabz.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>We waited in the bar while the rest of our party arrived.&nbsp; The pretty young lady next to Rick was our very nice waitress who joined us for this photo!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2003%20ANA%20Portland/IMG_9753_zpsn76tqv9z.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2003%20ANA%20Portland/IMG_9762_zpsruffhvax.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cindi, me and of course Nina!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2003%20ANA%20Portland/IMG_9764_zps1ctxb1ji.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Rick and John (ANACS)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2003%20ANA%20Portland/IMG_9765_zpswy9kymii.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the same restaurant I went to last October when I was in Portland for the PNNA show.&nbsp; And I even had the exact same dish – almond crusted sole which was just as yummy the second time!!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2003%20ANA%20Portland/IMG_9767_zpswpmqlvni.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>We enjoyed a wonderful bottle of Washington cab</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2003%20ANA%20Portland/IMG_9769_zps4vtdgdgz.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Back at my room, the view outside my window was really pretty at night</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2003%20ANA%20Portland/IMG_9775_zpskd7nyf33.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2003%20ANA%20Portland/IMG_9777_zps2oetmlrc.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2003%20ANA%20Portland/IMG_9776_zps1vypsy99.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>On Friday, Todd had received a couple of the famous Voodoo donuts we’d been hearing about.&nbsp; Apparently, they come with a variety of unusual toppings, like Captain Crunch and Fruitloops, and even bacon.&nbsp; I had this chocolate voodoo doll shaped donut (if you look closely, you’ll see that it has a strategically place pretzel stick!).&nbsp; It was jelly filled and delicious!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2003%20ANA%20Portland/IMG_9828_zpsovjabzyy.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2003%20ANA%20Portland/IMG_9778_zpsrfcsdorv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>DennisH enjoyed the Captain Crunch donut</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2003%20ANA%20Portland/IMG_9780_zpsr2hp69oh.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So until this day, I had never met Drunner.&nbsp; Some of you may remember him teasing me about when the day that we would finally meet, he would bring a bottle of wine and Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven would be playing, and that’s how I would know it was him.&nbsp; Well, I was walking around the show and came upon a case not far from my table that had a couple nice copper pieces, so I asked to look inside but the dealer behind the table said the owner of that case was not there yet.&nbsp; So I hung out while talking to another dealer until the owner came back. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>When he came back to the table, I asked to see the coins.&nbsp; But before he pulled out the coins, he looked at me and said that this wasn’t exactly how he hoped our meeting would go.&nbsp; I looked up at him curiously, not understanding what he meant or who he was.&nbsp; Then he explained about the wine and Stairway to Heaven reference, and finally introduced himself - what a huge surprise and honor it was for me to finally meet Jeff/Drunner!!!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2003%20ANA%20Portland/IMG_9779_zpsphytwkxt.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>He told me he would be going to the Las Vegas show in a couple weeks, and would bring a special bottle of wine from his wine cellar.&nbsp; I promised to play Stairway to Heaven so we could enjoy the wine and music together!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd515/flicheri/my%20album/my%20album/012_led_zeppelin_stairway_to_heaven_c.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Doug/Watersport happened to be in Portland and stopped by my table to say hi</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2003%20ANA%20Portland/IMG_9781_zpshaxtqkzw.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oded Paz is a fellow Repousse/Pop-Out coin collector and is also running for one of the ANA board positions.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2003%20ANA%20Portland/IMG_9786_zps6nxkmdyk.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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