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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 2169659, member: 16948&quot;]After the show, we went up the street to a wonderful steakhouse for dinner, 555, and had a nice table on their patio.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_1219_zpsr5pupqzw.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_1221_zpsz5d1ofxk.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This was another wine tasting event, but with slightly higher end wines.&nbsp; Rich and I were a little early so we ordered some wine at the bar.&nbsp; I love Silver Oak cab and brought a bottle to share with the group, so we ordered a glass of the same wine at the bar just to compare.&nbsp; We were a little shocked, however, when we received the bar tab – the two glasses of wine, even though they were an extra large pour, were $25 each!&nbsp; Yikes!&nbsp; Note to self:&nbsp; ask the cost BEFORE ordering good wine!</p><p><br /></p><p>The bar Silver Oak was a 2010 and mine was a 2007 – Rich and I both agreed the 2007 was better.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_1220_zpsdn1i6mdl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the other wines our group brought.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_1222_zpsddcmmkfv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_1225_zpstr3kevdq.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Alan Kreuzer, who has an extensive personal wine collection, brought this very special Madeira wine.&nbsp; This wine was bottled around 1900 and contains a little wine that was first bottled in the mid 1800’s, sort of like how a little bit of sour dough is passed down from batch to batch for years to come.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_1224_zpsstrwemif.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My dinner started off with crab bisque, which had a delicious rich spicy flavor.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_1228_zpsliotjuvl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Rich and I split a large porterhouse/filet steak with Oscar style topping (I forget to take a photo before we dived into the plate!).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_1237_zpsexjtyrxq.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>We were delighted to find out that 555 has no corkage charge - that saved us a bundle since corkage fees range from $15-$30 per bottle.&nbsp; This is what our table looked like after the wines were opened and passed around!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_1229_zpswdvl9yia.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Saturday was typically slow sales-wise, though there were lots of public and especially families in attendance, including this adorable little numismatist, Audrey.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_1264_zps3eefy8k2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A dealer friend of mine also showed me this fantastic 1864-L Indian cent error that he came across recently.&nbsp; It has a huge unretained cud, probably one of the largest cuds I’ve seen on an Indian cent.&nbsp; Before he showed it to me, he knew how much I would covet such a neat error so advised me several times that it was not for sale – darn it!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_1265_zpsabweh5zr.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_1267_zpsl0wbwizq.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is Rich examining the cud.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_1270_zpsh0zianl0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Soon it was time to tear down and pack up, for me it’s the worst part of a show.&nbsp; It seems like every Long Beach show just flies by and is over too soon.&nbsp; Rich was out making some last minute deals so I packed up everything, and then Rich packed up the slabs.&nbsp; Here’s me taking a short break while watch Rich gather up the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_1273_zpsmt8a4msp.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>But luckily, there’s always another show just around the corner!&nbsp; Next up:&nbsp; The ANA Summer Seminar and then the summer Baltimore Show in July![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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