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<p>[QUOTE="The Penny Lady®, post: 2700896, member: 16948"]After the show on Friday, I headed out with my foreign coin friends to The Black Olive where we get to dine at the one table in the wine cellar of the restaurant.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/nc/qocv7jiolha6.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/nc/qocv7jiolha6.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/nc/qocv7jiolha6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Each time we go to the Black Olive, we make reservations for the next Baltimore show. It's a whole experience and usually lasts from about 7-11pm. We start my having chilled white wine at the small bar while we wait for everyone else to arrive.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/qg/oe6r7al36qo0.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/qg/oe6r7al36qo0.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/qg/oe6r7al36qo0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>One of the more entertaining foreign coin dealers is Charles Adams of Artifacts in the Cayman Islands. He has an entire trunk full of carefully crafted up to the line jokes that artfully delivers throughout the night. He is such a hoot and I adore him so I gave Charlie one of my lipstick kisses as well!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/9e/sj4ru6emqnkj.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/9e/sj4ru6emqnkj.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/9e/sj4ru6emqnkj.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>This humongous bottle of wine sits up on a shelf on the wall above the bar. I've never seen a wine bottle as huge!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/io/9tdcxy8n6n5e.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/io/9tdcxy8n6n5e.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/io/9tdcxy8n6n5e.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>After everyone has arrived, we all head down to the cellar where our table awaits.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/87/7ebotrvmnt59.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/87/7ebotrvmnt59.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/87/7ebotrvmnt59.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/96/147zceoqks29.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/96/147zceoqks29.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/96/147zceoqks29.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>There were 8 of us this time.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/dk/ch1304d2sh3r.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/dk/ch1304d2sh3r.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/dk/ch1304d2sh3r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Several of the people in this group have been coming to this restaurant for at least the past 10 years, so the waitress pretty much knows which wines to set aside for us. And she's usually right on the money as we enjoy each of the wines she has chose for us.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/a8/wwmrohn7p95w.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/a8/wwmrohn7p95w.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/a8/wwmrohn7p95w.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/cc/5zbhc5ulvrf9.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/cc/5zbhc5ulvrf9.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/cc/5zbhc5ulvrf9.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/y7/s16au6rokgc1.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/y7/s16au6rokgc1.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/y7/s16au6rokgc1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>The most popular appetizer dish among everyone in the group is the octopus</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/qw/ze83lzt4szpj.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/qw/ze83lzt4szpj.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/qw/ze83lzt4szpj.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>I actually forgot to take photos of the some of the main dishes, but here are photos of a few of the different desserts they offer, including honey and nut covered donut holes, an apple tart, and everyone's favorite baklava ice cream.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/46/0dlzle5qk9qx.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/46/0dlzle5qk9qx.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/46/0dlzle5qk9qx.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/77/vgz6dbef12r3.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/77/vgz6dbef12r3.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/77/vgz6dbef12r3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/fe/awxu0qzsaj4x.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/fe/awxu0qzsaj4x.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/fe/awxu0qzsaj4x.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Back at the hotel, I again ran into James Sego who was having drinks with with some friends, so they allowed me to "crash" their party.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/cb/9dmc2fnaovki.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/cb/9dmc2fnaovki.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/cb/9dmc2fnaovki.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>These are my new young friends, Danny Pfeiffer and Matthew King who graciously bought me a Jägermeister</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/fh/aggb0agcsanl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/cx/kzz2cnogv4h3.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/cx/kzz2cnogv4h3.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/cx/kzz2cnogv4h3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Since I couldn't make the Pogue auction, I asked Rick to take some photographs for me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Penny Lady®, post: 2700896, member: 16948"]After the show on Friday, I headed out with my foreign coin friends to The Black Olive where we get to dine at the one table in the wine cellar of the restaurant. [URL='https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/nc/qocv7jiolha6.jpg'][IMG]https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/nc/qocv7jiolha6.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Each time we go to the Black Olive, we make reservations for the next Baltimore show. It's a whole experience and usually lasts from about 7-11pm. We start my having chilled white wine at the small bar while we wait for everyone else to arrive. [URL='https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/qg/oe6r7al36qo0.jpg'][IMG]https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/qg/oe6r7al36qo0.jpg[/IMG][/URL] One of the more entertaining foreign coin dealers is Charles Adams of Artifacts in the Cayman Islands. He has an entire trunk full of carefully crafted up to the line jokes that artfully delivers throughout the night. He is such a hoot and I adore him so I gave Charlie one of my lipstick kisses as well! [URL='https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/9e/sj4ru6emqnkj.jpg'][IMG]https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/9e/sj4ru6emqnkj.jpg[/IMG][/URL] This humongous bottle of wine sits up on a shelf on the wall above the bar. I've never seen a wine bottle as huge! [URL='https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/io/9tdcxy8n6n5e.jpg'][IMG]https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/io/9tdcxy8n6n5e.jpg[/IMG][/URL] After everyone has arrived, we all head down to the cellar where our table awaits. [URL='https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/87/7ebotrvmnt59.jpg'][IMG]https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/87/7ebotrvmnt59.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/96/147zceoqks29.jpg'][IMG]https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/96/147zceoqks29.jpg[/IMG][/URL] There were 8 of us this time. [URL='https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/dk/ch1304d2sh3r.jpg'][IMG]https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/dk/ch1304d2sh3r.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Several of the people in this group have been coming to this restaurant for at least the past 10 years, so the waitress pretty much knows which wines to set aside for us. And she's usually right on the money as we enjoy each of the wines she has chose for us. [URL='https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/a8/wwmrohn7p95w.jpg'][IMG]https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/a8/wwmrohn7p95w.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/cc/5zbhc5ulvrf9.jpg'][IMG]https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/cc/5zbhc5ulvrf9.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/y7/s16au6rokgc1.jpg'][IMG]https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/y7/s16au6rokgc1.jpg[/IMG][/URL] The most popular appetizer dish among everyone in the group is the octopus [URL='https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/qw/ze83lzt4szpj.jpg'][IMG]https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/qw/ze83lzt4szpj.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I actually forgot to take photos of the some of the main dishes, but here are photos of a few of the different desserts they offer, including honey and nut covered donut holes, an apple tart, and everyone's favorite baklava ice cream. [URL='https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/46/0dlzle5qk9qx.jpg'][IMG]https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/46/0dlzle5qk9qx.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/77/vgz6dbef12r3.jpg'][IMG]https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/77/vgz6dbef12r3.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/fe/awxu0qzsaj4x.jpg'][IMG]https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/fe/awxu0qzsaj4x.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Back at the hotel, I again ran into James Sego who was having drinks with with some friends, so they allowed me to "crash" their party. [URL='https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/cb/9dmc2fnaovki.jpg'][IMG]https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/cb/9dmc2fnaovki.jpg[/IMG][/URL] These are my new young friends, Danny Pfeiffer and Matthew King who graciously bought me a Jägermeister [IMG]https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/fh/aggb0agcsanl.jpg[/IMG] [URL='https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/cx/kzz2cnogv4h3.jpg'][IMG]https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/cx/kzz2cnogv4h3.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Since I couldn't make the Pogue auction, I asked Rick to take some photographs for me.[/QUOTE]
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