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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 1282695, member: 16948&quot;]Well, it was a long week and I’m exhausted.&nbsp; I’ve been procrastinating writing my report, not because I was super busy at the show (because as mentioned, this show was quite slow), but I was exhausted each day because I had just too much fun (as you will see from my photos)! So here goes….</p><p><br /></p><p>Tuesday – Arrived in Pittsburgh late Tuesday night.&nbsp; I saw this dinosaur statue near the baggage claim area at the airport and thought it was amusing so I had to take a picture.&nbsp; </p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Findlay-20111011-00596.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Checked into the Westin hotel, went down to the bar to have a nightcap and grab a quick bite but they had already stopped serving food, so I ordered a glass of wine, took it back to my room, put my jammys on, turned on the tv, got all cozy in the wonderfully soft down-covered bed, and felt like I was in heaven – it was a wonderful way to gear up for the next few days!</p><p><br /></p><p>Wednesday – Woke up to a very wet rainy day, and headed over to PNG day.&nbsp; Although the bourse floor was sparse (as is usual on PNG day), I found quite a few nice coins to buy.&nbsp; Here’s a photo taken of the floor on the morning of PNG day – it gives you a good perspective on how huge the bourse floor actually is.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20111012-00602.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Then Todd and I then went to lunch at Sonoma Grill right down the street – they had great food and a HUGE wine list of California wines – but since it was still early so I restrained myself from ordering a glass.&nbsp; However, it did remind me to pick up a couple bottles for the show, so the waitress recommended this nice liquor store that had a good selection of wines.&nbsp; I was perusing some of the higher end wines and picked out a nice Mondavi Private Selection Cab, then Todd (who knows more about pennies than he does wine – which isn’t saying much!) came upon this interestingly labeled wine and enthusiastically recommended that I try it!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Pittsburgh-20111013-00653.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Pittsburgh-20111013-00654.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Pittsburgh-20111013-00655.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>So I bought it hand opened it the next day – considering the label, it was pretty decent!</p><p><br /></p><p>We then went back to the convention center to set up our booth.&nbsp; Whenever I set up my trays of raw coins, I use these little wooden children’s blocks to prop up the trays, so when I pulled out the blocks to set them in the case, I became quite amused when I discovered one of them had some writing on it.&nbsp; When I was at the Chicago ANA, Noodle helped me pack up and apparently left me a little reminder! </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Pittsburgh-20111013-00658.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>After set up, we hopped on the busses to head over to the ANA’s dinner riverboat cruise.&nbsp; It was a good dinner and the band was very entertaining – some of us even got up and danced a few jigs!&nbsp; And even though it was raining, it was a lot of fun and a wonderful cruise.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20111012-00603.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Pittsburgh-20111012-00650.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The waiter with a huge stack of drink glasses!</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Pittsburgh-20111012-00628.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Me and Karin</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Pittsburgh-20111012-00611.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Greg Lyons</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Pittsburgh-20111012-00612.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Rick Snow (check out his “special button”)</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Pittsburgh-20111012-00604.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Pittsburgh-20111012-00610.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The dessert table</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Pittsburgh-20111012-00614.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Pittsburgh-20111012-00613.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Pittsburgh-20111012-00615.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some pictures taken along the river</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Pittsburgh-20111012-00618.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Pittsburgh-20111012-00620.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Pittsburgh-20111012-00600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Pittsburgh-20111012-00601.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Pittsburgh-20111012-00637.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Pittsburgh-20111012-00636.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Pittsburgh-20111012-00625.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>After the dinner cruise, the ship dropped us off at the Rivers Casino.&nbsp; Apparently, it’s a pretty new casino and is really nice.&nbsp; We tried to play limit poker but they didn’t have a game going so we ended up playing some blackjack and 4-card poker.&nbsp; We won at blackjack, but then lost it at 4-card poker (the dealer has the advantage by playing the best 4 cards out of 6, while the players only play the best 4 out of 5).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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