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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 1626335, member: 16948&quot;]Before I head out on any road trip, I go to my favorite coffee house – Seattle’s Best – for 2 large lattes!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2001%20San%20Jose%20Show/IMG_0680.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2001%20San%20Jose%20Show/IMG_0679.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And those hot lattes tasted mighty good since it was a very foggy and rainy day the entire way up north.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2001%20San%20Jose%20Show/IMG_0682.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2001%20San%20Jose%20Show/IMG_0686.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I arrived at the Doubletree hotel in San Jose about 3:30 pm, checked in, then went over to the ballroom area where the show is held.&nbsp; Even though we were scheduled for set up at 5pm, unfortunately, there was another meeting going on in the room and it wouldn’t be ready for a while so all the dealers had to just sort of mingle around in the lobby near the ballroom with our carts until the room was emptied and then reset with the bourse tables.&nbsp; It was very frustrating!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2001%20San%20Jose%20Show/IMG_0687.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2001%20San%20Jose%20Show/IMG_0688.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>We were finally let in around 7:30pm, and though it was pretty late, set up proceeded smoothly after that.&nbsp; Since we had dinner reservations at Spencer’s Steakhouse, I just set up my cases, then waited until morning to set out my inventory.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So a group of us met at Spencer’s with our delicious wine bottles in tow – everyone brought a bottle and then we do a wine tasting.&nbsp; And since we were bringing several bottles, we had negotiated a discounted corking fee.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2001%20San%20Jose%20Show/IMG_0709.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2001%20San%20Jose%20Show/IMG_0689.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2001%20San%20Jose%20Show/IMG_0692.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2001%20San%20Jose%20Show/IMG_0691.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2001%20San%20Jose%20Show/IMG_0690.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is just some of our group</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2001%20San%20Jose%20Show/IMG_0693.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2001%20San%20Jose%20Show/IMG_0696.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>We each have a separate glass so we could taste each type of wine</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2001%20San%20Jose%20Show/IMG_0697.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>All of the wine was amazing! </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>However, after dinner, one of my friends was feeling faint and dizzy (no, not from the wine!), so we laid him on the floor.&nbsp; H soon said he felt better but when we set him back up, he got faint again.&nbsp; So they called the paramedics and took him to the local hospital which was just a couple miles away.&nbsp; I went there with his wife.&nbsp; When they couldn’t find anything wrong, they sent him home with instructions to see his own doctor when he got back home.&nbsp; It was about 2am by the time we got back to the hotel – what a long night![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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