Scrivenings

Today was the last day of the Kiwanis International Convention.  The day started out slow, as they all seemed to do, buy by nine, we had people stopping by somewhat regularly.  All of the other exhibitors seemed to be pleased (as we were) with the results of the show.  But, soon it was 2:00 and time to shut. down.  That's when it happens.It's faster than you can imagine, … [Read more...] about Nashville – Day 5 – Closing Down the Show

It was the longest day of the convention.  We worked 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.  We were busy in the morning, but the afternoon, not so much.  Yesterday we had a real two hour break from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.; today, we had a pseudo-break from 2:00 - 6:00.  Why was it a pseudo-break?  Because we, and all the other exhibitors, saw virtually nobody except ourselves for those four … [Read more...] about Nashville – Day 4 – The Longest Day

Today was our first day of work.  We went from 8:00 am. to 2:00 p.m., then another two hours at 4:00 p.m.  Now, our thought was, "who's going to bother coming back to see the exhibit hall after we've been closed for two hours?"  And we probably would have been right, except that the convention planners had their really, really smart hats on the day they were planning.  Hence … [Read more...] about Nashville – Day 3 – Booze and Tunes Trump Business Again

The day began with a trip to 417 Union.  That's the name of the restaurant and the address.  The food's good, yet there weren't a lot of people there.  In fact, most of the customers appeared to be locals.  We're locals too, just not from here.  Anyway, then we made a trip over to Homewood Suites, where they got our room problem resolved.  The guy at the desk was very helpful … [Read more...] about Nashville – Day 2 – A Capitol Idea

Here we are in Music City!  Well, getting here was a bit of a challenge.  And getting a room here was also a challenge, but we're settled in.  Why were all those "prearranged" things so "challenging?"  Let's begin at the beginning.Phoenix gets my vote for America's Friendliest Airport.  We spoke to several people, from ticket agents to TSA and every single one was … [Read more...] about Nashville – Day 1 – Who says they took the fun out of travel?