Day Three, Salt 2

Today was interesting. There was really rather good traffic and a lot of good questions and interest. I had several very good conversations...one with three young people was particularly interesting...I love new/emerging collectors. I had a several reasonably good sales...which is very nice...though I would still like at least one really good one. Hope spring eternal.

Interestingly, one of my sales was to a gentleman who called me yesterday having seen an item listed online and asking about it. I told him I was at a fair and that the item was with me...and asked him were he was...only to have him say that he was in Baltimore. I left him a ticket at Will Call, he came and purchased the item...now, does it get sourced to the internet or the book fair?

A reasonably large group of us (11) all trekked out to Salt yet again. I know there are many other good places here in town...but we had promised some friends to go there with them and...well...it is just really good . We were much better controlled tonight. Suzanne and I split orders of Duck Fat Fries and the Trio of Gazpacho...even more impressively, we split a wonderful filet (with smoked corn and wilted green polenta, onion ring, tomato relish, horseradish and bacon creme fraiche) and a honeydew melon and goat cheese salad with a fresh mint and Macadamia nut vinaigrette. We finished dinner by splitting their "sunday"...with fried wontons (stuffed with chocolate and banana, carmel ice cream, marachino cherry whipped cream and homemade carmel sauce. Needless to say, it was exceptional. The food and the company was wonderful.

Now in hotel room...not working on the presentation I need to do tomorrow .