Day Three, pack out and home...First ABAA show is done

Sunday was great. While we had great traffic and interest on Saturday, it was quite soft on the sales side. Sunday balanced things out rather nicely. We had a number of people who had been in on Sat. come back and pick things up and several "new" folk. Very interesting. On the other hand, I did have someone ask me to set something aside for them and then not return...all sorts of naughty client points assessed for that...

Packing up was its usually torturous exercise. It actually went really well. Fran, et al, offered to stay and help (which was very kind), but packing...like setting up...is a pretty personal thing . They wrapped up about 45-60 mins more quickly than us...but we were still out of there by 715ish.

It was great doing the double booth with Kelmscott. It makes such a nice "open" and inviting space. Especially nice with them as our stock works so nicely together and they are just great fun to hang out with for several days. We will be doing the same open double booth with Brian Cassidy and are looking forward to that a great deal. For NY, unfortunately, I don't think we will be able to do so this time around, and will probably be doing a standard U booth unless something surprising happens. We shall see.

It is nice to have our "first" ABAA fair under our proverbial belts. The fair itself was wonderfully well run. I thought traffic was strong. Sales could have been better, but given current conditions, I am not complaining at all. We were warmly welcomed by other members and real humans as well. It was really just a great experience. Thank you to everyone who stopped by...double thanks to those who purchased from us. Hope to see you again in SF and/or NY.