updated, I for one love to here news from the shows....
-loose
--- In pipesmokers2@yahoogroups.com, Joe H <periquefreak2003@...> wrote:
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> We're in Milwaukee this weekend for the Milwaukee Pipe Shop, our 8th
Annual. I spent the day at Jack's Tobacco yesterday, catching up on
old friendships and admiring the group of estate pipes Jack had in the
rack. It was good to be in an active smokeshop again - I've found
nothing even close in Iowa in the past 2 years. I got a good update
on the pipe and cigar scene from Jack and Mary, and throughout the day
customers I had worked with over the years stopped by for their
regular smokes, and we had a chance to get caught up on goings-on in
our lives since we last met. By 6pm, members started showing up for
the reception held by the club, which got into full swing when the
pizzas arrived from Pete's and the coolers of liquid refreshments came
in out of the trunks of cars. Monte from this group arrived shortly
after, and I think this will be his virst visit to the show. If you
haven't met Monte, you will enjoy his enthusiasm for pipes and
> tobaccos, and find that he is a very nice person. I had met him
for the first time in Chicago, and brought a few of my Kaywoodie pipes
that he said he may be interested in. He selected two 4 digit pipes,
and I'm glad they found a good home. I'll take the last of my
collection to the show today, and hope to find new owners for them.
They are all the older white cloverleaf logo that is surrounded by a
circle.
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> Several friends from the Chicago area showed up, and pipes started
appearing out of cases, which really livened up the conversations,
and started the ritual of scramblilng for trades or purchases. The
number of serious collecters at the reception portended the tone of
the show that starts at 10 this morning. Two pipes donated by Alberto
Bonfiglioli for the Silent Auction arrived yesterday, and I heard that
the pieces available for the auction already exceeded previous events
over the past 7 shows, so it looks like the show already is showing
signs of being one of the best we've had. I'll try to have a more
detailed report when we get home tomorrow night.
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> Joe H
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