Pen show

Pen show
Originally uploaded by Seattle Dave.

I really did go to the Portland Pen Show.

I left Seattle at 9 a.m. and got to Portland at noon ... which I thought was plenty of time before the 1 p.m. seminar on "Journaling" that I wanted to go to. Unfortunately, it was shifted to 11 a.m., so I missed it. Oh well.

What you see pictured is the (single) room where all the "action" was happening, with about 20 vendors showing off their various pens. I ended up buying a Harley Davidson fountain pen for $50 and a $6 box of ink refills for it.

Then I left and went to both Powell's Books and Powell's Technical Books, buying nothing, to my friend Traci and Clinton's house (they weren't home) and finally to Rose's Deli on 23rd for a great rueben sammich.

Then back home, which took an extra hour because of bad traffic in Olympia.

Oh yeah, almost forgot, best overheard quote of the day, at Powell's Books: "Don't you think it smells like BO in here?" Yes, yes, it does.