Editing The Pen Addict 722/transcript (section)

== DC Pen Show ==


'''Ana Reinhart:''' So are you going to DC this year?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I am not going to DC this year.

'''Ana Reinhart:''' San Francisco.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't know. Okay. I'm rethinking. I'm not booked for San Francisco. I was not planning on it. Uh, I was waiting for some other things to come through. Those things have come through and now I kind of have a gap there in a San Francisco sized gap in my calendar. That's at an interesting time. So I'm going to start thinking about that. So right now, after this, after St. Louis, I have stationary fest in Brooklyn at the end of July. And then I have our St. Jude stuff in Memphis at the end of September. And then I have Tokyo at the end of October. So I could squeeze something maybe late August, early September, which means San Francisco or Orlando, but that's just a lot.

'''Ana Reinhart:''' Yeah, that is a lot. And honestly, I mean, I think that that's one of the things that has come up with vendors, with people who are sort of on the periphery of vendors like ourselves. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Um, that we're, it's getting to the point where it is a lot physically, emotionally, financially to go to all of these events. And we have to start being a little bit more pick and choose. I mean, you know, even with vendors who are driving to these events and bringing all their stuff, like with the cost of gas is very much influencing some of their decisions on this. Um, you know, I, I always laugh. There's always somebody who'll come up and be like, can you cut me a deal? Can you cut me a deal? I'm like, do you know how much it costs us to get all this stuff a year? Like, you don't have to pay shipping, but you're going to have to pay full price.