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== Philadelphia Pen Show ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' So, Tiff, you were at the Philadelphia Pen Show this past weekend. What made you want to go to the Philly show?

'''Tiff Arment:''' Well, it's really close by. So I felt like I should go check it out, right? Because, I mean, I might not be able to get to Atlanta. I know. I know. So I was, like, feeling a little sad about that. And I decided to go check out the Philly show since there was no snow this year. And it's only a quick hour and 15 minute train ride away. So I decided to go for it. I only went on Friday because I ended up having some family obligations that we had to go take Adam upstate with, you know, see my parents. And so, yeah. I only went on Friday. But still super glad I went. And, I mean, why wouldn't you? It's so close. So I think I'm also going to go to the Long Island one, too, because that one's about the same distance.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So what is, how does it compare? Brad, you've never been to the Philly show, right? Or have you?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I have not. This is, like, kind of the second year of the reboot of the Philly Pen Show. So before, I don't even know that it really registered with me, but now that Franklin Kristoff and Eric Orozco are running it, it has become way more of a thing. And it's way more out there, you know, in the in the in the penosphere. And, like, we know what's going on, you know, around Philly and people are sharing things to Philly and people are making a destination show because it's been months and months and months since they've been able to get out. So it looks like it's really well set up, really well run and lots of really good vendors there and lots of cool people there.

'''Tiff Arment:''' No, it seemed like a lot of the crowd. I recognized a lot of people who I first saw in Atlanta. And again, Atlanta was my first pen show. So this will this was my second. And it's basically set up. They had a hallway and then a ballroom filled with tables. And it very nicely spread out like the the width of the aisles. You couldn't walk around a lot. And then they had some nice tables right in the middle where you could kind of like sit and write and hang out with people or grab something to eat. If, you know, some of the vendors were getting food in and like having getting to eat there. So I love it was a really nice setup. And of course, Susan Worth was there and like her usual spot with her usual banners. Like nobody else had any banners like hung up on the walls. And everyone's like, how'd you get that? And she's like, I just did it.

'''Tiff Arment:''' It was great.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's pretty much her life motto.

'''Tiff Arment:''' Yeah, she was just delightful to see. And she was running around in her stocking feet looking for the internet password. And I just I you just fall in love with her.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' She's totally she is your picture with her was wonderful.

'''Tiff Arment:''' I know. I like stocked her. I'm like, you remember Brad? I totally name dropped you. I'm like, let's take a picture for Brad.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's hilarious.

'''Tiff Arment:''' No, but she actually spent a lot of time with me convincing me not to buy the pen I thought I wanted to buy and instead selling me two pens that I didn't know I wanted to buy, but I did want to buy. So but yeah, and I'm not familiar with all the names of everybody yet. But I did see a lot of familiar faces and everything was really well set up. I saw a whole bunch of internet people, Instagram pen people that I recognized murder draws and Dan Don and I don't know, I got intimidated about saying hi, I felt I felt weird. I felt like everyone was kind of doing their own thing, especially on Friday, because it was a little bit more quiet from the videos I saw from the Saturday and Sunday, it was a lot busier. But I actually preferred it on the quiet day because I did get the chance to sit down with Susan and she helped me with some my handwriting and you had more time talking to the vendors because it wasn't so crowded. So that was really good. And yeah, I was excited to see all the new Franklin Kristoff, the prototype pens that they had out. And it was a good time. I wish I knew more people there. I think I would have had more fun, you know, especially with the when you sit around and you do all the ink stuff and taking out paper and pens and hanging out with each other like people do in Atlanta. That was much nicer, I think, because I knew you guys. So I had a grounding. So I definitely let my little shyness get to me at the pen show this time. So I didn't I kind of kept to myself, which was a different way to do it. And it let me kind of look at more pens on my own than being extremely social.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So flying under the radar, making sure you get those purchases in, you know, I did let anyone get in front.

'''Tiff Arment:''' Exactly. Now, I should have said hello, but I got I don't know. I felt like everyone was kind of doing their own thing in their own groups. And I know they would have been super friendly if I did say hi and was like, hey, I know you from Instagram.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, yeah. Hey, I was getting I was getting texts.

'''Tiff Arment:''' It's like, I just saw Tiff Arman here. Oh, shut it. You did not.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I promise you I did. I promise you.

'''Tiff Arment:''' One person came up and said hi. And he was very, very nice and asked if Marco was there. And I was like, no, he's watching our kids. So I could be here. But no, he was very nice. He was from New Jersey. He like dipped on over to the pen show while his kid was in school. And he had to say, I had to go back to New Jersey to pick up my kid.

'''Tiff Arment:''' Nice. Nice. Yeah. So it was good.