Two Very Different Experiences

As I was hanging out on the show floor just before the end of the show, I was chatting with a couple of members who had used the event very differently. Michael, a seller from Indianapolis  whose ID is echeapshipping (and as you might expect, deals in shipping supplies), had pulled off the VERY rare triple: he not only attended 16 seminars, but he managed to collect all the pins AND all the rare B-O-S-T-O-N coins. He got some admiring looks from others around us, as sometimes there's a bit of a trade-off between collecting the schwag and attending classes all day.

Right about then andi*austin came bounding into the lounge. Overhearing  our conversation, she said simply "I came here to party!" (our mutual friend funfindsfromsuz informed me that Andi had spent more time doing the touristy stuff around Boston than anything else). That dichotomy of philosophies was a pretty amusing way to end the show.