Portland Seafood & Wine Festival

seafoodandwine

The experiment in direct marketing continues this weekend. If you are in town come see me at booth #1115. I think it is a corner booth.

I have heard radio spots all week and just saw a TV commercial. I think it is twelve bucks to get in and you get a hundred bucks worth of coupons for local restaurants, etc.  Hey, the first three hundred visitors get and commemorative wine glass!

There are supposed to be fifty wineries in attendance. I believe that the application process for the wine vendors closed within a couple of weeks of last years festival. The organizers had 8500 visitors last years and expect a good turn out this year too. We will see!

I have been busy in the shop. I have a number of new pieces to take to this show. I have a bunch of stuff that got cut out but is in pieces on the bench. I had some problems with tools and a machine breaking, so I got a little behind. Still, I have more stuff to show that I have space.

Oregon Black Walnut... my favorite!

I try to get a bunch of projects glued up and sanded, so when I set up to spray finishes, I am more efficient with the time it takes for the process to apply all the coats. I hope to set up today and take photographs of my current inventory as I load it up for the show.