Post LA Pen Posse Pics and Recap
By SF Pen Posse tradition, we had our annual post-LA Pen Posse to recap the pen show for those who could not make it. Today's Posse was absolutely crazy.
I should have known it was going to be weird when I pulled into parking lot at Peter's and it was full. Going into our customary Pen Posse room, I found the room occupied by an unsuspecting family enjoying a Sunday brunch and the early group of Pen Posse members. For those not familiar with the room set-up, the tables are arranged in a U shape. The family occupied one leg of the U near the door while we had the leg against the wall. The room was already a buzz with noise. Every few minutes a Pen Posse person would show up and our side of the room began to fill-up.
Poor Daphne, our usual waitress, nearly tripped a few times. She almost launched Loren's order right at Jerome. The family had no clue what was happening. In addition, we attracted 4-5 new Pen Posse members today and they did not know anyone so a few confused the family for the Pen Posse. One very excited woman came in and started asking about the SF show. She wanted to know about getting her pen fixed and at that point we all pointed at Todd. Fortunately, I think Todd was able to fix her problem. I never did find out about the resolution because Brian and Christina arrived and I had brought a bunch of stuff to show them.
By this time, we had reached to the bottom of the U and running out of seats. When Deirdre and Rick arrived, we were almost on top of the family. Fortunately, they finished eating and were leaving.
Fresh from being OPM'ed in LA, Brian and Christina checked out my vintage Italian collection. They started on this road in LA and this is one more step down that slippery slope. I also brought all of the Maruzen ink so they could try it out.
Other people showing off LA pens.
DSC_9717 by AltecGreen, on Flickr
A meeting of the coffee sub-Posse (notice the bag of coffee that Mark Cohen roasted)
Todd was busy working on bunch of pens for people. A line actually formed.
Todd had trouble working on someone's hard rubber pen that had the wrong pressure bar installed. He needed some forceps. Thank god our members come prepared. Mikey had an arsenal of pocket tools including a folding pair of tweezers.
The picture below is a bit blurry because I had to quickly pull the camera out of the bag. I don't think I can even explain this. You just had to have been there.
There were a lot of Nakayas at the Posse since everyone who had one brought theirs. It was too chaotic to organize a photo shoot. There was so much going on and it was so loud. Pretty much like a rock concert inside. In the confusion, Steve Curnow left without his case of pens. I think this disease migrated north from LA. Fortunately, he figured it out and came back before we stripped his pens of any useful parts.
And then there were parts. (51 clips and vac jewels)
It was a crazy Pen Posse. It was good to see so many new faces.
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Originally Posted by sfbirdie
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