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INDY SMORGASBORD
If your goal this last weekend, January 17-19, was to pack as many experiences into three days as you could, the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis was the place to be. For me (and a huge...
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A SUPER (BOWL) WEEKEND IN COLUMBUS
While there were definitely passing thoughts of football this last weekend, January 30-February 2, woodworkers in Columbus took time out to visit the other big game in town, The Woodworking Shows....
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NOT SINGING THE BLUES IN ST. LOUIS
I’m very fortunate. I work for a great magazine and I really like what I do. This last weekend, February 7-9, I was able to escape the harsh and all but relentless cold and snow in the Chicago area...
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THANK YOU DETROIT
This past Friday and Saturday, February 14-15, the Woodworking Shows returned to the Detroit area and opened its doors to a very nice group of attendees as eager as we were to enjoy and display our...
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A GREAT WEEKEND IN SOMERSET
As the thermometer inched into the low fifties this last weekend, the Woodworking Shows opened its doors in Somerset, New Jersey. It’s been a particularly tough winter all across the east and the...
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SHORT BUT SWEET IN KC
Kansas City in March can always be a bit of a gamble when it comes to the weather and we experienced that phenomenon this last weekend, February 28-March 2, when the Woodworking Shows opened its...
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JUST PEACHY IN THE PEACH STATE
There are some weekends where things just seem to turn out well and this last weekend in Atlanta, March 7-9, was definitely one of them. My flights were on time, I found a really unique place to...
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WHAT A WEEKEND! SLAINTE`, MILWAUKEE
All the stars were aligned this last weekend, March 14-16, when the Woodworking Shows pulled into the fairgrounds in West Allis, Wisconsin. Some of the best crowds this season came out to celebrate...
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ANOTHER ONE FOR THE BOOKS
The 2013-2014 Woodworking Show season wrapped up this last weekend, March 21-23, in Tampa. This has to be one of the nicest places to end a show that, other than Atlanta, has seen some form of frozen...
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BACK AT LAST-A WEEKEND IN HOUSTON
For a while I wondered if we would ever get back to southern Texas. It seemed as though the wood gods conspired to keep us from visiting our old woodworking friends in the land of near eternal...
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A TALE OF TWO CITIES-CALIFORNIA STYLE
When the Woodworking Shows made their swing through California these last two weeks, October 31-November 9, I took the opportunity to stay out on the road and drive from Costa Mesa to Sacramento. I...
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BUT BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE
What a difference a few days and 580 miles makes! Just last week Monday I left Sacramento in a short sleeve polo shirt and this last Thursday, November 13th, I was dressed for winter. The Woodworking...
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DENVER WOODWORKING SHOW 2014
The final Woodworking Show of the fall season was in Denver this last weekend, November 21-23. The weather was crisp and clear and the venue at the Denver Merchandise Mart was ready for the really...
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STARTING THE NEW YEAR IN BALTIMORE
Following a break for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, the Woodworking Shows traveled to Baltimore to open the second half of our season on January 2-4 at the Cow Palace in the State...
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NEW ENGLAND WINTER 2015
A surprise, fast moving snow storm couldn’t put a damper this last weekend, January 9-11, in Massachusetts when the Woodworking Shows visited the Big E in West Springfield. Though the opening bell on...
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INDY 2015 – ENCOURAGING SIGNS
The Woodworking Show was in Indianapolis this last weekend, January 16-18, and traveling there was very stress free. No TSA screener in rubber gloves. No apologies from the gate attendants or pilots on...
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KANSAS CITY WOODWORKING SHOW 2015 – ANOTHER SUCCESS
I would say we’re on a roll. January began what we call the Big 10 – the largest show crowds of the season and we have had four solid weekends in a row. This last weekend, January 23-25, it was the...
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COLUMBUS WOODWORKING SHOW 2015
Each weekend during the woodworking show season plays out about the same – travel beginning on Thursday morning and a return home on Sunday evening after spending three days with our great...
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ST. LOUIS 2015
What a great weekend to be in St. Louis for the Woodworking Shows. I left my home on Thursday, February 5th, with the temperature hovering at a biting 7 degrees and by Friday it was shirt sleeve...
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DETROIT 2015 – A SHOWCASE TO REMEMBER
The Woodworking Show traveled to Novi, Michigan this last weekend, February 13-15, and opened to a nice sized crowd on Friday. Some pretty rotten weather (snow and wind chills near 30 below zero is...
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