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== Pen Show Responsibilities ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, get out. Yeah. That would be a problem. Like when I see this kind of stuff, this is how you get in trouble at a stationary show as opposed to a pen show. Pen show, you could see just some wild, crazy pen. You might go check it out or whatever. But you now showed me. We've sat there at night playing around with journaling stuff of what you've thrown on the table. And then tomorrow I'm going to buy like the eraser and the washi tape and all this stuff. It's going to get you. It will. We're going to get you. What else you got going on? Anything else we need to mention? I know I'm going to see you in St. Louis in a couple weeks. You know, maybe we'll have something cooking there.

'''Toni Palumbo:''' That'd be great. Well, we don't have a officially will be announced this week, but I am now going to be the show director for the Orlando International Pen Show 2026.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Get out of town. You didn't even tell me this before show. Like I wouldn't even lean you into that. That was a surprise to me. Yay. I love it.

'''Toni Palumbo:''' I'm excited. I can't wait to start working with vendors and.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah.

'''Toni Palumbo:''' Divide in and out tables. It's going to be a great show. And I'm so excited. I get to come in on year five like that and celebrate hopefully in a big way.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Now you can yell at me directly if I can't make it. I'll just hear directly from you instead of literally the entire Orlando Pen Club yelling at me. Yes.

'''Toni Palumbo:''' I mean, we'll still do that on Twitch. Okay. We promise, but.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Fair enough. Fair enough.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. That's amazing. Okay. I'm excited to hear that. That's a big job. It is. That's going to be fun, though. That's going to be fun, though.

'''Toni Palumbo:''' I can't wait. It's going to be a blast. And I'm so excited to bring your five to people. Yeah. I think it's going to be different. We'll be upstairs. Usually we're downstairs in the ballroom. Okay. But I think we have some ideas that will really surprise people. And our show, Inc. is usually by Robert Oster. And I just want to give a shout out to him because he is so caring and giving. He's giving us like an extra hundred bottles this year for the coral reef relief that the money goes to. So I'm really excited for that, too. Bring them a nice check in the slowest part of the months in Florida. It's just amazing.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I'm always a big proponent of the charity and tying in and having a show tie in to help raise money, especially for a local or regional charity. It's super important. I think a lot of shows can and should do that. I think it's a great thing.

'''Toni Palumbo:''' Yeah. I can't wait. And a couple of the stationary people have jumped in on the pen show. Nice. So that'll be fun.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I'll get yelled at if I don't ask you. And you're not going to answer me what colors they ain't going to be.

'''Toni Palumbo:''' I don't think I could tell.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' See? I know. I can't tell.

'''Toni Palumbo:''' I don't want to get in trouble.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You can tell me after the show. I'll tell you after. I'm really good at keeping secrets. So no, that's unfair. I wouldn't do that to y'all. I wouldn't do that to y'all. No, hopefully. Because now I don't want your secrets because then I have to hold them. I don't want them. That's right.

'''Toni Palumbo:''' But I will tell you, it is going through Australian customs and should be to us very shortly. So we'll be doing a release of what it is. And it is stunning. Okay. We did a gorgeous job. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So the show is in September? September.

'''Toni Palumbo:''' Yes. 10th through the 13th at the Florida Hotel. The same hotel it's been in for the five years, which is awesome.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's a great hotel. It really is.

'''Toni Palumbo:''' And the staff is incredible. And I just got to learn about the owner a little bit while we were there for the Florida Stationery Fest. And he is an incredible businessman and like actual human. Like he cares about his workers, which you could definitely tell in that hotel. Yeah. That people care.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's one of the more multi-day, if you're staying for a multi-day event hotel for a pen show, it's one of the more convenient and enjoyable stays. Like I think I would pull in on like Friday morning and not leave till Sunday. Oh, yeah. Like you'd never need to. It's very good for that. So, yeah. Highly, highly recommend.

'''Toni Palumbo:''' Yeah. There's a – so the Florida Hotel is attached to them all. And they just added a Pop Mart. And then Lush has been there. A crazy cosmetic line that's amazing. And they're like, what are you guys doing next door? We've had like a huge uptick in people. And I was like, yeah, it's a stationery show. The same amount of people that went to the stationery show seem to have found the Pop Mart and the Lush. Oh, and the chocolate. Swiss chocolate place.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. Yep. It's a good place. It's a good place. All right. I think with that, we'll get you out of here. Any last things to plug? And we'll wrap it up. And we'll reconvene here in a few weeks.

'''Toni Palumbo:''' Yes, we'll be in St. Louis. And in St. Louis, I'll be selling charms that I got to collaborate with Faber-Castell. Oh, nice. They're charm keychains. And it's in promotion for their 265th anniversary.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's crazy.

'''Toni Palumbo:''' So, I was so honored to be a part of that. Yeah. And be a little part of their history and be able to celebrate with them. So, what I didn't sell at the Florida Stationery Fest, I'm going to bring to St. Louis. And if anything's left over from St. Louis, I'll be selling online. Okay.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Awesome. So, we'll keep an eye out for that. I will definitely be checking them out.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Tony, thank you. Oh, go ahead.

'''Toni Palumbo:''' Wait. Are you bringing those notebooks to St. Louis? Come on, Brad. Tell us.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I will. I will. I can. Yeah. Just yell at me. Awesome. Anyone who wants me to bring notebooks to St. Louis, tell me. Because, yeah, we'll decide how much room I need to pack.

'''Toni Palumbo:''' Well, you already got two of me and Ruben, so.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right. All right. Well, you're the best. Tell Ruben he's all right, too.

'''Toni Palumbo:''' We'll do.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But I appreciate your time. I'll have all the links we talked about. I'll have links to all of Tony's stuff that y'all can go check out everything online. And I really appreciate you joining me. Thanks again to our sponsors this week, Enigma Stationery and Squarespace. I'm your host, Brad, from The Pen Addict. You can find everything I do over at penaddict.com. And until next time, say goodbye, Tony.

'''Toni Palumbo:''' Bye, everyone. Thank you so much, Brad. This was awesome. Have fun. crafts crafts Have a good one.

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