Newbie To Annual Meeting: Any Advice?

My wife and I are newbies to the annual meeting in Philadelphia next week. Any advice from those more experienced?

1. Pick out a few seminars to attend.

2. Take the city tour. If You end up in old town, walk back to the hotel through Chinatown

3. Attend the museum auction and bid freely.

4. Many good and much cheaper restaurants outside the hotel.

5. Take a tour of the Cathedral behind the hotel. Attend mass if you're catholic.

6. Ladies breakfast on Friday.

7. Trade show is a must. Talk with the chapters arranging the tours and make plans to attend.

This will get you started

Good suggestions....

Another one....

Take the tour up to the top of City Hall. There is an awesome view of the city from just below the statue of William Penn.

Park in the garage beneath the hotel if you're driving.

Hi-

Take the septa train it brings you in to the Suburban Station and take the 17th St. elevator to the street level and walk up 2 1/2 blocks past the Walgreens store to the hotel entrance on right side of the street

Septa train that you take is the Paoli/ Thorndale line

This will save you money in parking at the Hotel garage.

Hope this helps.

Al Storrs

Al,

Thanks. I take the Paoli/Thorndale line to work every day, so that's definitely the way we are coming in ...

City Hall is a great tour. It is a fascinating building full of quirky architecture and interesting art work. If you have a taste for nineteenth century weirdness, the Mutter Museum of Medical Oddities is located at 21st and Chestnut. It is full of skulls, bones, mummified body parts, old medical equipment and the like.

The Reading Terminal Market at 12th and Market Streets is a perfect place to go for lunch after the Saturday meeting. Every kind of food that you can imagine is served there. It is unique and has been there for over 100 years.

Chinatown is very close to our hotel and has all kinds and price levels of Asian food.

Thanks, all.

Looking forward to it!

The concierge at the hotel is also quite helpful. They will give you suggestions for nearby sites and a map with directions.

Phil

I like the "Reels of Cars" seminar, which is conducted by Michael Graff

every year. He shows old car ads and promotional videos from his

collection of 16mm movie film. It's well attended and very popular.

I see that this year, it is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 7 from 3:00 to 4:15 p.m.

in the Independence Ballroom. (A schedule of seminars is available in

Philadelpha or on-line.) "Reels of Cars" usually lasts well past the scheduled

closing time due to its popularity.

We enjoyed our first Annual Meeting and will likely be back.

We appreciate all the good advice.