I decided to have an impromptu meetup during LDI to film an episode on what we saw on the exhibit hall floor. Lucky for me, Daphne Mir (@lekogirl), Peter Kirkup (@pkirkup) and Aron Altmark (@AronAltmark) were kind enough to answer the Twitter call! The result is a cute, and often times SILLY video recap of new products and swag!
Production Note: Joe was not able to be in this video because he was giving grandMA 2 demos like crazy!
Thanks again guys!
Cat
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Every LDI, Joe says he’s gonna get a scooter to ride around the showfloor. Well, this year – there was a real, honest NEED for a scooter. See, the tradeshow is in the South Hall, but our training and demo room is in the North Hall. It’s a bit of a hike, but the scooters save you a LOT of time. Plus – we look wicked cool on them. Right? Right?
They definitely work better on the concrete than the carpet, but – for $20 – I’m not complaining. They worked pretty well on the pre-carpeted showfloor on Thursday. If we could just get them to take all of the carpet up and get all the attendees to move on to a booth and out of the aisles, we could have some real fun.
To prove how AWESOME we look on them, I’ve placed some iPhone-quality (what an ironic combination) videos for your viewing pleasure below.
Special thanks to the LDI Interns for making extra Wal-Mart runs so that we could have these.
-Cat
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In doing my research for martini bars in Orlando this week – I’ve found a couple that look pretty good. I’ve actually sent this list out in a couple of emails, so I figured I’d add it as a post as well. Outside of the rest of the social goodness we’ll be enjoying at LDI, you might find me at one of these bars:
Blue Martini Lounge (12 miles from convention center): The one in Vegas is pretty good, so I assume this one should be pretty similar.
Bosendorfer at the Grand Bohemian (13 miles from OCCC): Lookin’ Classsssyyyyy… I expect to see some sort of retired-couple lounge act in there.
Timpano Restaurant (2.5 miles from OCCC): Looks like Daily Grill/Flemings type place – I’m REALLY interested to try the Three Olives Martini. It’s basically a dirty martini that includes (among others) a caviar-stuffed-olive. mmmmmm.
Hue Restaurant (15 miles from OCCC): They don’t have a cocktail menu online, but you gotta love the name of this place.
xoxo
Cat
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We’ll both be making the journey to Orlando this week for the LDI tradeshow. There should be plenty of opportunities for drinking networking throughout the weekend, so look us up!
Both Joe and I will be working with our Console Cocktails sponsor, ACT Lighting. Joe will be offering 2 grandMA Level 2 training sessions as part of LDInstitute beginning Tuesday, November 17th. At the time of this posting, there was still space left to sign up – so if you’ll be in the Orlando area and want to get your hands on a shiny new GrandMA2, you might consider it.
I’ll mostly be at the ACT Lighting booth (Booth 209) on the Exhibit Hall Floor. Drop by and say HI! If you have a question for Console Cocktails that we could do a video answer for – this would be a good chance to discuss it. Or, if you know where to get the best vodka martini in Orlando, you absolutely MUST come find me.
Of course, unless something strange comes up, Joe and I should both be at the Jimonlight/iSquint TweetUp at the Peabody on Saturday night. More details here.
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In our first episode, we talk about what “busking” on a console means, and offer up some suggestions on how to set up a simple busking showfile. This topic was suggested by Jim Galvin. Suggest your own topic, or send us a question for the series via our new form.
Of course, the cocktail in this episode is the grandMAr2ni.
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To prove how excited I get over little things… I give you the “Console Cocktails” theme. 13 seconds of pure amateur MAGIC. Actually, I’m a little embarrassed about how long it took me to make this. Sheesh.
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At the last minute we threw together some Halloween decorations for our front porch. Since there’s a console and a cocktail involved, we figured you might enjoy seeing it. Plus, there’s some cute trick-or-treaters.
PS: After the video, we added Voyant Chai Liquor to the pumpkin spice martinis, and it was even better.
-Cat
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