So, as you all know, PONY travels to Vegas for trade shows 4 times a year! Which sounds like a lot of fun and gambling and who knows what else, right? But we actually work really hard to show off our new line, get orders, meet people and publications, and get the word out about PONY!
So we loaded up the old Griswold family wagon, and Jordan, Colin, Robbie and I headed to Vegas and the amazing 110 degree “dry heat” that comes along with it!
We arrived and got to work setting up the show! We got to see some old friends and enjoyed the great mix of tunes by DJ Lucas Walters…once work was done, it was off to Zappos.com’s 10-year Anniversary Party, and due to the extremely large chunk of change they received when they recently sold the company, you can imagine that they spared no expense…there were fairies everywhere, and carnival games, and people walking on water in bubbles – really! It was amazing. Colin even got to meet the CEO! I’d have a huge smile on my face if I was him too…
The next day Compass opened it’s doors! And it was back to work!
Of course, we had a little fun in-between at the BPMW’s Compass party at Peppermill…for those of you who have never been there – you have to check it out! They have fire in water – they really do! And giant drinks called Scorpions…and not to mention a bunch of girls working there that are dressed like they are going to the 1996 prom – Robbie picked up his second wife there! But that was short-lived…
After another hard day at work, tons of meetings and orders, and breaking down our booth, we headed to the Double Down for some dingey fun, where we definitely spread the PONY love…to a bunch of Roller Derby Girls, a man in a pink suit (I named him Pinky – Pinky loved his pink twin, Colin), the Bacon Brothers, who had just gotten a sizzling bacon and a “skull and cross bacon” tattooed on them…Robbie’s third wife…and many many more….
The next day, we were exhausted and excited about the close of another wonderful Compass show! We hit the road back to sunny San Diego…I would put some attractive photos of Robbie sleeping in the car with his mouth open…but he would kill me…