Hi, Everyone —

Sue C and I arrived in Philadelphia around 5:00 PM and before we even settled into our room, we hit the ANG registration booth.  Lots of goodies.  We have decided that we need to make a one page schedule because there are so many activities going on this week — I swear that there is something every night.

So after reading our program cover to cover, we settled in to our room.  I think we’ll be very cozy here for the week!

It turns out that there are quite a few restaurants in the area.  The Reading Terminal Market was closed, so we didn’t get a chance to scope that out yet.  We decided to go to The Melting Pot for dinner — it was literally just across the street.

After dinner, we scoped out the meeting floors and stumbled upon a group in the open stitching area (it’s open 24 hours in case someone has trouble sleeping!).  What fun!  Jo Ippolito Christensen was sitting with folks from Syracuse, NY; San Diego, CA; Easton, PA; and Mendham, NJ.  Someone immediately knew Mendham as “Where Mrs. Stitches is!”  They thought I was lucky to live within walking distance — some of these women have to drive an hour for stitching supplies.

Good night all!

Cheers — Rosie