Seattle - Day #3 (Emerald City ComiCon Day #2)

The day moves a lot slower when you have run out of items to sell. The Emerald City crowd was much lighter today, but Baby Tattoo's problem was not a lack of customers; it was a lack of merchandise. While it would have been nice to sell a few more books to fans who had to be turned away empty-handed, Baby Tattoo's available inventory for the event was reasonably on-target relative to demand. Perhaps the topic Taking Too Much Inventory vs. Taking Too Little Inventory is a good topic for a future Little Business Day post about the challenges of selling at conventions. For now, suffice it to say that Baby Tattoo was very pleased with the Emerald City ComiCon, and looks forward to returning for next year's event in early April.

John hit the road back to Portland right after the show, so Bob did dinner solo at the sort-of national Daily Grill. After eating his salad at the bar, Bob asked for his burger to be packaged to go as an in-room main course. (The same restaurant provides room service to the Sheraton where Bob was staying, but carrying it himself rather than ordering it to the room was a significant money saver. And, on the topic of money-saving tips, Daily Grill's dinner menu is devoid of almost all of the reasonably priced lunch items like burgers and sandwiches, but the Cheeseburger is available at night on the bar menu.) Bob's ratings (on a scale of 1 to 10) were as follows: Food 7 (but he gives breakfast a 9, and the thin fried onions a 10), Atmosphere 9, Service 7, Value 6.