CANvention 2017 in Cleveland, OH was right up there with the best of them. We rolled into Cleveland on
Wednesday evening after visiting and old friend in Mogadore. The hotel was excellent and featured a
great view of Lake Erie, the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame, Science Center and First Energy
Stadium home of the Browns. We settled into our room and then cruised the hallways and
checked out the rooftop bar. Thursday we started the day off at a great little diner called
Shay s. The food was excellent and the prices were very fair. We ate breakfast there
everyday. Grits and eggs and Halal which is made from beef and delicious! Next we took
the girls to the Sweetie B s the worlds largest candy store. 40,000
sq. ft of candy. They were in heaven! There s candy in there that you
haven t seen since you were a kid. And lots of regional sodas. Next we took the girls to a
huge mall for some shopping. After that we were ready for lunch so we headed to Great
Lakes Brg. Co. and had lunch and a wonderful
award winning Dortmunder. As we were
leaving Judy noticed a brewery across the
street from Greal Lakes called Hansa Brewing
Co. This place was awesome. The owner Boris
Music is from Eastern Europe and the beers
and food are all European and very authentic. He treated us to some
free desert and I was wishing we had time to go back to place for a
meal, but it was not to be. I highly recommend this place if you are ever
in Cleveland. Miner s and Travis flew in that afternoon and we met up
with them back at the
hotel. Consumption of beer was on the agenda as it the Cornhusker
Chapter s hospitality room to promote CANvention and then it was
micro night. And a good one it was! Friday was a busy day! First it
was of to Southeast Harley-Davidson to see Elvis s motorcycle.
Then the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. It was very cool to say the
least. After an afternoon touring the hall and hitting the gift shop we
went outside for one of the best brisket sandwhiches I ve ever had
and washed it down
with a Great Lakes
Dortmunder while
sitting outside looking
at Lake Erie. Next we hit the trade floor where I scored some cool
Grain Belt pieces and an Old Dutch sham glass. Judy, Sue and Emma
wandered off to a cool tavern and summoned us to join them. Beers
on the sidewalk and beautiful weather. Friday night was the Jersey
Shore party. We took it easy and went swimming with Aubrey and
Haylee. Saturday morning it was one last breakfast at Shay s then the
drive home. We went via Kenosha WI to pick up a neon from Stevan
from Ron Thomas and a new friendship was begun. He s coming to
the Mankato show with his wife. We then hit Potosi for supper and a beer. We were too late for the museum. More
on that some other time. We arrived home around 1 a.m. and hit the mattress. What a great time! We are looking
forward to Omaha in 2018.
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