19302005
Pension Piepenhoeker - Wellness for your body, psyche, soul & pipes
The Show is over... ...long live the Show !
At the
Airport of Amsterdam we met Kurt Balleby and Erik Nielsen and here we
arrive at O´Hara
Our arrival at Pheasant Run
Resort with the A1-Limo-Service
First we got our bed
prepared and announced the open room in the hall.
Then we said hello to all
the others who arrived one after another ,
here Rainer Barbi and Poul
Ilsted.
Hello Jess Chonowitsch and
Tom Eltang
Welcome Anne Julie
Let´s have a nice party
Bill Ashton Taylor
Here we are on the pre-show
already : Hello Johan Kock
Lots of folks on the
pre-show
Michael J. Gluckler from
Briar Blues. We met in March in L.A. already.
German pipe maker Paul
Becker (right) on the pre-show.
One year we emailed and now
we met again : Hello Mike (Old Sea Rock), Waco/ Texas
My friend Rich Curl who won
the second price of the golf turnament
and Danish pipe maker Jørgen
Nielsen
Even when economy is
weakening: Never loose your humor ! Poul Ilsted agrees with me.
A great gift for me: My
friend Gary from Anchorage/ Alaska remembered my jacket from the Los
Angeles show and brought me an indian handmade Pipe- and tobacco leather
pouch. Thanks again , Gary !
Left to right my friends :
Mike/Texas, Howard/Michigan, Tom/Hawaii, Michael/California
Thanks Mike for the T-Shirts
My friend Ray Espinoza at
the table of Johan Kock and Kent Rasmussen
My friend Fred Husseini / California at our table
Italian briar cutter
Domenico. I´ll sell his briar to professionels and hobby carvers very
soon.
Teddy Knudsen and his
extraordinary high grades. About August or September he is coming to visit
me.
"Mr. Bulldog" or
the "Master of the Facette " Poul Ilsted
German pipe maker Paul
Becker and his wife
Anne Julie came with her son
and brought some pipes and pictures
Some extraordinary pieces
were shown by "Atelier Rolando"
Tonni Nielsen almost sold
out
Erik Nielsen will have a
great future as pipe maker.
S.Bang pipe makers Per
Hansen and Ulf Noltensmeier with their wifes and Jess Chonowitsch
After the show we were
another three days in Chicago with Rainer Barbi and Jørgen Nielsen.
In former times the old
Water Tower was the highest building in Chicago...
in the skyscraper aside you hurry now to the 94. floor within 40 seconds
and have a beautiful view on Chicago.
Good food, some beers and
...
the Chicago Blues. That´s
what you need to relax after the show.
It was just fantastic!
Thanks again to the boys and
girls that we could make this great experience.
Piepenhoeker & "The Hoochie
Man" Linsey Alexander Live
Thanks again for permission
to be on stage with all you great guys !
Was a great pleasure to me !