Link Love: Pen Show Prep

This week is the end of the Yoseka Stationery Fest in Brooklyn and, for many of us, counting down the hours and days until the two largest pen shows in the US — the DC Supershow and the SF Pen Show. As we prepare for the upcoming shows, check out our special “Pen Show Prep” category to plan your shopping, packing and preparation for the upcoming shows. My top five pen show “best practices”: Bring cash (most vendors like cash). Some foreign vendors will prefer credit card so they don’t have to convert currency so have your tap-to-pay and have chip credit cards ready. Cards without a chip require vendors to type the number in which is a higher fee and takes longer. Make sure your card have a chip or your credit cards are in your cell phone “wallet”. Map out the show floor before you get there to figure out where your favorite vendors are. If there is no map available, try to build a list of the vendors you’d like to visit and hopefully there is a map at the event you can refer to. Carry…