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After
Being Away From Home 3 of the Past 4 Weeks It's Payback
Time + Sedo Confirms $1 Million Sale of Poker.org After
being away from home
three of the past four weeks covering domain conferences
(T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
Las Vegas, DOMAINfest
Global and Domainer
Mardi Gras), I owe my wife Diana some
time together. So, this afternoon we are off to Mount
Dora, a quaint central Florida resort town we
visited for the first time last summer (regular readers
may recall my Lowdown
post about that trip).
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The
town has a number of special charms; rolling
hills (unique to Florida's otherwise flat
landscape), Victorian houses, horse and carriage
rides and a scenic nature walk on the edge of
the five-mile wide Lake Dora whose
Eastern shore the town was built on. As nice as
all of that is, the primary reason Diana wants
to go back is the fact that one of the biggest
outdoor antique shows in the eastern U.S., the Renninger's
Antique Extravaganza, gets underway
there tomorrow morning. She used to have her own
antique store here in Tampa and her |
The
historic Donnelly House in Mount
Dora |
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passion
for beautiful old things remains strong (I
assume she has kept me around because I fill the
"old" requirement but I'm not sure why
she has given me a pass on the
"beautiful" part). |
Renniger's
runs their Mount Dora show three times a year (we went
for the first time in November and loved it) and it
attracts thousands of people during its three-day
run. The antique dealers spread their wares across
several acres of lovely hill country just east of town.
The weather is supposed to be sunny and cool so we
expect a glorious weekend for the event.
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Sunset
on Lake Dora |
We
have raved so much about the antique show and
Mount Dora that Howard
and Barbara Neu are going to drive
up from Miami and meet us there. It will
be fun showing them around town this afternoon
and evening and guiding them through the massive
antique sale tomorrow as they experience both
for the first time. Barbara also enjoys
antiques, so while she and Diana are distracted
by the merchants Howard and I might get a chance
to talk about domains - out of their
ear-shot of course - that is kind of a taboo
subject this weekend and we don't want
things to get ugly!).
On
Saturday afternoon, Diana's uncle Bud
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married
in a town adjacent to Mount Dora, Leesburg,
so we are going to the wedding before returning
home that night. Bud is 91 years young
and in spectacular shape - you would think he is
30 years younger (when it comes to aging, Diana
has great genes on her side of the family).
Bud's blushing young fiancée is a mere 87
and also looks fabulous. They regularly go out
dancing and living life to the hilt. I plan to
study them closely this weekend because whatever
they are doing it obviously works! |
Since
we will be off on this mini-vacation there won't be a
Lowdown post Friday (I have been warned that if I am caught
online during the trip I will not like the
consequences!) So, I'll see you back here with a new
post Monday and I hope that you all have as great a
weekend as we are anticipating.
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One
other note before I go, Sedo
has just confirmed
that they have brokered the $1 million sale
of Poker.org - the highest .org
sale ever reported. The owners of PokerCompany.com
bought the domain from National A-1.
Last Saturday PokerCompany.com CEO Markus
Sonermo dropped me a note to tell me the
deal was going to be finalized this week. I
wrote to Sedo for confirmation and on Tuesday
they replied that they could not yet confirm the
deal was complete. While I held the information
pending confirmation it leaked out from other
sources yesterday and the formal announcement
finally came today. Congratulations to everyone
involved - it looks like a .org will be topping
our weekly
sale chart next Wednesday! |
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