{"id":4737,"date":"2006-09-17T03:57:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-17T03:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icalltheshot.com\/?p=4737"},"modified":"2006-09-17T03:57:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-17T03:57:00","slug":"its-all-in-a-days-work-or-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icalltheshot.com\/?p=4737","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s All In A Day&#8217;s Work Or Play&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_15jEUMtexcE\/R54Iv8OGxRI\/AAAAAAAAA10\/H5nwC5MbKMg\/s1600-h\/Dallas.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_15jEUMtexcE\/R54Iv8OGxRI\/AAAAAAAAA10\/H5nwC5MbKMg\/s400\/Dallas.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160571842725332242\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" align=center><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">Interior shot of a small portion of the Dallas Market<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">As mentioned Earlier, Bobby and I went on a shopping excursion today.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>It was not an ordinary shopping experience rather a huge eye opening experience into the world of wholesale.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>An experience only for the retailer owning a store front to enter.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>My parents added Bobby and me as associates to their business and were granted rights to this awesome market.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:city w:st=\"on\">Waterford<\/st1:city><\/st1:place>, Lenox &#038; Fitz &#038; Floyd, are just 3 examples of the more than 2000 customized showrooms that feature everything from gourmet food to furniture.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">I learned today that the Dallas Market is the largest wholesale resource Market in the World, with a total of nearly 7 million square feet and to bring that to perspective for you, it\u2019s three times the size of the <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:placename w:st=\"on\">Empire<\/st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st=\"on\">State<\/st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st=\"on\">Building<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place>.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>I\u2019m still amazed at what all we experienced as this was a first for both of us.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>I never knew playing this hard was so much work.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>Our bodies are completely exhausted but we are still on a high. We look forward to many more shows in the future.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>It will be a bright and early morning tomorrow as it\u2019s the last day for the show.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>Our feet will definitely be dragging by the end of the day but our experience will be well worth it.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\">Goodnight all, and I hope to be back here posting Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interior shot of a small portion of the Dallas Market As mentioned Earlier, Bobby and I went on a shopping excursion today. 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