Now is that a Star Wars reference and are you Darth Vader or Ben “Obi Wan” Kenobi in this instance? Refresh my memory, where did you end up after leaving the Death Star…I mean WS? 

Never mind on the “where did you end up” question. I read another post and remembered that you ended up in Ray Jay at the branch level. I went to FLA to check them out and I was impressed. In regards to deals getting changed at the last minute, I would guess that is the exception and not the rule.

GG, it sounded like that poster was looking at the fully indy side.  Glad to hear your St. Pete trip went well.  Although you don’t have the china collection like Ben used to, the art is pretty impressive, don’t you agree?  There’s one painting on the ground floor close to the cafe that has a safari hunter about to get waxed by a lion coming at him from behind at about 200 mph, AND I CAN’T REMEMBER THE ARTIST.  Awesome, and I’d like a print of that to hang in my office.  Anybody know the artist?

The tour guide (Colleen, I think) said they have tours all the time. Even the Red Hat Ladies come to see the art. The statue out front (Native American dude on a horse) set the tone. I must say FLA trumps STL, at least in terms of weather…actually in other ways as well.

Barring the possiblity of a hurricane, the weather’s certainly better than St. Lou.  My original AGE training was the 3 weeks right before St. Patty’s day, and it snowed so hard you couldn’t see out window of the old Hampton Inn.  Another night in Syberg’s cafe…

The view I had from the Hilton (which was pretty darn nice, Paris' relatives know how to run a hotel) was Ray Jay's home office. The drive across Tampa Bay was pretty cool. Sybergs got real old after a few days. I did a two week tour of duty there as AGE broke up the three week long deal by the time I got there.

It is nice to be in St. Pete and work for RJ.  They will allow FC’s to even have get togethers for their clients at the home office and take the art tour.

st. pete was nice!