Jim Heavey

It’s A Wrap

Written on April 5, 2011 at 2:15 pm , by Jim Heavey

 

The Woodworking Shows closed the 2010-2011 season this last weekend in Houston. It seemed fitting that we would end a great string of shows on a near perfect sunny 80 degree day. The Houston crowds were typical of the approximately 100,000 woodworkers we saw this year over the 21 show circuit. Regardless of where they’re from, the enthusiasm  and their love of the craft seemed to be as strong as ever. Read more

Memories of Charlotte

Written on March 29, 2011 at 6:02 pm , by Jim Heavey

 

The Woodworking Show moved to Charlotte, North Carolina this last weekend ending our appearances on the east coast this season. Read more

A Very Sunshiny State

Written on March 21, 2011 at 5:59 pm , by Jim Heavey

 

After a very long, cold and snowy winter at home in Chicago, a trip to Florida was a welcome destination for a woodworking show. The predictions of sunny temps in the mid eighties in Tampa would make for a great weekend.

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MEMORIES OF CHANTILLY

Written on March 14, 2011 at 8:48 pm , by Jim Heavey

The eighteenth weekend of the 2010-2011 Woodworking Show season was held in Virginia and, because it was also my 40^th wedding anniversary, this would be a memorable one for both my wife and I. The nation’s capitol is only about a 40 minute drive from the venue and airport and we would spend the better part of two days there. Read more

A Georgia Peach of a Weekend

Written on March 7, 2011 at 3:50 pm , by Jim Heavey

The Woodworking Shows traveled to Atlanta this last weekend with blue skies and temperatures in the lower 70’s. The grass was starting to green up and there were blossoms on the trees. Though it would rain on Saturday and Sunday, this was a big change from the temps just above freezing at home.

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Showing Off in New Jersey

Written on February 28, 2011 at 8:50 pm , by Jim Heavey

The Garden State played host to another of the Big 10 Woodworking Shows this last weekend and the town of Somerset, about 30 minutes out of Newark, would provide the setting. This venue has seen some large crowds in the past and it wouldn’t disappoint this time either. Read more

A Brief Summer In Milwaukee

Written on February 22, 2011 at 1:28 pm , by Jim Heavey

The Woodworking Shows traveled to Milwaukee, Wisconsin this last weekend and just a little less than a two hour drive northeast of my home. Hard to believe, though, that I could go from below freezing temps to the tropics in that short a time. Read more

You Met Me In St. Louis

Written on February 15, 2011 at 2:32 pm , by Jim Heavey

Week 14 in the current Woodworking Show season took place this last weekend in St. Louis. All the signs were there for a good show: weather in the 40’s and 50’s, sunshine and a well run venue in Collinsville, Illinois. It turned out to be a record breaker.

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Travel Plans Vs Mother Nature

Written on February 7, 2011 at 12:28 pm , by Jim Heavey

With the roads clear in my rural part of the county a day after the blizzard of 2011, I fully expected the nation’s second busiest airport of O’Hare to be ready for business and a short flight to Columbus. Read more

Woodworking Camaraderie At Its Best

Written on January 31, 2011 at 8:22 pm , by Jim Heavey

 

I just returned from probably one of the best attended woodworking shows we’ll see this season. I thought that I would find big crowds at the Kansas City show when I flew out on this last Thursday. The weather was very pleasant and all the stars must have been aligned. Read more