Earlier today I got back from my trip to Indianapolis (which has been replaced by Boston as my second home). I was in Indy for a private signing with Super Bowl 41 MVP (and Steiner Exclusive) Peyton Manning. I flew into Indiana Monday afternoon. My flight was hours late (which I come to expect at this point). I urge you all not to fly US Airways to Indy (flying back is ok but LaGuardia to Indianapolis is always a nightmare). Anyway, I finally arrived at the hotel at about 6:00 and began setting up shortly after. This was actually one of the easier Peyton signing (if there is such a thing). It was comprised of mostly footballs rather than full-size helmets so it was a pretty quick set-up. After my day's work was done I headed up to my room to watch the end of Monday Night Football.
Peyton walked in at about 10:15 the next morning. He stayed for a few hours and knocked out everything. He was great (as always). Honestly every signing should be as easy as the ones with the Mannings. Eli and Peyton are so easy to deal with (which is a credit to Archie). The commercials don't lie..the whole family is awesome. Anyway, this was our final Peyton signing until after the playoffs. I truly believe that the Colts (led by Steiner Exclusive Tony Dungy..that was probably the most self-promoting/indulgent thing I ever said on the blog but it had to be done) are the NFL's only hope of beating the Patriots. They have a good shot as they played them so well last time. If Peyton has Marvin Harrison and his receivers back they should shock the world and knock the Pats out in the AFC Championship game.
With this being our last Peyton signing for a while we stocked up on those classic Super Bowl photos, footballs and even got a new impressive photo signed. The new image is probably the best Manning one yet.
Once Peyton was done I began boxing up the product and prepping it to ship back to New York. I finally finished late in the afternoon and tried to catch a flight back home (my flight was actually early this morning but I figured it was worth a shot...it did not work as the one direct flight to NY was overbooked already).
Instead I flew back on my original flight early this morning (which landed late...shocker there). I immediately headed straight to the office as I had not one- but two signing to knock out today.
Check back later for a recap of today's signings.