Yesterday, amidst all the Yankeeness, was a big football day here at Steiner. It began in the morning when we were payed a visit by Archie Manning. Archie was in town for another one of our fantastic Times Talk events so he popped in for a small private signing. One of the absolute best product lines that we have gone out with in the past few years is our Manning Family collection. With Archie in town it gave me a perfect opportunity to start another round of these. The triple signed (Archie, Peyton and Eli) footballs and mini-helmets are almost impossible to keep in stock. It seems that as soon as the ink dries on the third name (whoever it may be on that particluar round) the items are already flying off the shelves. While I am a big fan of all the Mannings I particularly enjoy conversating with Archie. He knows so much about football..college in particular so I make sure to probe him for his thoughts on that. One name that did come up is the Giants first round pick Hakeem Nicks. Arch told me that he has heard nothing but glowing reviews of the former Tarheel. I kept that in the back of my mind later in the day when I first met the stellar wide receiver....that is for later in this post though.
Anyway , the signing only took about a half hour at which point we gave Archie a tour of our new facility. Only reason I mention that is there are several kinds of visitors to our warehouse. Archie falls into the shopper category. As he walks the aisles he always spots items he wants framed for his home and notices all the great product. After the tour (and with a stack of photos Archie picked out in my hands) we parted ways...not before he gave me a few Mets jabs (still amazes me that I am known as "the Met fan").
A few hours after the signing I headed down to Last Licks Manhattan for the Hakeem Nicks appearance. There was a decent turn-out considering the kid has yet to play an NFL game. People are definitely excited about the possibilities for the upcoming season and the match-up problems Nicks will most likely present for defenders. He is a very nice guy. Still reeling from the Mets comments made by Archie earlier in the day I did make sure to remind Nicks that Maryland beat up on him second to last game of the 2008 season. After the public was over we got what is sure to be just the beginning of what is bound to be a vast product line surrounding Hakeem... including both Giants and North Carolina mini-helmets, footballs and Giants helmets.
Random sidenote- Found out something interesting about Hakeem...the guy's High School football team was undefeated his entire career there...he had not lost a game until college (that is nuts)

Later today I am headed over to Yankee Stadium for a long-overdue signing that I am sure you all will be either intrested in or have some sort of item on backorder from us. Check back later for a recap..


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