But we got there a little late.  When I arrived 
at the room, there was someone speaking (a 
question and answer session) about cel storage.  
Then, people broke into little groups admiring 
each other's cel collections.  There was some 
trading going on (I'm not certain about direct 
sales though).  We left (my friend had a panel 
she wanted to attend) before the cel meeting was 
over, but we were there for about 45 minutes.  It 
seemed to be rather laid back, just people with 
the common interests of anime and cel collecting 
chatting and meeting.

It was the first time I had anyone gush over my 
cels, so it was great!  I met a few people who 
have become on-line friends at that cel meeting.

Since I'm not planning on trading or selling 
cels, and my flight from Washington D.C. to 
California has a stop-over and transfer, I'm 
going to leave most of my cels at home.  As much 
as I would love to bring them, I refuse to check 
them with my luggage and the way I store cels is 
not really portable.

So, the few cels I will take are up in the air 
yet.  I would think I'd take Card Captor Sakura 
cels, Yue especially, probably one or two of my 
Hotohori cels and if they get here in time maybe 
a few Master of Mosquiton cels.  

I'm actually a little more interested in seeing 
what people have to say about my attempts at fan 
cels, when they get to see them up close and not 
as scans on a computer!