Adult Entertaiment Expo Day 1

AEE Opening Day

                                          Tera Patrick , Sasha Grey

The  day  started off with  having  breakfast at  Denny's  with  Don who after  a  year I  finally  got to meet. We discussed a game plan for the day over breakfast. Denny's that morning was packed with convention goers from the CES and the AEE. Don was nice enough to point out who was who in Denny's that morning being that he has   done the   AEE so many times before. We made a dash to the Sands to meet up with XCritic's Chris Thorne who wanted to get shots of the ceremony.

The trio representing XCritic arrived at the Expo in time to watch the ribbon cutting ceremony hosted by Tera Patrick and company. As a first timer it wasn't much different to the   retail shows I   am so accustomed too. As soon as you  enter,  there booths  from Red Light District, Wicked, Hustler Vivid, Digital Playground  and Adam & Eve  lined  up ready for the  trade and press to  be greeted by  them. As it was   explained to me by  Don the  first  day is  " Trade Only" and  it  would be a mad house  ones the  fans  got  there on Thursday, which of  course  was   very  true. For it  being my  first time , it  was like  being  a  kid in a candy  store.  I was disappointed to find out that not many of the male performers aren't asked to sign as well. The few that I did  come  across were more  than happy to  take a picture with  me and  answer  a few  questions.

My  first  stop with Don  was at  the Wicked  booth,  from there over to Vivid where  the  beautiful Lanny Barbie  was  signing. Over on the   side the  girls  from Vivid- Alt  were  signing  but I  didn't  see   any long lines like with the other booths  throughout the week. From what I did noticed  seems there is  some  sexual energy  between  Dana and  Don, the  air  was  so  thick with it  you  felt the   electrical  charge  coming  from her as  she looked over to Don. 

Some how I managed to slip by Don and ended up wandering off on my own. I made my way through out the floor taking pictures and getting a feel of the show. I did wonder just how many of the ladies actually enjoy taking time to spend day meeting and greeting fans. Some booths gave out goodies while others didn't. I walked the showroom floor looking for a friendly face. For  me  I was in a man's  world and  made the  best of it.

 I made my way downstairs looking for Don and Chris and ran into Tommy Gunn who is a sweetheart in person. I spoke to Tommy for a bit and made my way to the press room and   back upstairs to the showroom floor.

As the  afternoon progressed  got  ready for  my  back to  back interviews with the  girls  from Digital Playground which  was  from 2:30 till 6. I had a great time with them Joone and Adella  made  sure that everything went along  smoothly. I sat in on an interview Don was  doing with  Robby D  before  hand.  The  show remind  me so much of one of the  biggest  trade  shows held in  NY, so I  basically  felt   I was  back in the  thick of things.  I understood all the  man hour  put in to  get  ready, making  sure  all the press releases are  out, all those  good things  that  comes  with a week of  no sleep and catering to the  public and  fans.

Once I was  done I headed  back to the  room and  grabbed something to  eat and crashed   for a bit  before  going back out to  meet up  with Don and G for  drinks Megan from Shane's World, XCritic's  Nate , Casey  Parker, Delilah, Johan, Justice and  Daniel. All in all a  very long  day but  fun in the  same  token.