Today I made a trip out to West LA to meet Tennis great Venus Williams. I wasn't sure what I was going to have her sign. I think an autograph on a tennis ball looks terrible and a tennis racquet has almost no surface for a signature. I heard about the signing late so it was to hard to find a nice poster size picture of her. I also never have 8x10s or cards signed, it just seems like a waste of a signature. I was debating on whether to have her sign a Miami Dolphins Helmet. If you don't know by now I am a huge Dolphin's fan and the Williams sisters are part owners of the team. But in the end I decided to go with a nice racquet I picked up at the Sports Chalet. The signature came out as I expected due to the small surface of the grip on the racquet. I am happy with the piece overall. I got a nice frame to display it. The event itself went pretty smooth. I arrived super late, I got there right when the signing started. There was over 100 people there when I showed up. I wasn't to sure if I would be able get through the line. A worker later informed us that Venus was gracious enough to stay an extra hour to make sure everyone got an autograph. The only downside to the signing was no posed photos with Venus, but overall was a great event. Thanks to Sports Chalet and Venus Williams.
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