Duff at the Corcoran

My good friend Mary sent me an e-mail a few weeks ago telling me that Duff Goldman (master caker and owner of Charm City Cakes) was going to be giving a lecture at The Corcoran (School of Art in Downtown DC). Since he is amazing and I admire his work I decided this would be a good event to attend with Marcia and the business promptly bought tickets.
We showed up early, knowing the event was sold out and we wanted to make sure we got a good seat. It worked and we were the first in the room and got our choice of seats. I chose front row center.
When he came out onto the lecture hall stage it was awesome to have the man standing there in person. He gave a great lecture where he essentially told his story of how he got from graffiti artist getting in trouble with the police to the owner of one of the most successful cake shops in the nation and TV personality on Ace of Cakes.It gave us a lot of hope as he was doing cakes out of his apartment for a while before he was able to buy the place he operates now. He answered lots of questions at the end and I was able to ask one! The only sad thing was that we didn't actually get to meet him and have our picture taken with him. After the lecture, he left the stage and wasn't there for the reception they held afterwards. It was definitely worth the money and time to be there and to fuel my desire to proceed with this business and keep making it work until it is a huge success!