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Sipping on champagne at USA House!
I know that it has sounded like a huge party, but volunteering at USA House has actually been a lot of really hard work. We’re celebrating the hard work with foot massages after we close. Last call, please!
My final night in Beijing comes with mixed feelings… I certainly miss the people and comforts of home (like toilets), but on many levels I’m really not ready to leave.
USA House was absolutely crazy tonight! We had special events for the women’s beach volleyball team (gold medal), the women’s water polo team (silver medal) and sponsors like McDonald’s and Hilton.
The women’s soccer team also came to USA House after their gold medal victory – the match went into overtime and didn’t conclude until after midnight. By the time the girls had gone through “doping” and the medal ceremony, it was almost 2am. And they were just getting started…
We also had celebrities in the house… Everyone was excited about Vince Vaughn, although I didn’t see him (like I would know, right?). Elissa and I had one funny moment where we thought some girls were trying to sneak in – turns out one of them was the Prince of Monaco’s girlfriend and they were OK… I need to brush up on my royalty, I suppose…
More later.
Long story short… I had to walk to USA House to print some stuff out. And as I was leaving, Crystl Bustos from the USA Softball team was walking in. So cool!
As in USA House! Woo hoo!
There was an article about the USA House store in Sports Business Daily. You can check it out at this link.
Before I arrived, I had imagined that the store was some rinky-dink gift shop. Oh, I was wrong…
We have a sales goal of $1 million by the end of the Games, and we are meeting or exceeding daily milestones. A lot of merchandise has completely sold out, and new shipments are being delivered often – as much as we can get through Customs.
