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april 30, 2005
good company So Sandy, of the aptly-named Sandy's Knitting, tells me that Stephanie Pearl-McPhee is coming to the neighborhood for a reading and book signing. I'm so used to traveling miles and miles to get to cool stuff (like Webs or Ikea or Germany), that I couldn't believe that the cool people were coming to me for a change. Sweet! I mean, not only am I a mere 10 minute drive from Circles, but I actually know how to get there. (Believe me, this is a big deal in Boston.)
Good times. I knitted (about 150 yards of yarn!), I ate way too much food (why aren't all book readings pot-luck?), I saw a nothing but a t-shirt (Joan came into the room saying "Alison... Alison..." and I, thinking she meant the store owner, totally ignored her until I noticed what she was wearing!) and I got my book signed. I now own a total of five books that have signatures in them. Two already had signatures when I got them: the first, Brandon Mably's Brilliant Knits, which I got at Wild & Wooly in Lexington and was totally surprised to find a signature in; and the second, an old children's German primer from the former East Germany, which my non-German-speaking mother picked up for me at a book sale having no idea what it was, and which contains a signed dedication to Angela Davis (yes, the Angela Davis). But the other two, I stood in line for: Michael Moore's Downsize This! and Douglas Coupland's Shampoo Planet. That's Brandon Mably, Angela Davis, Michael Moore, Douglas Coupland and Stephanie Pearl-McPhee. That's not such bad company, is it Stephanie? Oh, I also have an autograph from Famous Amos, the cookie guy, does that help? posted by alison at 9:12 am | in
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Ohhhh, I'll pay you for the Famous Amos autograph! ;-) Sounds like a great time was had by all. Posted by: Norma at April 30, 2005 9:32 AMI think the Harlot will be single handedly connecting the blog world for many a year to come! So glad you had such a good time. PS - My most prized signed possession (I have quite a few) is a signed first edition of So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell. Posted by: Cara at April 30, 2005 9:38 AMYeah, but your book isn't signed by Cher like mine is. ;-) Great to see you! We even made it out of JP -- challenging, that. Posted by: claudia at April 30, 2005 9:43 AMMy copy of Microserfs is signed. :) Posted by: Cathi at April 30, 2005 10:23 AMMmm cookies. Oh, sorry. Must be so flattering to see other people wearing your design. Posted by: Vicki at April 30, 2005 11:35 AMand kaffe fassett is at the MFA tomorrow morning!! Autograph opportunity???? Posted by: beth at April 30, 2005 11:51 AMMajorly envious. Wanted to be there. Couldn't. Thank you for an excellent report. Posted by: Laurie at April 30, 2005 11:52 AMLooks like fun! The Yarn Harlot is heading towards my part of the world in August and I may just have to drop by. Posted by: Alexa at April 30, 2005 12:02 PMOooh, Cara, good book! Beth, I think that I've just realized I'm not an autograph kinda person. I've seen lots more "famous" people, including Kaffe Fassett, before but have always felt silly about the whole autograph thing. So what's he doing at the MFA? Posted by: alison at April 30, 2005 12:17 PMAlison, just letting you know there's another NBaT finished over here. Thanks for a wonderful pattern! Posted by: anna at April 30, 2005 2:19 PMGlad you had a great time at the harlot! I live about 10 minutes from there and totally should have gone except for the fact that I had other plans.. Now I am sad seeing all the fun people had! Thanks for the pictures! Posted by: Dani at April 30, 2005 6:03 PMheyyy alison, your link to my blog is broken- it's now http://www.my-daydream.com/pathetic/journal.html Last Friday, Jane Fonda came to our local bookshop just blocks from my house and I decided at the last minute to go to her booksigning. Well, I was #312 (out of 619) and not only did I get a chance to have a four sentence conversation w/Jane, I also made it onto the 10:00 Chgo news! Posted by: leslie at May 1, 2005 10:49 AMHey Alison, Kaffe and I will sign anything anytime. Just bring that magic marker over here! Posted by: brandon at May 1, 2005 11:51 PMsorry. That was really me. I couldn't resist. Did you believe it? Just for a second? Posted by: julia fc at May 1, 2005 11:52 PMJulia! You crack me up (or as my boys say "you crap me up)! Posted by: alison at May 2, 2005 11:21 AMhow awesome to have such great company while you knit! :) |
