What did I do today? Well, I went to a Book Fair.......

[CaliforniaPeggy]

And there I met Al Martinez, who is one of the better columnists at the LA Times.....I bought his books, and he signed them!

I love love love having authors sign their books for me! :bounce: :bounce:

[miss_american_pie]

1. Woohoo!

That is a great picture!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear miss_american_pie!

Why, thank you, sweetie!

It was taken by Al's wife Cinelli......

But of course the subjects make the pic, don't you think? :rofl:

:hug:

[miss_american_pie]

3. Of course

And the subjects here look like quite a pair. :)

[bigwillq]

4. Sounds like a good time!

Nice pic!

:hi: :hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. My dear bigwillq!

Thank you so much! I did have a wonderful time indeed.......

Glad you like the pic!

:hi:

:hug:

[Haole Girl]

6. Wow! You two look like best friends!

I can tell by his expression (and body language) he was very impressed with you..as we all are! :-)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. My dear KC2!

Oh, I don't know about THAT! We'd never met before.....but I had sent him a poem via email when his dog died.....

And he did remember my having done that........

You're making me blush, sweetie! :blush:

He has many readers/fans.......I am one of many!

I thank you nonetheless for your compliments!

:loveya: :hug:

[txwhitedove]

8. Why, Miss Peggy, he IS leaning in rather close...

We 'Vintage Ladies' have to watch out for those sly old silver
foxes.  I love book fairs and hope you had a great time.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. My dear txwhitedove!

Naah....I was leaning in! It makes for a much more interesting picture, don't you think?

I did have a great time!

Thanks for coming by tonight!


:evilgrin:

[ghostsofgiants]

10. Neat!

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. My dear primate1!

How lovely to see you tonight!

I nearly didn't get to this book fair....the announcement was in today's LATimes book review section, which I didn't read until after lunch!

So I hustled over there right quick to meet him.....

It was fun!

:hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

12. Lucky you made it.

Sounds like fun. I'd love to meet authors that I admire. Living in the middle of nowhere isn't conducive to meeting people like that though, haha.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. Well, you won't ALWAYS live there!

Someday you might live in a large community, and then the opportunities for this sort of thing will open up!

I sure wasn't getting autographs when I was in college.....

:hug: