Which means I have three more days on the road. I started with 10 Luna Bars, and that’s been my breakfast every day since I Ieft Baltimore a week ago today.
I’m in Seattle, hanging out in the lobby of my hotel until I go over to the Mystery Bookstore for the mid-day signing/hang-out. I’ve signed stock in a couple of places and let’s pause here to remember that it’s nice that bookstores have stock.
The Powell’s event was terrific, although I suspect at least a few people in the crowd of 30 or so came because they thought I might produce Omar. And I met one of my first fans, perhaps my first fan, Roberta. She emailed me more than a decade ago and we have been correspondents ever since. It was thrilling to meet her face to face, but I feel as if I’ve known her forever.
Lunch with one of the TMP denizens, dinner with one of my Eckerd students. (And there was another Eckerd student in Portland as well.) At Viva House, our guests prefer “Have a blessed day” to “Have a nice day.” I feel as if I’m having a blessed day.
I don’t know how you and my brother can eat those. They are FOUL.
(Says lady who had Oodles of Noodles for dinner last night.)
I like Larabar Jocolat- you can feel good about eating chocolate
I just grab whatever’s on the counter breakfast wise in the morning on the way out the door. But this morning, I had a treat: I’m giving a friend rides to work this week, so SHE bought breakfast in a really great cafe near where we work. Belgian waffle, light butter, sugar-free syrup (Smuckers…tastes like the sinfully rich other stuff!), scrambled eggs, and very very crisp THICK bacon slices…with unmessedwith apple juice, and decaf coffee. Ah…heaven…still not hungry.
Have a great tour, Laura!
I’ll see you on the day of your second-to-last Luna bar–I’ll be at Poisoned Pen on Thursday, now that I live in sunny Arizona. Looking forward to seeing you!
My husband, Ken, enjoys Clif bars, and we both like the Kroger/Fry’s brand of cereal bars over the name-brand Nutrigrain.
Take care!
Patti
See you on the 26th at Politics and Prose with another fan, Pam. Join us at Buck’s (5031 Connecticut) prior to your talk, if time permits.
Tom Sietsema: chicken livers slathered on toasted bread, their richness cut with a salad and pickled carrots, and shell-on shrimp and creamy grits that could pass muster in Charleston.
Hi Laura-
I was thinking I might stop by Powells Monday to ask you for “a dollar for some food.” But my day got a little hectic.
I loved seeing your name on the NYT Best Sellers list! Congrats!
Cleaning up and digging out some old things recently, I found about 15 pages of typewritten faux “anonymous” letters you sometimes left for me after the end of your shift at WNUR. Hilarious stuff. I believe I can detect some early Tess in that prose.
Cheers,
D & H Nancy
Nancy! If you had said such a thing to me, I would have fallen on the floor in a fit of happy laughter.
Ms Laura, please check your web site’s email for an important message! Thanks!
Does the web-site e-mail work? The remailer there bounced a message I sent a couple days ago.
It works and I got at least one email from you, Robert, but I’m really behind in answering email.
Hi Laura — I was quite impressed with your talk last night and my friend was convinced to read your books (she has good taste and is my best reading buddy). Next time I will try to break out of my shell and introduce myself. I was the one knitting, dressed in my eclectic bicycling outfit. Thanks again for coming to Seattle!
The bounce message included the destination address, so I copied the message to that one, which didn’t bounce. If you got two copies, then your remailer is working (or was temporarily/partially broken).
After sending the first message, I found your tour schedule and this blog. Unsurprisingly, you’re quite busy.
Have fun on your tour, and I’ll keep reading whatever you can post (and those things you’ve published — I have quite a backlog to obtain and read). I’ll stay envious — I miss visiting Powell’s, since I no longer have relatives in Portland.
Daphne,
Thanks for being part of a terrific event. I was so flattered that people would take time to come to the library on such a beautiful evening.
Hi Laura:
I, too, really, really enjoyed your talk and refreshing thoughts last night at the library in Seattle. (I’m the one that kept asking you questions, especially about Tess’ and your Jewish background–indeed, I had a rabbi with me who is my “other.” Your talk was the best I’ve ever enjoyed!
Funny that you list Rochelle Krich in your list of friends; she is also a favorite of mine and, in my humble opinion, she too does very good “meet the author” talks. I’ve seen her here in Seattle.
Good luck with the rest of your tour. It was very nice to meet you and to hear about your process, learning curve, and other works of fiction.
Take care.
Doris
Doris,
I’ll be in touch about your email. Intriguing to say the least.
Pop Tarts are the best breakfast food EVER. Settle for nothing else. And none of them fancy frosted ones. Plain old Strawberry. Mmmmm.