*crispy waffle*

We got a chance to meet Alton Brown today (of Good Eats on the Food Network). He turned out to be a really funny, really down-to-earth speaker. My favorite is when someone yelled to him "We love you Emeril!" and he spit water from his glass. There was also an embarrassing lady (who had clearly been drinking) who gave him a beer then kept interrupting him when he spoke. Yikes! Also a host of people with questions about their own food allergies, blah blah blah. The best question was "About your Kitchen-Aid..." and people just started cheering. (fyi: his Kitchen-Aid has flames airbrushed onto it by a car paint customizer and is awesome). Dari (biggest Alton fan) Sof & I got a picture with him and he almost broke my hand when he shook it. See pictures of the crowd below-- I had no idea that many people would be there. I'm sure lots of them will be at Costco to stalk him on Tuesday, as I heard many of them talking about it while standing in the ungodly long line to get our book signed. I should have had him sign it "To Bobby Flay"... What I should do is get the picture printed at Costco, pick it up and have him sign it there, after I stand in line with all the other stalkers!

About Elliott Bay Books: I understand what they are trying to do (i.e. "exposed brick, basement charm" I guess), but they were suffocating me in that space! I'm sure I'm not the only one who was feeling slight vertigo at a book-signing there. Please get a larger space for events like these, so people can do things like move and breath and stuff.

The ridiculously large crowd at Elliott Bay Books. He's not a rock star, people! Did some of you just stay here overnight from yesterday's Malcolm Gladwell book-signing?

Yukking it up in front of the crowd

With AB, who seems larger in person. Is it the ill-fitting black sweater, perhaps?

posted by sheryl | 2:56 AM |