At the post show shindig, we scored some major plunder. I have to give a big hand to AB and the people who put it all together for the wonderful gifts.
Of course going in I knew we would receive a copy of the Good Eats cookbook.
And when I received my pre-ordered copy the day before heading to Atlanta, I was posed with a dilemma of having two copies of the book. Luckily that problem remedied itself when someone asked to have the book signed for her. So I happily obliged and took the book with me.
At the meet and greet Alton asked how I had a copy of a book that hadn't been released yet. I told him about having it pre-orded on Amazon for months and that it came before I could cancel it and that it arrived on Thursday. So he starts telling me something about Amazon getting some early copies of the book and that's how I must have received this copy. He gladly signed the other book and we chatted awhile.
If I didn't already know this, this event illustrated what a sweet and gracious man Alton is to his fans. Even though is his voice was giving out when I was talking with him ( he even apologized to me for it) he stayed well past midnight to chat and sign things for everyone there.
When he apologized for his voice, I told AB not worry about it, I knew he worked hard all day, and I told him the show was wonderful. He did a great job for all of us fans.
I am extremely happy to report that Alton did remember me this time! Instead of greeting me with his usual "Hi, "I'm Alton." I got, "Hi, how are you doing." The way he said it caused me to ask if he remembered me and he said yes. Wow! I was floored. That made my day.
My experience just got better when I started looking through the loot from the event, I found we had Food Network store gift cards in the salt cellar boxes! Another wow! Mom gave me hers and I'm looking over there now at a few items I'm been eying.
In all, just another great experience with Alton. Makes me so excited for the Smithsonian event next month!
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Bah! Still waiting for my copy :-(
I'd love to sit down and have a beer with Alton. He seems like he'd be fun to hang out with.
At the OU lecture I'm going to wave my book around and yell "Hey Alton! Lisa said you'd sign my book!"
:-)
I got my copy last week also from Amazon. That thing is BIG and heavy! It's kind of cool to follow along when watching one of those early shows... like the cabbage one on Monday night.
Carried my book to work with me to read during lunch... & felt like I could've knocked someone out with it! (Those mean customers better watch out! ;) )
I see you got another grilling set! See? You didn't know if you should use the one you already got, now you can!! :) Great goodie bag! Sounds like you had a great time. You should have messed with AB's head a bit when he asked about your advance copy of the book. Something like, "well I'm tight with someone at the printing house." (would have loved to see his face)
Afterward, I thought... I should've said that's for me to know and you to find out. ;)
Yeah, I'm so using those gloves now!
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