Peter Samet was very excited when he learned that he won a ticket to the Hollywood Show and a chance to meet William Shatner. So I gave him the drill…what time, where to park and to my surprise he was one of the first attendees at The Hollywood Show. He was also the third person […]
The Day I Met President Jimmy Carter
I never thought in my wildest dreams I would have the opportunity to meet the 39th President of the United States. I even had a friendly little chat with him. It all started when I heard Jimmy Carter was doing a book signing event in Pasadena on July 30th. I immediately marked it down on my Google calendar. President […]
Melissa Gilbert, Grandmother & Living a Healthy Life
Melissa Gilbert starred as Laura Ingalls Wilder on the NBC Series Little House on the Prairie from 1974 to 1984. According to Wikipedia, she beat out 500 child actresses for the part and it was Leslie Landon, Michael Landon’s daughter who informed her that she had won the role of Laura Ingalls. I grew up […]
Jon Cryer Talks About his Memoir “So That Happened”
I met Jon Cryer in person at the Barnes and Noble in Santa Monica during his book signing event of “So That Happened” on April 12th. At the time, Mr. Cryer was just a few days away from turning 50. Wow, 50 already? He is still frozen in my mind as a 20 something on Pretty in […]
75 Years of Marvel with Stan Lee, Roy Thomas and Kevin Smith at the Hammer Museum
Let me ask you this… What was the first Marvel comic book you owned? When did you purchase your first Marvel comic book? It was in 1939 that Marvel Comics began in New York led by Stanley Martin Lieber, known as Stan Lee. It was also the same year my mom was born. In […]
Breaking Bad’s Bob Odenkirk Discusses New Book at Vroman’s Bookstore
Bob Odenkirk is a mega-star in the comedy-writing world. His impressive resume includes writing for “Saturday Night Live” that won him an Emmy, “The Dennis Miller Show”, and “The Ben Stiller Show” where he won another Emmy for his writing. To be honest though, I didn’t really know of him until the TV series “Breaking […]
The Book With No Pictures by B.J. Novak at Vroman’s Bookstore Pasadena
One of the most fun book signing events I’ve been to was B.J. Novak’s reading and book signing event of “The Book With No Pictures” at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena last Oct. 25th. The Book With No Pictures is a New York Times number one bestseller. Novak wanted to write a book where parents can read to […]
Neil Patrick Harris Book Signing at Barnes and Noble The Grove Los Angeles
I grew up watching Neil Patrick Harris in Doogie Howser, M.D. in the late 80s and early ’90s. The theme song was catchy that it often played in my mind after the show as I drifted off to sleep so I think subconsciously, it might have influenced me to be a blogger. Toward the end […]