Meeting Annie Liebowitz

This is a long delayed post because it was a Christmas secret: I gave AL's signed book to my Mom. :) I went to Barnes & Nobles for another of their author events (the previous one was Mario Batali). The place was crammed. I ended up in the secondary line waiting nearly three hours to get Annie to sign my book. I tried to listen to her presentation but I was far away and she spoke like an artist- under the breath, anecdotal, a bit shy. My line inched slowly forward. The best moment was when a man offered up his camera to Annie and asked her to take a picture of him with it. She grabbed the camera like it was her cocaine and snapped rapidly around the room, turning it upside down and going in a 360 arc, taking pictures of everyone and everything. The B&N wranglers had to coax her to give the camera back and she did reluctantly, telling everyone in line that she had very much needed that break. It was a cool moment. Next up: Darren Star at the Strand!