 Nora's
Carolina
Moon Tour 2000
Waldenbooks
Dallas, Texas
Tuesday, March 21
Tour Reports
Claire
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Karen
Darn! Here I was trying to fade into the
woodwork.... I don't have all the details---Karen's
the one who took notes on the clothes & shoes
(I do remember that one---the boy shoes! <g>)
Okay, this is the short & sweet version. (I
hope.)
I drive up to Dallas from San Antonio to meet up
with Karen L. I'll leave out a whole bunch here,
except to say that Karen's a wonderful person,
&, fortunately, TALKATIVE, because otherwise
we'd have just gotten our books signed & left.
<g>
Arrive early at the mall, Karen's brought a nice
selection of bath salts for Nora but picks up a
pretty little bag of Godiva for her as well. I have
my favorite Lindt chocolate. Mosey on over to the
Waldenbooks & get in line about an hour ahead
of time, chat with the ladies in line---including
one who was confused about who Nora was (talked
about early historical books she'd written about
real people??). Glance over & Nora's in the
store! She sneaked in right behind us while we
weren't looking. She gets spirited off to the back
room, apparently to sign stock & we resume
chatting.
7:00 finally arrives & Nora appears. The
book store isn't set up for a discussion or Q &
A (darn), so she starts right in signing. We're
(according to Karen) # 6 & 7 in line, &
Karen introduces herself as a BB, mentions the
onelists, & reminds her about the scented
stones. She then hauls out paper & pen &
proceeds to request details about the clothes,
jewelry, & shoes. The book store rep seems to
think this is a bit odd, but Nora says, "no,
they'll really want to know this". Comments on the
boards & says "Don't we have FUN?!" And when
Karen's checking to make sure she has all the
fashion details down, Nora says "Well, I'm not
wearing much of anything else!" & laughs. Don't
remember what else was said, I'm still pretty much
tongue-tied & awestruck.
Karen asks if I took a picture (I managed
one---LOL), so Nora asks if I'd like one with
her---<gulp>---the next woman in line offers
to take the pic so we both can be in it---we go
behind the table, pose with Nora, & the camera
goes click. It's Karen's camera, so you'll have to
ask her if it came out & to post it if it did.
We go back in the store, gulp down a couple of
cups of lemonade, wander around a while, then
remember we never did ask about the cone-shaped
thingy from Witness. And I didn't point out that I
was the Darla that wasn't a bimbo. This simply
won't do. So we get back in line. LOL
Second time through, Nora looks a bit surprised
when there's no book for her to sign, & Karen
says we forgot to ask a couple of questions. First,
what WAS that cone-shaped thing, & what did
Roarke do with it? Nora "assumes he used it." But
what WAS it? Nora looks Karen right in the eye,
& says, "Do you think I know all about sexual
devices??" yes, Karen does think so. rofl ... Then
she tells Nora I'm the Darla who's not a
bimbo---Nora looks up, laughs, & says "I don't
know why I did that."
The rest of the conversation was pretty much a
blur. I really have to thank Karen for being my
guide & host & for doing all the talking!!
<g>
Okay?? Does that get me off the hook, Sue? :-)
~*~Darla~*~
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