carry on…
Tim Gunn Book Signing:Â A Timeline
Saturday, April 28 2007. Climate: warm. Mood: slight hangover, overall malaise.
Mission: Book signing event for Tim Gunn’s (from Bravo’s Project Runway)Â new publication - “A Guide to Quality, Taste, and Style.”
4:53 - Mikey arrives in what we locals refer to as “The Whale,” translation: San Diego.
4:55 - I make a beer run. I purchase Negro Modelo and Pacifico, in honor of all my mexi homies.
5:02 - “They taste weird”… Mikey’s comments while eating the black bean and corn chips I serve him as nosh. I disregard the comment.
5:03 - 6:20 - Channel changing between the NFL draft, the Padres game, and a basketball game… cannot recall which. Mikey following the scores on his BlackJack at the same time.
6:22 - And we’re off. Destination: The Obelisk Bookstore in Hillcrest, aka Gay Town USA.
6:30 - We arrive. There’s no line at the bookstore quite yet. There is an unsaid feeling that we don’t want to be the first in line. He’s cool, but not THAT cool. We kill time in a housewares/furniture store next door. Don’t buy anything. Mikey shows me what he got my mas for ma’s day… “really? …cool.”
6:35 - A small crowd builds at “The Obelisk.” Mikey and I make our way inside to purchase our books, admiring all the boy-on-boy paraphernalia while waiting in line. “We should get that for dad. He was in the navy, right?”
