Books

‘Wish You Were Here’ Book Signing with Leslie Simon

On April 22, 2009, In Books, Celebrity, Friends, Music, Photo Gallery, Video, By LisaT

Yesterday, BreeSays and I popped over to Book Soup on Sunset in West Hollywood for the book signing of our buddy Leslie Simon. Leslie read snippets from Wish You Were Here: An Essential Guide To Your Favorite Music Scenes—From Punk To Indie And Everything In Between while we snapped pictures and scurried to the back of the store to inhale cubes of cheese and sip on wine.

I took some video of Leslie gettin’ her read on. This first one is of her discussing the Los Angeles music scene, most specifically actors and actresses who suddenly fancy themselves musically-inclined. (You know who you are. *Ahem* Keanu Reeves.)

In the second clip, Leslie gushes about her love for the ridiculousness that is Jada Pinkett-Smith and her metal band Wicked Wisdom.

For those of you who were unable to make it and wish you would have been there (get it?), have no fear! You can still buy the book and check out these pictures of the event. I especially like the one of Leslie cooling off with her Hello Kitty personal fan.

Tagged with: Authors • Book Signing • Books • BreeSays • Jada Pinkett-Smith • Keanu Reeves • Leslie Simon • Sunset Strip

World’s Largest Cigar Store

On January 10, 2009, In Books, Holidays, Shopping, Travel, Weird, By LisaT

On our day to trip to Raleigh, North Carolina over the holidays, Keegan and I saw a sign for JR Cigar in Selma. Keegan saw the billboard for the warehouse on the side of the highway and excitedly informed me that he’d often ordered cigars online from there and couldn’t believe we’d stumbled upon it pretty much by accident.

Only after seeing the place myself do I believe just how huge this place is. They even had wedding dresses. It was nuts.

We wandered through the store that had everything. There were books, plastic flowers, clothes, hunting supplies and of course, cigars. The cigar lounge was the biggest we’d ever seen and we almost fell over from the smell when we first walked inside. Sitting in two leather lounge chairs, two chubby bubbas puffed on their stogies while chatting, an image that highly amused Keegan.

Probably our second favorite feature of the store was their extensive collection of “Idiot’s Guide” books. Who knew dummies craved so much knowledge?

Tagged with: Books • Family • Holidays • North Carolina • Shopping • Travel

If She Can Write a Book…

On December 3, 2008, In Books, Celebrity, Video, Weird, Work, By LisaT

…then I don’t see why I can’t string a few sentences together, print them up on paper, bind them and sell them.

Right?

Meanwhile, I love how supremely annoyed I look in this picture. It’s not all poor little Tila Tequila‘s fault. The sun was shining in my eyes.

So, in this video, Tila can barely finish a sentence without getting distracted by what are undoubtedly pictures of herself off-camera. If she’s not drunk or high in this video, then she needs to start taking her ADD medication. Because I can’t think of any other reasonable explanation for these pointless ramblings.