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Sunday, April 02, 2006

Rudy and Linda, you Rock!

Now that my son is in bed, and I'm this close to crashing, I wanted to talk about the Moroccan Restaurant. Good food, yes. Great company. Jade Lee, Candice Hern and I went ahead to the restaurant because we were told they could take our party of 17 earlier if we arrived in 45 minutes. We get there about 7:30 or so, are seated and are eating appetizers (fabulous food!) when the waiter apologizes and says there was a mix up, we have to leave our table and wait until 9pm. He did let us finish our delicious appetizers, first, though. After some discussion and phone calls, we decide to wait. Candice, Jade and I are waiting in the entrance and chatting with a couple, Rudy and Linda, who are also waiting. It was Linda's birthday. They discovered (how did that happen!) we were writers. They confessed they do not read Romance. We passed out bookmarks etc and we talked about Romance. The rest of our group arrives, but we are no longer 17, there are now only eight, some of us are writers, some of us are readers. We wait.... and wait. We sing Happy Birthday to Linda.

When we get seated (some of us for the second time) we invite Rudy and Linda to join us. Rudy, by the way, is the only man in the group. They do. We now have a captive man, and the Romance writers and readers are burning to know the male point of view of certain subjects. When he's asked some very scandalous questions, one of which, I might add, came with a visual gesture as an aid, Rudy answers with charming candor. Yes, he says, if presented with a naked woman (relax, the gesture did not involve naked parts), men look at the parts, not the imperfections. "A naked woman is a gift." Linda got a birthday fez and somehow Jade got one too. I think she finagled it from the men at the table next to us. If she had a blog, she could tell her side of the story, but she doesn't so we may never know. There is belly dancing with audience participation. Someone told me they have blackmail pictures. Hah! Try it. We tell Rudy and Linda about the book signing the next day and make sure they understand what Romance is about and why they should be reading it. We had a great time.

Today, toward the end of the signing, who should walk in but Linda, wearing her fez, and Rudy! And they bought a couple of books, too. What nice people! And now they are set on a future of sexy Romances to read, too.

So, Rudy and Linda, you rock! I am very glad to have met you.

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