Left-Over Pizza

Friday evening, Eight Cousins hosted an event called "AMP -- Authors, Music, Pizza," to promote three young adult authors who had agreed to come for a signing. Brent Runyon, who wrote The Burn Journals, Peter Abrahams, whose latest is Reality Check, and Pat Lowery Collins with Hidden Voices.

Carol had decided to get the teens to come by promising free pizza and a concert from local garage bands. Six businesses had each promised six pizzas, and guests were instructed to vote for their favorite cheese, pepperoni, and topping.

My job was to pick up the three sets of pizzas that were within driving distance. Can I add pizza delivery to my resume now?

The party was certainly a hit, but the authors didn't get much action and we only sold one book. The kids were more interested in the death metal band and the mosh pit.

Who'd a thunk a children's bookstore would host a mosh pit?

Anyway, we got rid of most of the pizza, but so far I've been indulging in it in moments of weakness, despite my resolution to take off the twenty winter pounds that I always seem to gain. Argh.

I get today and tomorrow off, so I'm going to visit Nat and Katherine in NoHo.