| Lo Fun Fact #1 |
| "Lolita Files" is my real name. It is not a pen name, as incredible as that may seem. There are plenty of Files family members and people who have known me for years capable of validating this. As for the "Lolita" part, my mother named me after the movie based on Nabokov's book, although she saw or read neither. To this day, she has no idea what a "Lolita" is. |
| Lo Fun Fact #2 |
| I love fried chicken and fabulous shoes. If you ever want to get on my good side, send Popeye's or Mr. Chicken (my favorite spot in Cleveland) and a pair of
Christian Louboutins. |
| Lo Fun Fact #3 |
| Never show up unannounced or without a Pepsi (preferably Pepsi Jazz Caramel Cream). Better yet, how about not show up at all? |
| Lo Fun Fact #4 |
| I hate the telephone. Don't get mad if I don't call you. I don't call anyone. Don't call me asking why I don't call. Just don't call, okay? |
| Lo Fun Fact #5 |
| I love the internet!!! I love communicating through the internet!!! You can e-mail me and odds are I'll e-mail you right back (if I'm not in the middle of a major project). Makes up for my hangup about the phone, doesn't it? See, I'm not so bad after all!!! |
| Lo Fun Fact #6 |
| I can't stand IMing. Please don't IM me. You will get the cold shoulder. I don't like giving people the cold shoulder, so please don't put me in that position. |
| Lo Fun Fact #7 |
I have four five six wonderful, slap-happy dogs, a bird (some kind of dove/pigeon mix), and a cat, all of whom I love to pieces. If you meet me and ask me about my dogs, bird, and cat, we'll be instant friends. If you meet me and ask me why the f*ck I have four five six dogs, a bird, and a cat, see the above fun fact for how I will respond. |
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| Big Love For The Ya-Ya's. |
| Thursday, March 30, 2006 |
Last night's event at Eso Won Books was simply FANTASTIC!!!
Once again, the Ya-Ya's, a book club that has come to mean so very much to me...
 ...put together a truly wonderful event. Diedre Ware and Sally Hernandez had this incredible spread of food: A yumtastic paella (!!!), chicken patties (a la West Indian style meat patties), wine, tea, and the most exquisite cupcakes (a variety that included chocolate with chocolate frosting, yellow with a fluffy whipped cream frosting, and RED VELVET cupcakes with cream cheese frosting). I was in HEAVEN. Sally Hernandez made the food. This woman is one of the most extraordinary cooks I've ever encountered. Her creations aren't just delicious, they're downright GORGEOUS. I'm talking multi-page spread in Gourmet magazine beautiful.
I was having such a great time with everyone who came and the fun discussion we had that I forgot to take pictures. Just take my word when I say it was one of the best times EVER. I made some new friends too. The Ya-Ya's gave me a lovely gift box with sumptuous body cream, bath oil, and a deliciously fragrant candle, and Sally sent me home with a big plate of food and four of those gigantic, picture-perfect outstanding cupcakes. I was so afraid that they wouldn't survive the drive home (lately I've been eating, as my father used to say, like a snaggletoothed mule...I've gained ten pounds since I started book tour, and I do not like to carry extra weight---I love fashion and looking fly too much---so these pounds HAVE. TO. GO).
Fortunately for me, there was a very nice gentleman at my signing (with the most make-you-melt smooth voice you've ever heard), actor Wren T. Brown...
 ...along with his lovely mother, Rosalind. Turns out Wren is an old friend of my dear friend and brother, the very talented actor Michael DeLorenzo...
 ...(ain't he yummy?).
The two of them go way, way back. So I called up Michael while I was with Wren at the bookstore. They played catch-up for quick bit and exchanged numbers, and Michael asked me to swing by afterwards to hang out for a bit.
I did. And I gave him a big ol' chocolate muffin (get your minds out of the gutter) when I got there. He devoured it, thus saving me from an additional 500 or 600-odd calories that I'd be wearing right now but for him. I ate half a red velvet cupcake on the drive to his house, and I ate the rest of it today. Two more cupcakes to go. Somebody needs to save me from myself!!
Ya-Ya's, I LUH Y'ALL!!! You're THE BEST!!! Thanks for making me feel like royalty. You ladies are truly, truly sent from above.
Previously: The Lo Zone: Fun Times With A Totally Cool Book Club |
posted by Lo @ 6:50 PM   |
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mmm, if you put cream cheese frosting on those cakes in those white shorts then I just might eat em . . . I'll eat damn near anything with cream cheese frosting. Dang, red velvet cupcakes.
Lo, I can see I might have to do an intevention. "Put the plate down, Lo. Put it DOWN! Now, step back. That's it, nice and easy."
Mad luv to you. These people are finally learning what I've known since I "danced across" the book store the first night I met you.
Juan
(cgamsjym)
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Meeting you was a real joy, Juan. And look, here it is, nine years later, and it's just as fresh and fun as it was in the beginning.
Mwwwwwwwwwah!!!
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This looks like it was so much fun. Miss Files I wish I could be lucky enough to get to meet you. You're my favorite writer. Nobody comes close.
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mmm, if you put cream cheese frosting on those cakes in those white shorts then I just might eat em . . . I'll eat damn near anything with cream cheese frosting. Dang, red velvet cupcakes.
Lo, I can see I might have to do an intevention. "Put the plate down, Lo. Put it DOWN! Now, step back. That's it, nice and easy."
Mad luv to you. These people are finally learning what I've known since I "danced across" the book store the first night I met you.
Juan
(cgamsjym)