Unfortunately after the sauce hollandaise incident on Sunday morning (see last post), we got to the Rachael Ray book signing pretty late. It was supposed to start at 1pm but we got there around 1:30pm. It really didn't matter anyways because this is what we saw when we got there and I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have made much difference getting there on time! Unfortunately, this picture does not really show you the enormity of the crowd -- this line basically wrapped around an entire block. Most of the crowd were young women and a lot of them were holding 5 or 6 copies Rachael Ray's newest book. It was pretty crazy.
Well since getting my book signed was pretty much out of the question at this point, we decided to venture into the store anyways to get my pizza peel (ended up getting a Mario Batali one.) The place was a zoo and there were police officers and store clerks all over the place navigating crowds and barking at customers who were shopping in blocked-off aisles. We managed to get a glimpse of Rachael Ray signing books -- it was pretty much an assembly-line work -- people would walk up the table, Rachael would sign the book and an officer would rush them along so the next person could come up. People were yelling "I love you, Rachael!" all over the place -- it was quite funny.
She was only signing until 3pm that day so I doubt everyone in the line got their book signed. What a zoo. hah
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