Thanks to everyone who came out! If I missed you, my apologies -- during sweeps, my Metrocard tends to turn into a pumpkin at a certain hour.

And big ups to our planners, as always. Great party.

Now let the sharing begin. I'll start: Uchenna is really just so handsome.

Uchenna is so handsome that my boyfriend has not shut up about it since we saw him in person. He was shaking everyone's hand, saying, "Unbelieveable!" He and Joyce are just glowing. All the racers showed (including Chuck and Ryan, who got huge applause) -- except Ron (Kelly came with family, and was super-friendly), and Rob and Amber hadn't shown up by 1:15 -- maybe they came later. Phil is the most patient, attentive, adorable person ever. It looked like he was stuffing his face with a sandwich on the way up the escalator, he must have been starving.

I put up a post (for our non-TAR-watching friends) with a few pictures on my blog:

TARcon 7! Woooo!

So great to meet Miss Alli, the most gracious lady around, and lots of fun people, and thanks to the hostesses for another great time.

This was my first TARcon, and it did not disappoint. I am also very lucky that I bought some Paul McCartney tickets and had a flimsy bag to hold all my stuff. My husband, unbeknownst to me who came in by train, had parked in garage that closes at 12:00. He said he would get the car and park outside on 7th, but I didn't want to separate, so I left at 11:50 before any racers had come figuring we would just go home. But then I realized the McCartney tickets had fallen out of my bag. We went back to MSG and my husband waited in the cab. As I was running back in the building, I saw Lynn/Alex, the two sets of blonde teams, the Brothers, and RayDeanna walking in a pack. I went up to them, and they asked me if I could help them find the party. I was a willing guide. When I got back up, I found the McCartney tickets and was heading back out. This time I saw Gretchen/Meredith and their children in the lobby. I had actually found Meredith's e-mail address on-line and had told them about TarCon, so they refer to me as their number one fan. I had fun with them in the lobby, and then got hubby and the camera and we went back in. We had such a great time. Hubby asked Uchenna if there was a rule that he had to pay the cabbie before going to the finish line. The answer is no. But he thought it was the right thing to do. But if they had not gotten all the money and saw another cab come, they were going to take off to the finish line. I also had fun talking to Brian who told me about all of this post-race dreams and nighmares. Kelly is really very beautiful and statuesque in person. I also got a photo of me and Phil with his eyebrow raised, and many more. When we left at 1:00 (the train was at 1:20--we had to leave the car and hubby has work in the morning), all of the racers had shown except Ron, Rob and Amber. Kelly was surprised that they had not shown yet, since she saw all three get in a cab together intending to come. I don't know if they ever showed up. Sorry about the late night ramble. But it was lots of fun. Thanks to the organizers. And now, good night.

girlbomb Wow, those were some beautifully clear photos. Thanks for sharing. Uchenna is indeed hot and I love that you captured Phil doing his eyebrow thing. Very cool indeed.

Yay! Home from TARCon! Thanks again to our fantabulous organizers (yay for Poptart getting a whole chair and desk!) - Meggin20, Poptart, PepeNY, and of course MissDona. Also thanks to the cookie lady!! Those were totally cool.

Phil opened his and chowed down before he even went upstairs.

To those who posted in the other thread, wondering - everyone from this season came, I believe. As well, we got a wonderful dose of Phil, Kevin and Drew and I believe it was Rose, Avi (no Joe), Meredith and Maria, Ken (possibly Gerard, I didn't see), Zach and I can't think of anyone else.

Most everyone was happy with the win, even those of us who hoping for a Ramber win much more. Btw, Rob? Can hold a lot of liquor. And he's very nice, as is his spouse. They're also disturbingly attractive.

I have pics, but I have no account anyplace - so... opinions on the easiest, least registration required place to put up photos to share?

To those wondering Ron also showed up....around the same time as Rob and Amber....a little after 1:15. He was wearing his "Free Ron" button. Joyce is GORGEOUS and the Greg & Brian barely made it passed the front door all night with their admirers. A wonderful time again! Thanks to all the planners and the great treats of the cookies and M&M's that said TARCon 7 and the date...those were great!

And Mark....if you read this....sorry for teasing you about the killer on VM!!!

beezer, try photobucket.com.

Thanks to everyone who organized the fun. As always, everything was great.

I took a five-second video clip of PBP when Uchenna and Joyce ran in for the win... the place went wild and it was LOUD!

Additional previous-season racers: ATCSteve was there. Loved his nametag: TAR4 Has Been. Oswald was there too. I don't think Gerard was there. We were glad to see Rob & Amber on the way out but apparently missed Ron.

Also, thanks to those who provided the Amazing m&m's, Amazing chocolate bar, and Tubey cookie.

Some of my photos: http://share.shutterfly.com/osi.jsp?i=EeANWzRoxaM2jDuA

Joe was at the LA TARcon, along with Lori and Bolo. Those two were pretty shy, but not Joe, who distributed hugs to any and all, and is so darned sweet you could eat him with a spoon!

In no particular order:

Enjoyed the company of theTwoppers at my table very much although I can't for the life of me remember thier names. I got seated with them as it was the only spot available inside the main bar area and I was lucky that the couple ahead of me passed so they could sit together or I would have been banished to the overflow area. We kept up a nice commentary throughout the ep and I was able to sway one of the women at my table to my idea that Rob sold his soul to the devil for a Red Sox World Series win, the girl of his dreams, and to be a successful professional famewhore. And she is from Boston so if she can see this it carries some wieght. Hee.

Lenny from TAR 1 came and I told him I'm looking forward to the release of the season one DVD since I never saw his year. He said he'd been told it will be out in June.

Didn't talk to the identical non-twins but they looked great. Told MEridith and Gretchin that I admired thier perserverance. She looked great with makeup.

Rob and Amber were the last racers to arrive (with Ron). Since if you can't say anything nice you shouldn't say anything at all I didn't speak to them. I can say that Amber looks exactly like on tv and she really is thin.

Patrick and I bonded over our mutual Romber hatred. He talked about his musical theater work and asperations. He got really excited to find out Oswald (Cha Cha Cha) was in the house and with a little help we found him so Patrick could introduce himself. I think he has a little crush on Oswald. It was sweet. From our conversation I gathered that Patrick also has a little crush on Aaron from last season. Who can blame him.

Avi (TAR6) said he never watched TAR before his race and hasn't watched since. "I'm just an ordinary guy." he said to me and I assured him there is nothing wrong with that. He seems sweet too.

Maria and Merideth were pulling for Uchene and Joyce as were pretty much every other Racer I asked. Even Kelley said if it couldn't be her and Ron she was glad it was U&J.

Kelley has a younger, shorter , but really gorgeous sister. They look nothing alike EXCEPT they have the same EXACT nose. I'm not kidding it is a very distinct nose and the sisters have identical noses. I commented on this and Kelley agreed. Something I found sad....when I asked Kelley what she's been doing since the race she gave a normal answer like I'm working at blah doing blah and hoping for something to come my way yadda yadda and her mom adds "And looking for a husband." at which Kelley agreed "and looking for a husband so if you know anybody..." I mean I don't like Kelley and some of the stuff she said on TAR was just rediculous, but if she was raised to believe that she HAS to get married it puts her comments about needing Ron to commit to her, in a sad light. I get the feeling Kelley isn't a bad person just one who needs to question some of the things she's been taught.

U&J -just as nice as they seemed on TAR. J said that the end was not as close as edited. She thinks they were an hour ahead of R&A.

Patrick told me that U&J HAD to pay the cab driver or they couldn't check in. He said the people waiting to greet the winners were listening to the production crew saying stuff like "the first team is here but we can't check them in" Patrick says the other racers were stunned and on pins and needles like us.

Debbie and Bianca looked great too as did the brothers. One of the bros said he and his brother are about 6'4'' and 6'5'' respectively. Bianca spoke to me in Spanish when I told her I thought it was cool she spoke it, and told me she and Debbie are going to Argentina and hope to start a travel show. I think she said they are working on putting a pilot together.

Lyn and Alex are going to Canada to get married.

And last but not least...I got Phil to do the eyebrow and then he decided on his own to tell me I'd been Philiminated. I exagerated crying in response. Had a great time.

A few photos from the TARCon

Heading to bed before TES and DimSumCon. Aside from the spot of battery drama, I had a ton of fun. Thanks to those who complimented me on various topics, and thanks to all eleven teams for dropping by. Uchenna said that he didn't know about us until tonight. Bet he'll never forget us.

Lori & Bolo shy? Wow. I learn something new every day.

beezer, Great photos. Phil looks extra-tasty. I must say, though, that I think Joyce looks more gorgeous when she's bald. And yay! Rob and Amber showed.

*sigh* I wonder when I'll ever get to a TARCon.

As a left coaster, thanks so much for sharing all this you guys! I don't know if I'll ever make it to one of these, but I love reading about them! Can someone take a picture of their goodie bag stuff? ( um, later when you wake up & all)
Thanks Everyone! Glad you had fun!

There were, sadly, no goodie bags this TARCon. There were the cool cookies, M&Mazing mini bars and some red and yellow M&Ms with the date on them.

Ramber did come very late, possibly due to both having more interviews to do and getting at least minorly lost (a friend of beez who left early saw them wandering, see the riveting first-hand account on the next page!). At one point Rob said he was sorry they were so late and that he didn't want us to think he was 'that guy.' They both were very nice to everyone I saw them with at least - as were all the racers I saw.

My quick summary of the evening is on

http://www.livejournal.com/users/ennienyc/

Thanks to all!

MDKnight

I see that Patrick told you that Uchenna and Joyce had to pay the cab, because production said the first team was there, but they couldn't check them in. But maybe they couldn't check them in because they were voluntarily trying to pay the cab bill. At least Uchenna told us it was voluntary, but he was prepared to blow off principles if the next team showed up. So I would think Uchenna would know . . . . Maybe if Romber showed and U/J made a rush for the finish line, they would have found out what they thought was voluntary was mandatory. But I'm not sure. Uchenna seemed pretty positive that there was no rule.



I am sorry we missed Romber and Ron. Ron wearing a Free Ron button is hysterical, tho I bet Kelly was not pleased. Did anyone like Rob and Amber better after having met them?

So I would be the friend of Beezer heading home after the awesome TARCon (thanks to all the organizers), that spotted Rob, Amber and Ron in front of MSG a little after 1. May I say, all very pretty in person! Short cute story is that Drew on his cell with Rob, was walking down the PBP stairs to greet them. Drew directed them that it was to the left of the subway entrance, yadda yadda. I then overheard, "no your other left. No wonder you lost the race!" Heh.

Hope to hear some other stories from last night and at DimSumCon and can't wait to see more pics!

I'm guessing he meant 'that guy who wouldn't show'. Good on all of them to stop by.

Thanks, everyone, for sharing! Next time, I'm clearing my damn calendar for the whole WEEK of TARCON. Was thinking of you all as I was watching on TiVo.

What was the place like when U/J were begging outside the finish line? I can only imagine the screaming.

Great pictures...look forward to seeing more as y'all wake up to your hangovers!

Damn, I left too early and missed everyone! I did talk to Avi, Zach, Lenny, Drew, and Al (one of the clowns) from earlier seasons. I told Zach that he definitely deserved his million, but just left it at that. He's probably heard 'gee, Flo really was a bitch, wasn't she?' enough times. They were all really nice.

But I'm sorry I missed Uchenna & Joyce, Rob, and Phil.

Will post more later at the TooDamnedTiredForWorkcon that I'm attending later this morning.

Oh, and those cookies? Were so good! I'm keeping my M&M's and MAzing candy bar as mementos. I'm glad I was able to thank most of the organizers in person but I missed missdona. Thanks again to all for a great time!

Random stuff:

- Every single TAR7 racer was there, with Phil. Also came Drew & his wife, NY Jew in Iceland, Oh Brother, Zach, ATC from TAR4, Meredith, Clown Al.

- Gretchen said she did NOT make that blog - she was just telling behind the scenes stuff to some friend of hers, who then put it up on the site with their names without their authorization.

- Time differences according to Lynn/Alex: 5-10 minutes b/w Uchenna/J & Romber. 1.5 hours later Ron/Kelly came.

- Ron/Kelly both came seperately. Both are TALL.

- The brothers are HOT. Phil is hotter. Alex is totally huggable. But Piperdown is hands-down the hottest.

- Lynn/Alex are getting married on 1st June in Canada, and their wedding will also air on cable (I think TNT, not sure). Rosie from the bus is paying for a week long cruise-honeymoon for them.

- While every other racer was mobbed, I noticed Deana several times alone on the side, kinda sad that no one was talking to her.

- Isabella, whom I shared the table with while watching the race is GREAT !!!! So is Mika, BroMom & Broette.

- On getting mobbed by fans, Gretchen kept saying "Oh My God ! I feel like J-Lo".

More later ....

Oh my god, Rob is wearing a suit jacket. I need to sit down.

Sounds like everyone had a fantastic time. Please keep the pictures and details coming!

Lynn and Alex so nice and cute. Lynn also said that they were told they had to pay the cabs.

Susan was so nice and looked great - Patrick teased her about her age every time we complimented her on how good she looked.

Uchenna and Joyce were really glowing. Such nice people.

Brothers? Tall. and cute, and huggable!

Thanks for all of you for making a great event. Especially Newman, for serving as the escort/extra security. It's always great to see the same smiling faces. Thanks to everyone for being so cooperative when I was hustling them out of the way. We try to minimize the congestion as much as possible.

Love Gretchen. Love Love Love her. Loved that she put an "Oh My Goddd!" on her nametag. At one point in the evening she was holding court in ladies room dishing race tales. Love the Southern Gentleman. Gotta love guys who answer "may I get a picture with you" with "yes ma'am." Kelly and her family were also so very lovely.

Did anyone get a picture of the MSG marquee?

Here's my pictures.

Thanks to all for posting recaps and pictures. It's a blast to read since I'm geographically undesirable and can't attend TARCon.

I love that while you all are in the throes of having a fantastic time in NYC, you take the time to stop and share your thoughts, pictures, and experiences so we at home (and work!) (okay, school too!) are able to live vicariously through you. Truly, we all really appreciate it. I keep threatening my now-17-year-old son that I will one day drag him (and myself) to a TARcon, but he laughs in my face because I normally watch all TAR, including the finales, in my pajamas. Thank you for sharing!

Rob and Amber showed? Damn, I really, really need to go the next TARCon. And thanks to everyone who posts their coversations and photos with racers!

Hey, pajamas are comfy. If I could, I'd watch all my TV programming in pajamas.

I'll post photos later when I remember where I put my card reader, but I just wanted to pop in before DimSumCon and thank all the organizers for all their unbelieveable, incredible, amazing work. Seriously, we can never give you enough credit.

Uchenna and Joyce are just absolute sweethearts, stunningly beautiful inside and out.

Also, I had a wonderful little chat with Phil (who uses the same camera model I do, and thus spent a good 20 seconds talking about how much he loves it), and he said Season One DVDs will be out in September, with later seasons released periodically after that.

I looked up, but it wasn't moving...centered on the graduation ceremonies. In fact, when I was getting pens (long story), I ran smack dab into hundreds of purple robes and happy families. Surreal.

I don't think we went live on it until around 9:00PM.

I'm now at work on 2.5 hours of sleep, but it was worth it to see/meet all of the racers. Amber and Rob were extremely gracious, as were Uchenna and Joyce. Amber was ok with hanging to the back while a lot of women (uh, me included) scrambled to get pics with Rob. Ron was unbelievably hot, as were Brian and Greg. My friend and I had this really funny moment with Lynn & Alex. Even though I didn't particularly care for them during the race, they were very approachable and friendly last night. We grabbed them at the bar when no one else was around and they were telling us about their wedding. Both my friend and I are unmarried, so I made a joke about how seeing people find each other and get married gives us hope. Alex thought that we meant that we were a gay couple, and it took a few seconds to clarify.

Props as always to Billdozer77 (I'm sure I got that number wrong -- 74?); Pointe3579, my home girl; WolfNJ, woofy as always; Wolf's friends Melissa and Dania (forgot screen names, so I'm blowing your cover here). Saw a little bit of the Last Dodo, always a pleasure -- and we WILL hang out some time!; piperdown, handsome as always (props to nomipomi who said it first and better); who else did I see... Miss Alli, right at the start of the evening, who was beautiful and in such cheery spirits, even though she declined to wear the red & yellow antlers. (Yeah, don't ask.) spacecitymark (did I get the screen name right?), who is also disturbingly handsome and a class act all the way. popcorn princess from Singapore -- always nice to have you in NYC. curse reversed, BartEnder (another handsome one!), pseudostudent, SeaBreeze DavidK93, Big Slick,... God, I'll try to do more shout-outs later. I met so many of you!

Of course, GIGANTIC props to the organizers and also to Pink Godzilla, who asked me at lunch if I wanted her VIP ticket in exchange for my non-VIP. Pink Godzilla, you made my night, moreso than the racers and the show. Ok, maybe not the show, but you ROCK.

Wow. This is already a long post. Ok, short version: I had to leave early to meet up with someone I'm hot for (long story, and really not appropriate for here at all), but I did get to talk to past racers Lenny, to whom I resisted screaming LENNY!!!; Cyndi from TAR2, who is radiant; Ken -- was that your new beau? you're both lucky guys :) ; ClownAl, a nice guy and another hottie; AirSteve, a good guy, impressed that TAR4 was the first one I had seen; Drew from TAR1, newly married and looking trim!; the Queens Girls, lovely; Avi, my neighboring teacher in Brooklyn....

New racers spotted -- the entrance en masse by Lynn/Alex (nicest EVER!!!), Brian/Greg (sooo cool), Ray/Deana (ahem, anyway), Debbie/Bianca (angels), Megan sans Heidi (also really nice), Meredith/Gretchen (far too busy for me to talk to, really), Susan/Patrick (Susan is stunning, Patrick was in really good spirits). Got to see KenTAR3 meeting Susan/Patrick. BTW, Ken -- hope your leg gets better!

Ok, I think I'm going to have to be done for now. GREAT, GREAT TIME. Thanks to all.

I had my TARCon cherry popped last night and it was everything I had hoped for. I wish I had gotten to meet more of you, but I'm a little shy sometimes and stuck to my group. Thanks to those of you I did meet, and, of course to missdona and her crew for a great time. It will not be my last TARCon.

I was surprised by just how damn good looking all the racers are in person. Don't even get me started on Uchenna & Joyce, and Rob & Amber. Ron was cute, too, and they are ALL SO TALL. Especially Brian & Greg (I finally can tell them apart -- Brian's the cute one!). And of course, Phil. Sigh.

Thanks again! Hope to meet more of you next time.

Wow, every single racer and Phil made it? Is that unprecedented?

It sounds like it was a great time. I'm glad my fears were deservedly ignored and completely wrong. That must have been an incredible finale to watch at Tarcon, with the constant lead changes and reversals of fortunes.

Is the dark haired, pretty woman in the black shirt in MissDona's pictures, Phil's wife by any chance? I kept thinking that she must be SOMEONE, but that's my only guess.

Last night was my first TARcon and although I am at work on 2 hours of sleep, I am soooo glad I went. I can be little quiet around new people, but everyone I met was so friendly I was at ease right away.

Thanks so much to everyone who worked so hard to put this together. It was a wonderful event.

BTW, we saw Phil coming in as we were leaving. He is good looking on TV, but WOW in person. He has the most beautiful eyes.

I will post my pictures as soon as I can.

I hope it's ok to briefly post how the San Diego Finale Party went on here too. There was a great turnout. Trophy's Restaurant was filled to the maximum capacity and everyone seemed to have a great time. Racers that were there included: Chip & Kim, Brennan, Rebecca, Hera, Bowling Moms, Hayden & Aaron, Team Guido, Jonathan and Victoria, and Don & Mary Jean. Everyone was so nice and friendly!

The local news station introduced the teams before the autograph signing. The station even provided fans with an autograph card with pics of the teams that were there that night. Instead of using this, I used the butcher paper that Trophy's uses as a table covering/place for their customers to draw on with crayons. I drew my own little rendition of the teams, cartoon style and had them draw something on there as well. The autograph line was really long and they even had to stop the line because the show was going to start. Luckily, I was the last person to get in (they reserved a private room for the racers). They loved my idea with the crayon drawings and drew all over it. I'll have pictures up later.

Thanks for the recaps and links to photos from last night's TARCON.

Miss Alli looks exactly how I imagined her to look and that never happens!

I'm so jealous! I'm totally going to TARcon next time. Sounds like a blast.

Finally made it to TARcon (yay!) but had to leave at 12:30 to catch a train (boo!). Waved to the Phabulous Phil on the way out.

Just wanted to give a big thank you to everyone who put in the time and effort to organize the whole shebang. I know it's hard work and you all did an excellent, excellent job. Also a quick nod to our waitress, who fed us fast and with a big smile.

Next time I'm skipping sleeping and taking the first train out in the morning instead of the last one out at night.

ETA: Hi, karriemom.

Oh, she's Someonesomeone alright. Without her we have no TAR; without her we have no TARcon.

Elise! She looks younger than I imagined!

Ex-TARCon virgin here, and I have to say, lots of fun. I managed to get pics with most of my wish list (alas, no brothers), and laughed lots and lots in my fellow TwoPers' presence. Special thanks to TravellerQueen, Susie from Australia, Seabreeze, and my other table-partners.

ETA: Oh, and by Phil, I have never felt shorter than I did there. The Brothers, Ron...they're all real tall, yo.

Thanks to everyone for a fine evening. I have literally had zero sleep -- ZERO -- so I will have more later, I am sure, when I have more fully recovered. But it was a great time, and I thank everyone for the drinks.

Even Boston Rob, with whom I did a shot of something that I know not what it was.

Glad to see the reports--I couldn't make it this time, because of life and all, but I'm happy to hear that so many of the racers showed.

Any word from U/J on the baby front?

Just wanted to say thanks to all of you for posting recaps and pictures. Keep 'em coming! Can't get enough.

It sounds like you all had a fabulous time and that the wonderful TARCon organizers outdid themselves yet again. Congrats to all of you! I hope to be at a TARCon in person some day!

Edited because using the word "fabulous" too many times just isn't....well.....fabulous.

Love the pictures beezer! I especially love the cookies! What a hoot!

Thanks missdona for sharing your pictures. Ron is tall!

That was so much fun! I'm still stunned.

Blah! Even got a motion sickness on the Path train on the way home, and it was so worth it! Not that all the beer contributed to it or anything ...

Highlights:

Responding to Drew's questions of "what did he say?" "What?" throughout the last ten minutes of the finale! Being a court reporter came in handy, heh!

Peeing in the men's room with Meredith from Tar 6 when they were cleaning the ladies'! My husband peed with the Brothers Smith! Yay for peeing with Reality TV stars.

Chatting with Kelly like she was my BFF about Ron and whatnot. She's so damn tall! And her family is so nice!

Having a married-couple-to-married-couple little chat with Joyce and Uchenna in the middle of the melee, when Uchenna grabbed my Steve's shoulder and said something like, "It's all her, man. Don't ever forget that. It's all her." And then hugged me. So freakin' wonderful and schmoopy. I'm choked up now. What damn lovely people Joyce and Uchenna are. And her brother! And her mom!

Chatting up Elise! She introduced us to her sister and claimed that's the inspiration for TAR 8, the family edition, because sister was such a horrendous brat when they traveled as children. Hee! She was razzing at us for not applying for the family ed with our preteen girls! Told her we can't apply because I'm a chicken. Elise claimed she wants more chickenshit people on the show. Heh. I asked if it was okay to show someone losing control of bodily functions on a zipline in their timeslot! Hee!

She said the Season 1 DVD is almost ready for release! Yay! Can't wait, 'cause I'm late to the party.

Alex and Lynn were so nice. Dammit. Loved that Lynn checked everybody's name tags and addressed people by their names.

Hanging with Clown Al and bitching about low teachers' pay!

Ryan and Chuck! Yay!

Hearing Phil say, "you're from joisey!"

And my friend accosting Boston Rob, and insisting he meet me! Woo hoo!! I went a little hommna-hommna ... duh ... potato ... when he was close. Smokin' hot. And the response, "Bring her ovah" with outstretched arms, posing for the picture. I don't know if I'll recover. Loved his skateboarder white sneakers with his suit!

My new friends from California!

So much more! I'm overloaded.

Seriously, y'all know how to throw a party. Kudos and many thanks to all the organizers.

I'm so sorry I was shy about it in previous seasons.

That was the best time I've had in a long time. Anyone living vicariously through the boards and shy about going next time. Go. You won't regret it!

If I recall correctly Miss Alli, it was a rather vibrant shade of flamingo pink. I don't know if that helps with identification. I also think Rob likes you a lot. He kept grabbing you and whispering in your ear. I was majorly jealous. Man he is HOT. And here I thought Amber was the "smokin'" half of that couple. She really is stunning in person (and tiny tiny tiny) but he is movie star good looking too. TV doesn't do him justice.



Amber told me it was at least 45 minutes.




Yeah - she and Ray were not overly popular with the crowd. But I spoke with them a couple of times and they were very open and friendly. Deanna took off her shoes and I was teasing her about the things women do for beauty. I thought she looked great btw. Ray surprised me. He was very funny and mellow. And the two of them seemed to be having a nice time together.

I hear Ron got his "Free Ron" button. My friend and I actually talked to him right after he walked in and we mentioned that people were wearing them. He said, "Oh I really need one of those!" LOL