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EVENT: REI Has MOON Pennsylvania Camping

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Jason and I made a stop at the REI in the Southside Works in Pittsburgh, PA, today to finish up some shopping and there were four copies of MOON Pennsylvania Camping on the shelf. The manager had been trying to get these copies since May when Avalon first put the guide out, but had some difficulties with their (REI's) corporate office. We signed all their copies, met Ron Rodriguez, the store manager, and Peter Greninger, the outreach specialist, and discussed doing two clinics at the store during 2007. The first will be this spring and be devoted to family camping. The one in the fall will be about travel writing. Then J left so I could get his present and on the way out I had the gift wrapped by the wonderful volunteers from the Regional Environmental Education Center in Boyce Mayview Park . As a related aside, we stopped by the Barnes and Noble in Monroeville and found to our delight that they had sold eleven signed copies of our book since May. For a niche market guid

EVENT: Exquisite Corpse Screening

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EVENTS Jason Jack Miller and I attended Mike Arnzen's screening of Exquisite Corpse on November 9. Ten directors from around the world made eleven short films based on his work in 100 Jolts. We first had dinner at Primanti's with Timons Esaias , Al Wendland , Moira Richardson, and Mike Brendan . Then it was off to Seton Hill where we met up with Pat Picciarelli, Becca Baker, Bruce Siskawicz, and Karen Herc. Here's Arnzen casually drinking his coffee before it all got underway. And, here's Bruce's reaction to Mike's latest book LICKER. Unfortunately we missed the second Greensburg screening on November 25, but he's hoping to show it at residency in January.