Photos of Anderson Cooper's book signing in Atlanta

Hey!
here are some photos of Anderson's book signing in Atlanta, thanks to Trinag for allowing us to use her photos of the event.

So we got to the Barnes and Noble kind of early. We were there at 12:30 for the book signing that started at 2:00. There were already about 30 or so peope there. One group of girls (one of them had flown down from Toronto specifically for this) had gotten there at 8:00 am. So we sat around, my friend bought Anderson's book since you had to have a book to get to meet him, and we talked to the people around us.

Anderson finally got there at 2:00, and let me just say, he looked so good. I have a thing about seeing people who are always dressed up in regular clothes and this was no different. He had on a red polo shirt, with some dark jeans and tennis shoes. He just looked really casual and laid back. I loved it. Anyway, he only talked for about 5 minutes. He said how we might not recognize him in his "street clothes" (yeah right Anderson). He talked about how he's always loved books, ever since he was little. He used to walk around when he was too young to read, carrying books and just pretending he was reading them. So cute.

After the brief talk, we started lining up for the signing. They had us write our names on a post-it so Anderson would know how to sign it. When I got up there (after I introduced myself and shook his hand), the first thing he said was "Oh, you spell your's the right way" referring to my name (which is Catrina). So I said something like, yeah when I went to New Orleans for work after the storm I got a lot of dirty looks when I told people my name, and he laughed. He asked me where I was from. It was all very nice. He shook my hand again before I left. My friend was next and she mentioned we had gone to see Spiderman 3 the night before. He aked how it was and said he hadn't got a chace to see it yet. I said it was okay, and he said he's seen all the mixed reviews. And then we where sheparded out.

But the best part came at the very end. We hung out until the whole thing was over (about an hour) just watching, and talking to other fans. We met the girl who had flown down from Toronto and she was very nice. She had bought a book that Anderson's father (Wyatt Cooper) had written and signed off of Ebay. It had a letter in it that Wyatt had written to the original owener, and she gave the letter to Anderson. She also got Anderosn to sign the book under his father's signature. Anyway, at the end, the lady from Barnes and Noble who was over the whole thing tells Anderson there's a small group of people waiting who would like to take a picture. Anderson agreed, so there was about 8 or so of us who were there that got to take an individual picture with Anderon! He was so nice about it. When I went up there, he was like "Hi, how are you" and put his arm out. I put my arm around him (he's pretty skinny, but his arms are very built) and we took a picture. I'll crop myself out of it becasue I look waaay to shiny, but Anderson looks pretty good (if a little warm, lol) in it.


So yeah, Anderson really is very personable and sweet. And he has nice arms, and I'm very glad we went yesterday. Plus we found some really nice apartments for my friend. Successful weekend all around, I'd say.