Hammy lunch stuff
I have to say that this was such a relaxing experience. Yes, Jon is dazzlingly handsome; he has looks, presence, sparkling eyes, and the same deep voice that Rachel Menken found so reassuring. But I think I speak for all of us when I say that the starstruck quality was almost instantly gone, and what was left was a really nice lunch with a great, and interesting, guy. Which makes it, amusingly, a little hard to put together all the breathless details, but I’m game to try.
Seagirl arrived first, and then Roberta and I walked in. We’d stopped at Shoegasm up the street, and Roberta had brand new purple boots. (Obviously, this is an important part of the story.) This gave us time to meet each other and hit it off. Then Andy Ostroy arrived. As you may recall from yesterday, Andy is the founder of the Adrienne Shelly Foundation, which hosted the auction in which this lunch was a prize, and he is the widower of Adrienne Shelly. Andy is also a blogger and film producer, but wasn’t very familiar with Jon Hamm’s work was totally familiar with Jon Hamm’s work except for not following and doesn’t follow Mad Men (despite being very appreciative of Jon Hamm’s involvement with the Adrienne Shelly Foundation). So, while Jon’s arrival was delayed by massive flight backups on the east coast, we chatted about the ASF, Mad Men, Basket of Kisses, Andy’s political writing, and all sorts of neat things. Overall, Jon was only about 40 minutes late.
Jon was looking extremely handsome, what with the newsboy cap, the peacoat, dress shirt, and Jon-ness. He greeted Roberta & I warmly and introduced himself to Seagirl. Jon knows about the ASF through his friend Amy Rampard (I’m sure I’m spelling this wrong), who was a college roommate of Adrienne Shelly’s and whom Jon knows through the dog park. Yep, Jon walks his beloved Cora there and they became friends. There’s like a dog park tribe or something.
