The day of the Robb Wolf release party started out like any other. I withdrew $3,500 in brand new benjies from the bank, sealed it all in an unmarked white envelope, stuffed the envelope in my pants, turned on some next level beats, and jumped on the 4/5.
I met Robb's wife Nicki at Borders, where we proceeded to buy 100+ copies of The Paleo Solution in individual purchases. You see, it has to be separate purchases to count toward the New York Times best-seller list, and these books were all going to individual buyers at the release party. If you use a credit card, they'll freeze it after a few identical purchases. So that meant cash. Lots and lots of cash, suckas.
Then the employees at Borders nicely, but firmly, asked me to stop flashing money around.
Carrying 125 books up to my 6th floor apartment was another Tom Sawyer workout, just like the 15 cases of St. Peter's gluten-free beer yesterday. This time I didn't turn down help. My sister Maggie and I cleaned my apartment, which included weeding my overgrown vegetable and herb garden for the first time all summer. Melissa McEwen dropped off some delicious lardo and speck that Wooly Pigs had graciously donated. I even cleaned every inch of my bathroom. Impressive, I know.
And then the party started. Robb and Nicki came over, and helped us make NorCal Margaritas. And we pretty quickly had about 100+ folks in the place. Which was totally awesome. When everyone arrived, I thanked our sponsors (St. Peter's! Wooly Pigs!) and introduced Robb. We decided to get the book signing out of the way before doing a full-on Q&A.
When I say that Robb Wolf signs books like a wild animal, I mean it. But John, you say, wild animals don't even know how to write. Exactly. It's a good thing he didn't have to write The Paleo Solution by hand. I offer Exhibit A and Exhibit B for your review.
We had a kick-ass book party. Over 100 people came -- our largest event yet. It was a total blast. Awesome questions, awesome crowd of people. Robb was totally gracious in answering every question that came his way from 7:45pm to 1:15am. The guy is true blue.
More pics of the party below. You can get his book here.
