About Last Night...
September 23, 2009 How do I say this, Orlando? I mean, last night you were simply...well...
Fabulous.
Yeah, that's the word. :)
John and I arrived extremely nervous for my first-ever book signing, but you guys put us right at ease. It turns out you Wreckies are a kind, considerate bunch who are perfectly willing to patiently wait your turn in line for free cake. And oh, what a Wrecktastic cake it was!
This monster homage of Wreckiness was created by the lovely Johnnie of Something Sweet Cake Studio, located just outside of Orlando in Titusville.
In addition to the Wreck pile-up you see here, Johnnie also provided a yummy chocolate and caramel frosted sheet cake, which disappeared like hot...er...cakes. But, of course, that insane carrot jockey stole the show.
Later in the evening, when the sugar buzz was apparently affecting us all, we actually had a real live baby sitting on that fondant carrot. (Relax; we took it off the cake first.) Someone will have to send me that photo, though, because I didn't get it on my camera. [pouting]
UPDATE:
(AHA! Thanks, Sharlene!)In addition to the showpiece that Johnnie provided, we also had some truly astounding entries in our cupcake Wreckplica contest. Here's the grand prize winner, by Jackie Cochran:
And here's Jackie wearing her prizes: a CW apron and carrot jockey necklace:
(Bonus points to those of you who recognize/remember all of these Wrecks!)
(Yes, someone dared to bring a mini CCC [patooie!] to MY signing. The horror! Maybe that's why he or she left her name off. ;) Oh, and the mini order form says "please put vegan icing on it." Heh.)
It's the perspiration wedding cake, in miniature! How cool is that?!?You can find all of the cupcake entries in the Cake Wrecks FaceBook album.
Thanks again to Johnnie, Sharlene of Photo Art Works (who took all the pretty pics in this post), the Winter Park Borders staff (especially managers Jeff & Selene), and all the rest of you who braved the rain and 5:00 traffic to be there. Here's hoping you had even half as much fun as John and I did!
Reader Comments (63)
Glad to hear that all went well last night! Love the Carrot Jocky Cake!
Jen and John,
It was so great to finally meet you and take part in your very first book tour! I wish you lots of success and luck! :)
~Lauren S.
Those are truly awesome Wreckplicas!
love that flower baby :)
BAHAHAHA! Those mini-wrecks just made my night :D.
I'm so glad the tour is going well so far. Congrats, and I can't wait to join the fun in Portland, OR this Friday!
That fabulous homage is AWESOME! And I can't wait to see the real baby on it. (Was there too much wine served with the cake that it got to that point that a real child was involved?!)
The cupcakes were terrific as well.
My brother is planning to go to your Seattle signing. I'm so jealous I can't go too... it looks like this one was a ball! Safe travels!
nice "giraffe"!
can you get the book in canada or only in the USA?
Hoo, boy. Tough choices. But I think the Vegan Icing mini-CCC (ccc?) wins my top vote. Me, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that my schedule stays clear when you hit Seattle. 'Course, it can't compare with your schedule. Flying on sugar there. For real.
How long was the party going on? I want to come to the San Francisco signing, but I wouldn't get there until 7ish...
Glad it went well. Those are great Wreckplicas. (I wish I'd made up that word, it's awesome.)
Sometimes I wonder, is it ever odd to you that you've ended up doing something whose symbol is a mohawk-wearing, carrot-jockeying baby? I mean, how cool is that? (Picturing 2nd grade Jen saying, "When I grow up I'm going to blog. About really scary cakes and baby dolls and carrots will all be a part of it. Yeah.")
It looks like your "World" tour is going to be great fun. But but but, why aren't you coming to Boston? We eat cake! Some of them are ugly! (And New England in the autumn is staggeringl beautiful.)
*sniff*
AHAHA i really want to see the real baby riding the carrot! That would have been halerious! Yay for the first signing!!
Looking at all those ugly cakes
has really made me hungry for
cakes. No kidding. It's 10pm
and I'm getting ready to go to Wal-Mart for cake.
Thanks for the laughs. Wishing you
much success.
I had so much fun at Borders last night! It was great to finally meet you and your sweet husband - you are both adorable and I wish you all the success in the world!
WRECK ON, JEN AND JOHN, WRECK ON!
Thank you so much for a great evening! Me and my kids loved it. It was defiantly worth driving 352 miles for! And hey, we were making memories people, they can always go to school tomorrow. After all, this was instilling a love of literature through cake.
You are a sweetheart and a real stitch and that hubby John is a real sweetheart too. I loooove you Mum Donna, what a gem of a M-I-L! I would totally hang out with her, she was so friendly and so very proud of you.
Thank you for paying so much attention to Sean and Rosie. They really enjoy the blog and as I said last night, I'm so glad it's kept PG.
Have a wonderful time on the tour. Go wiki Sarah Vowell, she has the same wit as you do and I think you will really like her. Keep us posted!
Wreck On!
Ariel, Sean and Rosie from West Palm
I laughed out loud at the homage to wreckage cake! Gorgeous!
It looks like you all had way too much fun! ;) I'm so jealous - please do an extended world tour and come to Australia! (OK, so maybe it's a bit far... But I can dream, right?)
That cake is a fantastic homage to all things Wreckie LOL... and the cupcake 'wrecks' are awesome recreations!! :P
Hope everyone there had a great night..I wish I was in the US, so I could make it to one of the signings :(
Glad you could put a face to my name. Sorry it wasn't a prettier one! ;)
I'll continue stalking you all in a not-so-creepy way.
Also, if you DO sign a copy of Lost Symbol, pleeeeeease take a picture for me! I have, uh... royalities. Yeah, that.
Waaaaahhhhhhhh! I wanna go to a book signing! Waaaaahhhhhhh! But the "World" tour doesn't go around the world! I would LOVE to see you in China! (Not sure the wreckiness would go over well here, though . . . people might think that Americans truly eat babies!)
Best wishes to you. Orlando has set some pretty high standards for everyone else. As Yoda would say, "May the Wrecks be with you!"
The Wreckplicas are awesome, way to go superfans!
I want to see that real baby carrot jockey!
I love the monkey and the perspiration miniatures, AWESOME!!!
i want a carrot jockey necklace! please tell me there's a way to buy one!
oh, and i just adore all the cupcake wreckplicas! it was great to see kids get in on the fun too!
The vegan icing took me back. Once upon a time, I used to be a vegan and the worse part was you couldn't really eat any cakes or biscuits from the shops. So if somebody had specially made a 'vegan' cake..it was such a luxury.
....hence not been a vegan very long..
awesome! great job getting through it with panache.
Laura R.
Who ate the poop pile on the round "Cake Wrecks" cake?
And wasn't the wookie cake a mini CCC too?
Susan L.
Holy amazing cakes, Batman! I'm in awe of what everyone brought, these are all so incredible. I'm glad to know that even though your book tour comes nowhere near me (boo!) I still get to enjoy all the fun.
Good luck with all your flying and traveling and all of it! I know it's awful, but at least you have a great time once you're there.
Those cupcake cakes are sooo cute.
Jen and John,
Thanks for all the wonderful Wreckage; both the blog and the book are the funniest stuff I've seen in quite a while. So cool to meet you guys, and the cake and the cupcakes were all pretty awesome, too. I'm sure you'll show the other cities you go to as good a time as you showed us!
Looks awesome! Wish we could make it to the Seattle or Portland signing! Things just won't work, though! :-( love the wrecks!
Wow! Now I'm even more excited for Saturday in Seattle.
You'll be there on my birthday and I can't think of a better gift (even if I do have to drive down from Canada) :)
Can't wait to meet you hope all the signings go so awesomely
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!
Bought your book last night! Haven't had a chance to look at it yet, but I know that it'll be great! Glad that it was so reasonably priced. Can't wait to see you in Dallas in a couple of weeks =)
WOW! and mad props to Johnnie! very cool, very wrecky...in a good way!
I am humbled by those mini cake wrecks, especially the plaid melting wedding cake. Truly wrecktastic! And so tiny!
We really had fun at the signing! For anyone who reads the blog and is anywhere near a signing, be sure to go! I was the maker of the baby "baked" into cupcake, and was kind of pouting to my boyfriend that I didn't win, but it was so fun to make it really was ok and I got the nifty bookmark, too :) My boyfriend was so cute - he suprised me with an oh-so-sweet cupcake key chain as my prize!
A good time was had by all! :)
LOL those cupcakes are awesome! I bet it's hard to make a wreck look just right, when you're trying to do it on purpose. "It doesn't look wrecky enough! More sprinkles!" XD
And I agree--the carrot jockey was incredible! =D
Best wishes on the book tour!
wow, those wreckplicas ruled. Glad it all went so well!
I can't convey how freakin' excited I am to meet ya'll in Austin!!! Best thing on my calendar for months!
Good luck on your plane trips - I know it won't be easy for you, but we thank you for it!
Cheers!
wow, that looks like a lot of fun!
Oh, I really hate to be the one to ask this, but can you reference the original cakes? I don't know how to look them up, and I really want to know the story behind some of the originals!
Is that a Mohawk baby carrot jockey necklace on the winner? I covet that necklace.
Man, I'm so excited! I saw most of those things in PERSON! Well worth the frantic school-day car trip, I'd say.
oh man! this sunday is Folsom. Sorry CW, leather trumps cake.
I just love the upsidedown wedding cake with the feet.
Has anyone thought of an upside down wedding cake with the four feet of the bride and groom figures??
y'all are awesome!
zomg, i want that naked mohawk baby carrot jockey necklace too!
where can i buy one?!
I'm glad that your first night went so well! And I do have to add that I'm super sad that I won't be getting a signature in my book. :( Why no stops in Southern California? Anyway, best of luck on the rest of the tour, and SoCal will miss you!
Ok so like i want a caret jockey nickles!!! Ware did she get that????