Sting upgrade and more

Go to a hotel where a few celebrities are staying. First spotting is actor Jonathan Banks. I get an updated photo but he ignored my autograph request. Then get Mary McCormack, Mickey Guyton, and Andy Grammer. Sadly, all updates or upgrades, nothing fresh. 

Later that evening, I decided to try for an upgrade with another big name. This time Sting. Not the WCW legend Sting, but the legendary musician Sting. I first went for Sting in April 2010, over 16 years ago. He wasn't really trying to stop but I manage to get a couple of walk along shots. The photos from that day aren't the best quality. So, this was at least a repeat name with some meaning. 

A few years later I saw Sting again at an event with other people. Couldn't get another photo but I got autos. I also saw him another time in NYC where he was giving out autos but I didn't get one. 

Now fast forward to May 2026 many years since I last saw Sting and over 16 years since my photo op with Sting. He was doing a show on a very rainy night and after the show he went to the airport to fly out. I manage to see him there and hope to get a combo. He took a photo op with someone but didn't want to take a second one with me. 

I then ran after in the lobby, and he was ignoring me and his people began shooing me away. I was now outside in drunk and salvage mode trying to get his guitarist Dominic Miller who was smoking a cigarette. 

While waiting for him to finish smoking I look in the lobby and see Sting is still hanging out. I go back inside and try to beg more, and his people try to stop me. But then he signals for me to come on over. I then selfie it and successfully got the photo op. I attempted to ask for an autograph, but he was not having it. Go back outside to wait and get a photo op with Dominic Miller.

Overall, not a bust because I consider this photo op an upgrade over my photo op from 2010. And I got Dominic Miller who was the guitarist in all of Sting's solo albums since 1991 (starting from the third solo Sting album).

Two takeaways from this: 

Sting is still rough around the edges 16+ years later. He hasn't changed for the better or for the worst. 

At 16 years and 1 month, this may be my longest gap between getting a photo op and getting an update or upgrade photo op.

Sting

Full list of photo ops

Fresh off my Sting success I go to a flight the next day for Ryan Cabrera. He is super nice and I get an upgrade plus autographs. I find out NFL player Vince Wilfork is flying in so I get a photo op with him. 

Back to the hotel from the previous day. I get an update with Noah Wyle plus autographs and I get a photo op with his wife Sara Wells (who is a minor actress). I see Jonathan Banks and tried to ask for autographs but he outright declined autographs. I see Gary Sinise and get an autograph. Had no need for another photo op. My day ended with a 14 year updated photo with actress Melissa Leo.

Full list of photo ops

Autographs

Scattered meets throughout May

May starts with the M3 Rock Festival. One of my main wants the original guitarist of the band Boston, Barry Goudreau. Get the combo with him. Get an update with longtime drummer of Typo-O-Negative Johnny Kelly, and some others. 

Then go to another city to a venue for R&B singer Lisa Fischer best known for the 1991 song "How Can I Ease the Pain". She met fans after her show and was nice as can be. I also got her opener.

Full list of photo ops

Barry Goudreau autograph

Next day I go back to M3 fest. My main want is the original lead singer of the band Faster Pussycat, Taime Downe. Starts with an update with Mike Tramp who the week prior was charging at Chiller. Got Rudy Sarzo of Quiet Riot updated photo op and also got him to sign. Then get Taime Downe and his barely valid band members. Also get a Barry Goudreau combo again.

Then I get word that actor Omid Abtahi (The Mandalorian) is doing a signing at a comic book store. I'm over an hour from said store. So, I bail on this spot and I rush there and go through tolls. I make it with plenty of time and get the photo op. 

Then a flight for comedian Tony Hinchcliffe. Already got him but I was commissioned for autographs. He remembered me from the last time. Also got his openers. 

Final spot for the evening is for Graham Parker of Graham Parker & the Rumour. After the show he comes out and is very nice. Get a photo op and some autographs. 

Barry Goudreau

Taime Downe

Omid Abtahi

Graham Parker

Full list of photo ops

Autographs

Couple of days later I wanted to try for George Thorogood (Bad to the Bone) at a venue. Sadly never saw him and he seemingly drove out of town. I only got his barely valid band member Bill Blough. Bust.

Bill Blough

Next day I was given a meet and greet for a country band called Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. The band has 2 original members and 1 longtime member. The rest are barely valid. At the meet and greet I got my 2 vinyls signed (which by luck are valid for all 3 of the members you want to get) and I get photo ops. Sadly, the venue wouldn't let me take my camera inside so I couldn't use it for the meet and greet. SMH. But I waited outside after the show and got individual photo ops with the 3 members using my camera. 

Full list of photo ops

Autographs

Next, I go to a venue for Vanessa Carlton, best known for the "A Thousand Miles" song. If you bought merch after her show you could stand in line and meet her. She wasn't trying to do photos but would sign merch that you bought. I bought the vinyl (which stung) hoping I could end up pleading for the photo op. And indeed, I did. Success! 

Vanessa Carlton

Autographs

Next day shortly before leaving to NYC for the festivities of the Televisions (report coming) I went for the band Lords of Acid, best known for the Pussy song. Unfortunately, the line up only has one original member touring, Praga Khan. The lead vocalist is singer/actress Carla Harvey who isn't original. However, Praga Khan also composed and played the iconic Mortal Kombat theme song of the early 90s. He fellow Lords of Acid band member Olivier Adams who also played on the theme song sadly doesn't tour.

Waited by their bus and got blown off by the barely valid members of the bands including Carla Harvey. Saw Praga and he was nice as can be as he signed and did photos. Also saw Princess Superstar who is opening for them. She was super nice for the photo op.  

Praga Khan

Princess Superstar

Autographs

No rest for the weary, a couple of days after a week in NYC (report coming) I was nearby at a venue, and the show was ending shortly. Playing was Tony Lucca. So I thought let's go. He was in the Mickey Mouse Club, has studio albums dating back from the early 90s into the 2010s and later. Finished third place on the voice. It is a small venue. 

Mooched inside the venue after the show and it was the most fascinating sight. Inside where people of all ages. From kids to older people. And it was well attended. In a place where typically the only graphers are myself and people I know, there was people that had multiple CDs to get signed. And unlike most of the other times I was there, people were staying to meet. Usually most people leave and don't stay. It felt like I was in some kind of alternate reality. What am I missing? What is so popular about this guy that he would attract such a varied and quantified spectrum of people. The mind boggled. It made no sense to me.

Tony Lucca himself was super nice, as where the two people playing with him, Ernie Halter and Keaton Simons. 

Full list of photo ops

Couple of days later I went for a Rachel Platten, best known for the Flight Song. She wasn't do friendly, barely did the photo op, and wouldn't sign. 

Rachel Platten

Next day go to Rachel Platten's event which also featured actress Caterina Scorsone (who I have). Was hoping to maybe get a better shot with Rachel. Start off at the event then check a hotel for baseball player Keith Hernandez who was also in Seinfeld. Not long after arriving he pulls up in a car. He wasn't very nice and begrudgingly did a photo op. 

Back to the Rachel Platten event and it ends. See Caterina Scorsone sitting around and she was super nice. So, I got an upgrade. Never saw Rachel. Went to another spot for Noah Wyle but it was dead. Went to check out a show to get some actors but the web site had the wrong running time and it was over. 

Keith Hernandez

Caterina Scorsone

The next evening, I go back to the show. Wendell Pierce is the star of the play, but I have him. Lucas Iverson (The Pitt) and Ben Turner (Dr Who) are my main wants. This time I had the correct running time. First off get the barely valid Todd Scofield. Then Lucas Iverson comes out and is super cool. Actress Melanie Field comes out next and remembers us from before. Then the barely valid actress Olivia Cygan. And finally, Ben Turner who is super cool. Never see Wendell so he must have come out a different way.

Full list of photo ops

Next day starts at the train station for Stephen Colbert. He wasn't overly nice but stopped. I got his book signed and an updated photo op. Next to the airport get an update with Andy Grammer (had nothing to get signed). Later that evening I went to a venue for Chico DeBarge. After his show he charges $20 for the meet and greet at his table. I got the combo. 

Stephen Colbert

Andy Grammer

Chico DeBarge

Autographs

Towards the end of May I went for country singer Steve Earle who also was in The Wire. After his show, his opener Zandi Holup was meeting people in the lobby. Got a photo op. Then went outsdie and got Steve Earle. He was cool. Went to another spot to see if I could catch Charlie Puth but he was seemingly gone. I got Brandon Brown aka Pastor Funk. 

Full list of photo ops

Chiller Theater in April and NYC meets

I would arrive at Chiller Theater Friday. This one had quite a few wants for me. First, I get Caroline Williams (Days of Thunder), then Barry Corbin (Dallas), Grand L Bush AKA Balrog from the Van Damme SF2 movie (also in Lethal Weapon 2 and Die Hard), and Heather Locklear (Melrose Place). Finally get Sally Struthers (Dinosaurs, All In the Family, TaleSpin) who has alluded me for over 10 years. She was sadly pro-op only. 

Then get Dominique Swain from Face/Off and Lolita. And after that 89-year-old Dyan Cannon (Heaven Can Wait, Revenge of the Pink Panther). And then one of my top wants, Christopher Lambert AKA Raiden in Mortal Kombat and also from Highlander. Lambert was looking bad and he is not even 70.

After Chiller was done for the evening saw actor Reno Wilson (fresh) and got a photo op. He was a voice actor in the Transformers movies and was in 10 episodes of the Cosby Show. Also got Diana Lynn who recognized me from the semi viral Boy George video. Got UFC fighter, wrestler, and actor Don Frye (fresh). Got updates with Burton Gilliam, Megan Ward, and Barbara Crampton. Then got Tsutomu Kitagawa (update) Hurricane Ryu (fresh) from Godzilla fame. Got the dual shot with Drac and Countess Carita. Final shot for the evening is actor Tripp Bryant randomly walking around. 

Sally Struthers

Heather Locklear

Dyan Cannon

Christopher Lambert

Full list of Chiller Day 1 photo ops

Next day at Chiller I start with Pamelyn Ferdin (Lucy Van Pelt in Charlie Brown cartoons, also in The Beguiled starring Clint Eastwood). Then I get Keith Hopwood of Hermin's Hermits fame. Keeping with the music groove I get former Rainbow drummer Chuck Burgi. I didn't like my Grand L Bush photo op from the prior day, so I went up to his table and was allowed a retake. 

Then I get Wataru Fukuda of Godzilla fame, Johnny Brennan of the Jerky Boys, and Ken Lerner (principle in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, also in The Running Man where he gets stabbed by Arnold). I then stand in one of the longer chiller lines for David Clennon, who is a rare guest from The Thing and one of the last people I still need from this movie. 

Then get Darcy DeMoss (Friday the 13th VI, Can't Buy Me Love), Scott Colomby (Caddyshack, Porky's), Lisa Pelikan (Ghoulies, Return to the Blue Lagoon), Rutanya Alda (Rocky II, Amityville II), and Jocelyn Jones (The Enforcer starring Clint Eastwood). 

Grand L Bush

David Clennon

Full list of Chiller Day 2 photo ops

With Chiller largely in my rear-view mirror, I now set my sights to some of the "easy" NYC shows. It was Saturday just after Chiller Theater. Rain was pounding all day and scheduled to pound all night. I was at the second ever marked out social hanging out. After drinking water I decided that despite the rain I wanted to try some of the NYC shows. 

I was hesitant to even try, but I figured my main want for the evening, Rebecca De Mornay (Risky Business, Runaway Train) would take place indoors and that ends in about a week. So, after much back and forth, I left the marked out social, set the GPS to avoid tolls (at least the Jersey ones), and then headed to NYC. 

My first stop was Rebecca De Mornay. Found my way inside and waited. About 10 minutes later she came out and was friendly. Signed and did photos. I'm now officially on the board!

Next show was mainly for Patrick Ball (The Pitt) and secondary for an autograph from Alden Ehrenreich AKA Young Han Solo (I met him before so didn't need the photo op). I drove my car there and found nearby parking. I begrudgingly paid $6 for an hour's worth of parking (usually I find free parking and just walk all over but all the rain put a literal damper on that strategy). 

I wait, the show breaks, and Patrick comes out and I get the photo op. Alden Ehrenreich comes out and signs my magazine then I get an updated photo op. Sadly he was using a horrid black sharpie so that was botched. 

After this I decided to bail and go back to the car since I already had photos with the rest of the actors at the show. I then drive to the Megan Thee Stallion show and park my car nearby.

Again, supposed to pay for parking as we are about 3h till that parking spot becomes free. But this time I decide not to pay the meter. I then commandeer my railing spot and the show breaks. 

I really debated if I want to wait in the rain and risk a parking ticket rather than simply bail and get some rest. Plus, I had just found out about Jason Bullock's death which didn't help my desire to say. I was almost going to call it and drive back to Jersey. But then I thought, Jason would have wanted me to stay.

Waited in the pouring rain and Megan Thee Stallion would not come out till about 1am! That was quite the agony and torture. As she works the railing and is near me I ask for a selfie and get the posed shot! Success! I then walk down the street to my car, shivering and my heart pounding, and thankfully no $65 ticket on my windshield! Thank you Jason Bullock for looking out. I then drove back to the Chiller hotel (100% toll free of course). And as I arrive I get a photo op with Jeffrey Scott of Warriors fame. 

Rebecca De Mornay

Megan Thee Stallion

Full list of photo ops

Autographs

Final day at Chiller was a light one as I just hung out with some buddies and I got a photo op with singer Chris Farlowe who is best known for the song "Out of Time". This ended Chiller weekend for me.

Chris Farlowe

Jason Bullock's last ever con, and Jason Bullock's last ever meet

April would see the death of my long-time buddy Jason Bullock, who ended up succumbing to heart disease at 72. In this report will visit his last ever con and his last ever meet.  

His last ever con would be Steel City Con. Drove him there and he spent over 1K on autographs for around 10 celebrities, most notably his one of his favorite actresses, Patrica Arquette. 

My first get there is one of my main wants, actor Josh Duhamel from the Transformers movies. Then get drummer Rikki Rockett of Poison fame, which now means I completed the band.

Then I got Karla DeVito from the Bonkers cartoon, Allen Covert from Adam Sandler movies, and one of my other main wants from the show, Lori Loughlin of Full House fame. This practically completes my Full House cast minus the Olsen Twins. 

Then get actor Ty Simpkins from Jurassic World, finally after many years of skipping I got Tom Kenny AKA SpongeBob, then move to get some of the artists on site. 

Back to the main guests I got a free update with Doug Bradley AKA Pin Head and an upgrade with Child's Play director Don Mancin. Then get actress Emma Kenney (Shameless, Rosanne). My final photo op at Steel City was Corey Taylor from Slip Knot. 

Jason with Patrica Arquette

Josh Duhamel

Lori Loughlin

Full list of photo ops

Jason's final meet would be at the airport the Wednesday before Chiller Theater. We went for actor Andy Serkis. Traveling with him was his wife Lorraine Ashbourne who is also an actress. We see them and I explain to Andy that Jason is in bad shape and that he may be his final in person autograph (which sadly turned out to be true). 

While Jason was getting his stuff together, I got a photo op with Lorraine and I got Andy to sign my stuff. Andy then signed Jason's book and I prepped for them to take a picture. As Andy posed, I signaled to Lorraine to join the photo op which she promptly did (this was the quickest I've ever seen any celebrity enter a photo op). I took the photo with all 3 then I got an update with Andy. We thanked them all and they were on their way.

Jason would sadly die 3 days later, the Saturday of Chiller Theater. 

Jason obtains his final autograph

Jason's final photo op

Lorraine Ashbourne

Andy Serkis

Autographs

Scattered meets throughout April

April begins with a pre NYC/Chill Out signing with musician Bill Callahan. He was cool and I got the photo op before heading out to NYC. 

Bill Callahan

A few days after chill out I went for the Godfather of Rockabillly, Jim Heath AKA The Reverend Horton Heat. After the show he was nice and did the combo. Got some barely valids as well. 

Jim Heath AKA The Reverend Horton Heat

Full list of photo ops

Autograph

Next day went for the band Luna. My main want from there is actually not an original member of the band. It's voice actress Britta Phillips from the 80s Jem cartoon. Her husband Dean Wareham is an original member of the band, Sean Eden was there since the second album, and Lee Wall joined much later. Arrived and get the opener Jeffrey Lewis and Lee Wall. 

Then outside I got Lee Wall then finally Dean and Britta who were both nice as can be. Sweeping success! 

Full list of photo ops

A few days later I go for actor and comedian Ron Funches. After his show I got the photo op. 

Ron Funches

Around mid-April I made a quick trip to Books and Greetings in Jersey for a book signing with Law and Order actor Mark Harmon. Got the photo op with him and author Leon Carroll Jr. I also got Mark to sign a magazine for me. 

Mark Harmon and Leon Carroll Jr

Autographs

The next day I went to a Mega Church where they had various artists of Christian music and gospel music. I wanted 90-year-old Bill Gaither. Sadly, never saw him at the merch tables or leaving the venue. But got a bunch of other names.

Full list of photo ops

Next day starts with a flight of an actress I failed on in NYC many years ago. Namely, Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond, Beethoven). We see her and she is seemingly freaked out we were at the airport. She is rough and barely does a photo op. Would not sign. Thankfully I scored a satisfactory shot. 

Go to another flight for actor David Boreanaz. He is again rough around the edges but thankfully I didn't need to ask for a photo op. I got an 8x10 signed. 

Final flight for the day is for Candace Cameron and her husband Valeri Bure. Both were very nice and did multi combos. 

Later that same evening I went to a venue for the band Crack the Sky. Everyone there is either original or core. I arrive and not 3 minutes later the first person walks out. I got band members Bobby Hird, John Palumbo, Joey D'Amico, Rick Witkowski, Joe Macre all of which were nice as can be.

Patricia Heaton

Full list of photo ops

Autographs

Next day was the "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" improv. I got the main people from that in the past but this time they had Gary Anthony Williams AKA Bebop whom I missed in the past. Saw him come out the van at the hotel and he is super nice. I also got Jeff B Davis who I didn't get at that improv show the last time as I was busy getting Joel Murray and Ryan Stiles (who I didn't bother getting this time).

Jeff B Davis

Gary Anthony Williams

Next day to an event with former child actor Nathan Gamble from Dolphin's Tale 1&2. Waited for him outside but never saw him. Went inside the venue and by luck bumped into him. He was very nice.

Nathan Gamble

Towards the end of the month waited at a venue for Lenny Kaye (who is with Patti Smith's band), Jimmie Dale Gilmore (country singer who was in The Big Lebowski) and Dave Alvin (The Blasters). Have Lenny need the other two. 

Wait at the venue and get Lenny and Dave both of whom are nice but sadly we are kicked out before we can get Jimmie. 

Lenny Kaye

Dave Alvin

Next day at a government building I scored a very good name. Jensen Huang who is the founder of Nvidia. I have been a user of Nvidia graphics cards since I started getting into computers in the 90s. So meeting the guy who started this was quite surreal. He was cool and also signed. 

Also got Marc Benioff and Robert Kraft. Could not get Tim Cook going in but I also have him. Checked another spot but it was a dud. Came back to the original spot to get people leaving. Got Anthony Pratt, Tim Cook update (this time his face is slimmer), Ainsley Earhardt, and Bret Baier.

Jensen Huang

Tim Cook

Autographs

Full list of photo ops

At the end of April I would go to the airport to get some AEW names. My first one is someone I never met before and in fact failed on the last time I tried for him at the airport, Kazuchika Okada. He was cool about photo ops but declined autographs. 

I also got photo ops with Brody King (update), Tony Schiavone (update), Edge (update), Lance Archer (upgrade), and Ace Austin (fresh). Also saw Andrade and Goldust but didn't need them. Then I went to a flight for Taz as I needed him on my CS figure. He sees us and goes "stop following me, what do you want". We ask for autos he does one each. Didn't need the photo. Saw Maxwell Jacob Friedman on the same flight and got an update (and downgrade) with him.

Final AEW get was an update with Christian. He wasn't in the mood but still did the photo and didn't sign. I can never say I had a bad experience meeting Christian, but this was the worst of all my times meeting him. Props to him for still being nice after 30 or so years. 

Kazuchika Okada

Signed Taz figure

Full list of AEW photos

After getting some sleep I went to a venue later that evening for former lead guitarist of the Scorpions, Uli Jon Roth. He was in many of their early albums in the 70s but not in their hit "Rock You Like a Hurricane". After the show I got the photo op and autographs. 

Uli Jon Roth

Autographs

New York City and Chill Out con in April

In April, to coincide with Chill Out, I would make my first NYC stop of 2026. Arrived the evening prior, parked, went to sleep. Wake up the next day and my first stop would be for Michael Jackson's nephew Jaafar Jackson. Sadly, he garaged out. Then tried a spot to upgrade my photo with Arsenio Hall but he denied. 

My 2026 start in NYC is pretty rough, and sadly that remained a trend. Went to an event with Robert Pattison and other actors. It was a mob scene and there were people and barricades everywhere. Robert did almost the entire area of people and barricades....EXCEPT the part where I was at! PUNCH! He didn't stop leaving. 

To make things worse, Alana Haim who I never got also did the section I wasn't in. I got actress Sydney Lemmon who I already have and I got Jordyn Curet. Zendaya didn't do it going in but did it leaving. However, I have Zendaya and didn't want to miss actress Isabella Rossellini who was moderating a book signing q&a. So, I bailed just before Zendaya got to my side. In hindsight I could have stayed and gotten another photo op, but I didn't want to risk missing yet another name I was gunning for. 

Waiting outside the bookstore and saw Isabella Rossellini walk out. She was nice and I got the photo. This felt good because I had failed on her in 2025. Went in the bookstore and got a photo with biologist Marlene Zuk.

After a largely rough day, I decided to go to an "easy" show stop with mass gets, but primarily for Margaret Colin from Independence Day. At this spot I got Michael Esper (fresh), Richard Thomas (repeat), Jeena Yi (fresh), Kayli Carter (fresh), Marylouise Burke (repeat), Margaret Colin (fresh), Maria-Christina Oliveras (fresh), and Anika Noni Rose (fresh). Anika didn't want to do photos at first, but when I explained I just wanted a selfie she was happy to do that. I never had the desire to pay for her at a con so getting her for free was nice. 

My rough time hadn't ended because Carl Clemons denied and I didn't spot Ricardo Chavira, both of whom were on my want list. Final spot for the evening was a club with Fast and the Furious actor Sung Kang. When he was done there was a photo op line and I managed to get the op. This ended my evening.

Isabella Rossellini

Margaret Colin

Full list of Day 1 NYC photo ops

Next day is Chill Out Con. My first get is Giorgio Cantarini from Gladiator. Then get the twin girls from the Godfather, Jeanne Savarino and Janet Savarino. Then got an upgrade with Debbe Dunning. I was commissioned to get someone Boy George autographs and that landed me a free updated photo op. After the photo op he banned real cameras and I went semi viral. 

Then I got boxer Vinny Paz who refereed the Bart Gunn vs Butterbean Brawl For All match. Then Ross Bagley (Fresh Prince of Bel Air), Brett Scallions from the band Fuel, and my main goal for this con, Joseph Marcell AKA Geoffrey from Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Ended my time at Chill Out with a Brooke Shields update. 

Joseph Marcell

Full list of Chill Out photo ops

After Chill Out headed to NYC to the "easy" show spots mainly for Rebecca De Mornay and Nathan Lane. First spot is for Rebecca. At that spot Ralph Macchio is randomly spotted and he is with his daughter Julia Macchio (she was in Cobra Kai). I got a photo op with both. Julia is fresh and for Ralph it's my second ever photo op, marking a 15-year update. 

Waited for Rabecca and while I went upstairs to check if she's mingling, she apparently ran to the subway and didn't stop. PUNCH. Went to the next spot in the hopes of seeing Nathan Lane but he apparently snuck out. At that spot I did get actors Christopher Abbott and Jonathan Cake among others, so it wasn't a total loss. But my NYC roughness bled to the next day as I didn't get my two main targets. Spoiler alert, I would make up both of these in the future. 

Full list of Day 2 NYC photo ops

Scattered meets throughout March Part 2

On an evening I decided to try for old school English guitarist Albert Lee. After the show he came out to the merch table and was friendly. I also grabbed the barely valids. 

Full list of photo ops

On another day I went to try to see if some Miracle on Ice hockey players were gonna show up at a spot. They didn't. So, I went to a nearby spot for Joan Lunden of GMA fame and Warrior Award recipient (who I already have). She was very friendly and even put us on her IG.

Joan Lunden

Autographs

Next day a quick flight for Hayden Christensen who was flying in for a con. This was mainly for autographs. He did 2 per and I also got the photo op. The autos alone are a $200+ convention value! He is wearing hat and shades for the picture so that is a downgrade for me.

Hayden Christensen

Autographs

Another day another flight, this time for actress Bridgit Mendler (Good Luck Charlie). She did the photo and was a strict one per. 

Bridgit Mendler

Autographs

Next day a quick folk singer Rhiannon Giddens meet. Waited at the venue, she arrived, was nice.

Rhiannon Giddens

Next day I went to a venue to get the original bassist of Phish, Mike Gordon. Saw him leave the bus but sadly only did a photo op through the fence. 

Went to a restaurant where singer Jewel was dining, she came out and did photo ops but sadly with shades. Since this was impromptu I had nothing to get signed. Checked another venue then came back to the Mike Gordon venue then decided to call it. 

Mike Gordon

Jewel

Next day starts with a flight for deaf actor Troy Kotsur. He was in the Jim Carrey movie "The Number 23". His wife Deanne Bray is also an actress. Saw him sitting at the gate and wrote a message on my phone asking for photo ops. Showed it to him. Both him and his wife were nice as can be.

Later that evening I went to try for Jewel again to upgrade my shades shot and also try to get autographs. When we see her, she remembered seeing us from the prior day and was not very accommodating. By some miracle I got lucky and managed to get a full combo. 

Troy Kotsur

Deanne Bray

Jewel

Autograph

Next day I would try for the band The Ataris, best know for their cover of Don Henley's "The Boys of Summer" in 2003. The way this setup is there's a performance and then a photo op session. The performance starts with just the original lead singer Kristopher Roe. After he leaves stage his band members take the stage. We have bassist Mike Davenport, lead guitarist John Collura, and drummer Dustin Phillips. None are technically original, but Mike joined in the second album and John joined in the third album. Meaning both were there for their hit song making them core members of the Ataris. Dustin is barely valid. 

After they were done, I was expecting a full band photo but turns out the Kristopher Roe left. PUNCH! Now it's a photo op session with the other members. I am heart crushed but I make the best out of it and position myself in between the two core members. 

Dustin Phillips, John Collura, and Mike Davenport

Next day I go to a q&a event with actress Tovah Feldshuh (Law and Order, Walking Dead). Thankfully she did a table after the show which made things easier. I bought a CD and get the combo no issue.

Tovah Feldshuh

Autograph

Final endeavor for march would be an event for author Salman Rushdie. Actors Arian Moayed and Omar Metwally would also be there. I met the former before, never met the latter. At the event I mooch some hors d'oeuvres. Never saw Salman come through but both Arian and Omar come through where I was waiting, and both are nice as can be. 

Arian Moayed

Omar Metwally