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Pearl's first book signing: Chelsea Handler

October 6, 2008 |  8:52 am
Chelseahandler2 On Saturday night, the Palms concert venue, Pearl, held its first book signing. Hundreds of fans lined up to get an autographed copy of Chelsea Handler's "Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea?"  Her comedy was perfect for the Palms, because her audience has a large percentage of attractive women, and, as she told me, "my fans in general are pretty big drinkers."

Of course, Vegas turned that up a notch for her sold-out show: "Everyone here is a little bit drunker. People in Vegas have been drinking all day."

When I pointed out to her that Artie Lang also loved his hard-drinking Vegas audience, Handler would have none of that comparison. "He is fat," she said.

Despite her jokes about drinking, Handler proved a hard worker after performing, spending close to two hours signing about 400 books and T-shirts for her fans.

She also had a perfect Vegas moment at the Palms when a waitress approached her boyfriend to make a pass at the couple: "I think she had heard that I propositioned someone last time I was here. But she probably had me confused with Denise Richards."
Photo credit: Sarah Gerke

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I wish I was at that book signing! I drink several times a week after work as there are plenty of bars and clubs in San Diego to relax in from cheap dives to expensive lounges. One big vodka fad in the late 70s was a drink called a "Black Marble"--straight chilled Stoly in a tumbler with a black olive floating in it. I imaging rich Russians in Moscow love this one. Was it a coincidence that another story in the same section is "For Rodney King, it's AA to VH1" with Dr. Pinksky. P.S. The Los Angeles Angels at Anaheim, LAAA, sounds like the Hollywood branch of AA to me. Thanks for the Sunday columns. Beats the financial news all to heck.

Does anyoneknow where to purchase first edition autographed "are you therevodka,it's me chealsea by Chealsea Handler ?



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