The Pan-Holiday Window, The Pez Case, Wade Rouse at 7 pm Today

Someone's going to have to explain to me how to get a good window of an outside display window. How did Lyle Oberwise do it? Have you ever looked at Milwaukee at Mid Century? It's just beautiful. The Milwaukee County Historical Society has promised us they are working on a second collection of his photographs.

So you can sort of get the goofy feel for our pan-celebration of Wade Rouse's It's All Relative. Winkie's is cosponsoring the event; we got all our holiday swag there. They sure do a good job with their Facebook connections. Lots of comments on Packer-iana. More on this in a separate post.

One last thing about Wade's event tonight (Tuesday, 2/8, 7 pm). It inspired me to put my Pez collection in the curio case for a while. Of course everyone sees Pez all over the place, but there are certainly some lines that they stopped offering and I have some rarities, like the outfits, the European lines (surprisingly, Tom and Jerry), General Mills promotional Pez, and Japanese vending machine Pez brought back by my niece and nephew.

And with all this chatter, you might want to know if Mr. Rouse is speaking in your town. You may have noticed that I love a tour schedule. Here's the one for It's All Relative:

Wednesday, February 9, 2011 6:00pm
Chicago, IL
Chicago Public Library
400 State Street
Chicago, IL 60605
Phone: 312-747-4252

Thursday, February 10, 2011 7:00pm
Chicago, IL
The Book Cellar
4736-38 N. Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625

Sunday, February 13, 2011 12:30pm-6:30pm
St Louis, MO
Writing Seminar
Left Bank Books
321 N. 10th
St Louis, Mo 63101
$150.00

Monday, February 14, 2011 8:00pm
St Louis, MO
Left Bank Books
399 N. Euclid Ave.
St Louis, Mo 63108

Wednesday, February 16, 2011 7:00pm
Tulsa, OK
BookSmart Tulsa
Tulsa Central Library
400 Civic Center
Tulsa, OK 74103

Monday, February 21, 2011 7:00pm
Tempe, AZ
Changing Hands Bookstore
6428 S. McClintock Dr.
Tempe, AZ 85283

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 7:00pm
Los Angeles, CA
Book Soup
8818 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90069

Monday, May 2, 2011 7:00pm
Albuquerque, NM
Book Works
4022 Rio Grande
Albuquerque, NM 87107

Tuesday, May 3, 2011 7:30pm
Denver, CO
Tattered Cover
2526 East Colfax Avenue
Denver, CO 80206

Thursday, May 5, 2011 TBD
Kansas City, MO
Rainy Day Books
Location TBD

Thursday, May 12-May 15, 2011 TBD
Saugatuck, MI
Words, Wade & Wine
Writers Retreat
Twin Gables Inn
900 Lake Street
Saugatuck, MI
http://www.wadeswriters.com

Tuesday, May 31, 2011 6:30pm
Petoskey, MI
McLean and Eakin
307 E. Lake St.
Petoskey, MI 49770

Wednesday, June 1, 2011 7:00pm-9:00pm
Traverse City, MI
Horizon Books
243 E. Front St.
Traverse City, MI 49684

Thursday, June 2, 2011 6:30pm-8:30pm
Gaylord, MI
Saturn Booksellers
133 W. Main St.
Gaylord, MI 49735

I just learned by rereading Mr. Rouse's website that he is editing an anthology for fall called I'm Not the Biggest Bitch in This Relationship. He's got some pretty great (funnily great) people scheduled to contribute. Ah, something new to look forward to.