Sex in the City of Walnut Creek with Candace Bushnell

First, I have to say that I feel naked without my book. I gave my very first copy of Read Between the Lines to Candace Bushnell tonight, the author of "Sex in the City" and "Lipstick Jungle" just to name a few.

I received my advanced copy of Read Between the Lines just last week. That one single copy that I've slept next to for the last few nights has a new home. But, I'm really excited to say that even though RBTL will be missing from my hands for just a short time (I receive several cases on Wednesday) it's worth it because Candace is looking forward to reading the book, as well as providing me her personal feedback!

WOO HOO! Feedback from Candace Bushnell... I just hope she loves it!

I met the beautiful Candace tonight at a pre-party hosted by Junior League at this amazing shoe store called Foot Candy in Walnut Creek. BTW Candace was amazing too! After I had the pleasure of spending a few minutes with her, we all moved on to The Lesher Speaker Series event to hear her speak about her career, and how she got to where she is today.

In case you were wondering, the answer is yes! Yes the shoes at Food Candy are so incredible, you'll never go anywhere else for that super special pair you HAVE to have. Manolo, Jimmy, and Christian Louboutin where all in the house!

Back to Candace. As I'm sitting in the auditorium listening to her speak, I noticed she spoke a lot about women, and how they feel they want it all, and still have to do it all, which causes us to often come up short. And when she was younger, living in NYC that her dating rituals would always come to an end (until she met her husband at age 43), but that her girl friends would always be there for her, no matter what.

Girl Power! There's absolutely no substitute for friends... But do we really want it all? And what really defines "It all"?

I also need to mention that the theater was packed with both men and women. The audience was mostly couples 50 and up, which surprised me. For some reason I thought there would be bunches of 30ish groups of women, dressed to the nines. At the pre-party, this was the case, but at the main event, not so much.

The lady sitting to my right had her eyes closed most of the time...could she really be sleeping?

When Candace first moved to NYC at the age of 19, she made $1000.00 to write a children's story for Simon and Schuster which she was thrilled with. After years of dating, she realized that not ONE guy in New York wanted to get married, and she continued to move in and out of her "guy of the moments" place, with her friends always there for her "packing up her stuff in those giant leaf bags". Those moments are what eventually inspired her to write Sex and the City.

Yes, the women next to me was definitely sleeping. All I know is if the discussion we were listening to wasn't going to keep her awake, I'm not sure what will!

Money, power, career, independence, sex, success and Manolo's - the theme of tonight, are all important things us women need to strive for and keep a hold of.

There was a Mr. Big too, and as for the character Carrie Bradshaw, that was really her pen name that she used so her mom didn't know too much about all of her "personal details" she exposed in her column.

Yep, Candace definitely brought the discussion of Sex into Walnut Creek tonight, and Read Between the Lines found a new home.