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Laura Bush Visits Fort Worth Bookstore

Source Since part of my shtick is writing about cool things in Fort Worth, I had to write about this one. First Lady Laura Bush was in Fort Worth yesterday (April 5) signing her national bestseller,  Spoken From the Heart . Men and women were lined up for hours to get their hands on the paperback and meet the western beauty. But there is a better part to this story. Since I had a VIP pass I got to stand in a short line with some fascinating Fort Worth people. (No, the VIP pass is not the better part of this story ... hold on). The only person I knew in the "cool line" was Fort Worth artist, Cindi Holt, so I stuck by her and played solitaire on my iPhone to look like I had people to email. Dang. Why do I get so nervous going to crowded events alone? Probably because I'm normal, despite what the Paxil commercials tell you. Side note: You may be wondering how an unimportant person like me got a VIP pass. Because people did ask. Ugh.  One of my husband’s business cont