Sixteen years and a whole head of curly hair after I last did a signing there, and maybe fourteen after I began my Whitney Straight project, I returned to Autobooks-Aerobooks, the bookshop with the most ideal customer base on the planet, a chequered flag for a floor and another one draped over the signing table. No better place in which to bid farewell to Whitney.
Proprietor Tina van Curen and her husband Chuck were their usual delightful selves, and another old chum came down to say hello. Jay Leno not only retains his hair, but that night we saw him in action down the road at Flappers Comedy Club and he’s as sharp and as funny as ever.