When I started working in downtown Chicago my office just happened to be in the same building that serves as the corporate headquarters for Playboy Enterprises. The weird thing about all of this is that for the first few months I didn’t even realize this because I always used the building’s west entrance. It was only when I came in on the south side that I was greeted by a couple of� plaques and inside an enormous Playboy banner that left no doubt. It was a “Doh!” moment to say the least.
I was in that building for about a year, and during that time I may have seen models in the lobby maybe once, and Mr. Hefner never. So when I heard about the Triple Platinum autograph session at the Virgin Megastore featuring Hugh Hefner and 3 blonde bombshells (also promoting a reality show they star in on E!), I bought a copy of the November issue the day before and got in line for the signing yesterday.
There was quite a mix of people there, mostly young men with maybe a third women. The odd thing for me was the fact that I really hadn’t read the magazine regularly for at least 10 years. I was there mainly to meet Mr. Hefner and get his autograph. It was pretty cool, the guy’s in pretty good shape for 79. The models were nice too, but I have to admit that I don’t really go for blondes all that much, even though I play one in FFXI most of the time. All in all it was one of those pop culture events that was well worth the time. Here’s a photo of my bounty which may be worth something on eBay some day.
