Lake Elsinore Event with Bradford, Julie and Josh

Today, my daughter and I attended the autograph signing at Lake Elsinore Outlets with Bradford, Julie Marie Berman and Josh Duhon. We're fortunate enough to live only 20 minutes away, so we were definitely excited when we heard about the location of this event.

Given the reviews of SSW and how large crowds are known to get, we weren't sure what to expect as far as turnout was concerned, so we arrived at 9:30 (the event was from 1:00-3:00). The place was deserted! So we ended up shopping for awhile. Finally, around 10:30, the tent and table went up and a few people started to show. We finally decided to get in line around 11:30, just to be on the safe side.

We met a lot of nice people in line, several of whom had been to SSW and had missed the chance to meet Bradford due to his enormous popularity at the event. Needless to say, they were excited to see him.

Everyone knew that the three of them were inside of an empty storefront right beside the signing area as they had a "dressing room for performers only" sign on the door. The windows were blacked out with paint, so you couldn't see in. Everytime the door opened, a hundred cameras would go up in the air to snap a picture, but alas, it was security guards or other people. The crowd kept giving a collective "awwwww" everytime it wasn't them. LOL! It was kind of hilarious after awhile! At one point, Bradford's lovely girlfriend, Angela, emerged and walked off down the mall, apparently to shop.

Finally at about 1:03, the door opened and out came the three.

Josh, Julie and Bradford sat right next to each other, and each had a stack of photos.

Each of them signed one for you when you approached the table, but you weren't allowed to stay very long and chat, which was a bummer. There was fear in the crowd for awhile because the security guards said that if the crowd got too big, we wouldn't be allowed to take photos with them. By the time my daughter and I left, the line was VERY long, so they probably did stop photos at some point as the event was only for two hours, but we DID get a picture!

What can I tell you about Bradford that you haven't already heard? He could NOT have been sweeter if he tried! He recognized me right away with the biggest smile, and although I think they were supposed to stay seated and sign autographs only, he leaned across the table and gave me and my daughter both a hug. We chatted very briefly as the security guards were really hurrying things along. Julie was just STUNNING in person, and so sweet. Bradford asked me if I had a little "thingie" over the "e" in my name (Rene'), and I said I did. Julie had already signed her photo for me, as had Josh, and Julie yells out "you do? Oh!" So she takes the photo back to add the accent mark. I told her it was no big deal, and she smiles and says, "yes it is!" Then she took Josh's photo and added it on as well. Josh leans over to and says, "what did I do wrong?" and she says, "nothing, I fixed it for you." It was cute.

Poor Josh. He looked shy and kind of shell shocked by the whole thing. He seems very sweet, and I'm kind of sorry now I didn't speak to him more, but they really didn't give you much time at all.

I was definitely glad we went so that we at least had a brief moment to say hi to Bradford.

**Personal note - I've only lived in California for eight months, so I have to tell you - standing in line and actually sweating in the direct sun (it was about 78), surrounded by people in shorts and tank tops in front of a HUGE Christmas tree, surrounded by palm trees and just FOUR DAYS from Thanksgiving was something else! Wonderful but kind of contradictory! My relatives are freezing in parkas back home! LOL!