Revelers at the launch party, held at B Street and Vine Wine Bar in San Mateo, after the reading at "M" Is for Mystery.

At B Street and Vine, left to right: David Valkenaar, Jim Wasco, and myself try to finish all the wine on the table before everyone gets back from the restrooms

Next day, after all the excitement died down: My beautiful daughter, Anne Morgann LeCard-Collins, and her husband, William, receive their signed copy of Vinnie's Head at Tadich's Restaurant in San Francisco, not realizing that the bill for the dinner has been placed between pages two and three.