Entry #26

June 2, 2004

Fan Response!

Dear Robert,

What an inspiration your work is! What a fascinating project you are funding! Thank you for sharing your work and your original ideas with Lynne as you travel from ball park to ball park. Lynne has asked me to send you her blessings for your work and to thank you for taking the principles she has developed in Soul of Money "to the streets" and making them available to everyone through your extraordinary work.

With warm thanks, Pat for Lynne

(Lynne Twist is the author of "Soul of Money")

June 8, 2004 - Bob

Manhattan, NY

Annamaria and I are right in the heart of things at 42nd and 8th. A friend has given us the use of his “sub-studio” apartment which you could call a shoe box only if you were referring to enough space for one shoe. God love you, Junior, this place is great. Thank you!

We’re preparing to meet Stephen King this morning. We took a walk, got a couple of great smoothies (at $7 apiece they better be great!) then ended up doing yoga on a basketball court in Hell’s Kitchen. Read into that what you will.

When we got to the Simon & Schuster building and told them why we were there, the Security Guards went from stone-faced who are you to, “Oh my God -- he’s here today?” The staff from Simon & Schuster couldn’t have been nicer. They gave us a standing ovation

as we walked through to a long conference room where we waited for the man.

When he walked in I was so nervous I tried to sink into the wall behind me. But Steve, as he seems to prefer to be called, couldn’t be more cool and easy going. He proudly donned a Red Sox shirt and pin as he shook hands and (this was really funny) introduced himself to everyone. Like we don’t know...

We watched the short film adaptation I made together, he led the crowd in a rousing round of applause for it and congratulated me. After a little film buzz, we got to talking about baseball pretty quickly. He mentioned the growing rivalry between the Red Sox and the A’s. He is very interested in our trip, too, and mentioned that he’s currently in the process of writing a non-fiction, baseball-themed book. As part of the book, he’s attending even more games at Fenway than usual.

When we told him about our schedule, he gave me the room number at the hotel he stays in when in Boston and told me to give him a call when we arrived. If he was there at that time, maybe we’d all get dinner together. That...wouldn’t suck.