Attended a lecture presentation at the San Diego History Center in Balboa Park this evening by Garner A. Palenske, author of the just released book (we got the very first copies) “Wyatt Earp In San Diego: Life After Tombstone.” First I ran into him in the bathroom before the lecture and we talked Earp for a while, which was a bit of an odd place to do that. During the lecture I learned some cool facts, not only about Wyatt Earp, but also about San Diego history. In attendance were a historian who used for historical accuracy during the filming of Tombstone and a woman who was president of a Wild West association and who was a direct descendant of the McLaurys from the OK Coral gunfight. After the presentation I bought Garner’s book and had him sign it for me. Then I took a few pictures of a group who were attending in costume. I ended up taking pictures of them with their cameras as well and getting business cards to email them my pictures. Even one of the museum staff gave me his card to send him my pictures. Now there’s pressure to make sure they look good.
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Some of those costumers are friends of mine. I had no idea they were going to this until I saw a couple of their photos on Facebook.
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At first it was a little awkward because nobody except their own group was talking to each other. But by the end of the night there was more interaction with questions about their costumes. We even talked some Steam Punk.