Mega Macy's Picspam: More From Chicago!

With unfailing good humor and graciousness,

Johnny autographed headshots, copies of Welcome to My World,

fan-provided photos, and pretty much anything

anyone set in front of him at the Chicago State Street

Macy's last Wednesday.

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Yes! It's time for more Chicago picspam! Today we have selected shots from the meet-n-greet portion of Johnny's appearance last week at Macy's in downtown Chicago, during which he made many fans very, very happy by doling out free hugs (lol), autographing anything and everything, and posing for pictures to infinity.  Here are just a few.

(Note: To see full-size images, click on any photo to open it in a new window, then click on the photo again in the new window. Yes, they're practically life-size. Personally, before you click even one, I'd cancel all your appointments for the rest of the day and forward your phone to voicemail. Seriously. You won't get anything else done. Besides, it's Monday. Hello. So let's just surrender now to the dazzlement that follows.)

Oh BTW I have lucked into an enormous batch of exclusive picspam from Johnny's event at Macy's Herald Square in NYC last Thursday, so tomorrow isn't looking really good for accomplishing anything either. Just FYI.

Really, I'm just here to help. :D

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Johnny with a very nice guy known only to me

as @Snuffy5458 on Twitter. We chatted for a bit

before the event and agreed that no one really seemed to know

what was going on but everyone was super nice about it.

Johnny with random happy fans.

Signing stuff is srs bsns.

Johnny with more random happy fans here ...

... and here.

(I wish I knew more fans' names but I got involved with dragging

Davey's 500-lb. camera bag around and so I missed

meeting a lot of these lovely people ...)

Sometimes signing stuff is not so serious.

With yet more random happy fans, one of whom is my Twitter friend

 @epichaila (on the far right), and all of whom came up to me

before the event and said, "Hey, you look like someone

who knows what's going on ..." LOL. Well, kind of ...

At that point we were generally being told by random Macy's people--

who all seemed a bit surprised to be frequently accosted by strangers

all babbling intently about some guy named Johnny--

that it would not be necessary to form a line in order to get in

to see the fashion show or Johnny personally.

This idea went out the window when the Macy's people

suddenly realized about 10 minutes AFTER the thing was supposed

to start that they--yes, the Macy's people--would be serving cocktails

(oh hey guys wait a minute ...), and thus they needed everyone

to form a line after all to sign us in and hand out wristbands

so that the servers would not end up unintentionally plying

my 13-year-old with alcohol.

More srs bsns autography.

Johnny with my friend Carmina!

We met after the Chicago book signing back in January,

an event at which unfortunately the only photos anyone got

of Carmina were all of, like, a tiny bit of the back of her head.

We made up for it a little bit this time with this shot ...

... and also with this one. ♥

Johnny cracking up with the indomitable Jacqueline Mimms,

who is the mother of the equally indomitable

Chleo' C-bladez Glitter Jr.--two of my fav people

to hang with at Johnny events!

And here is the lovely Miss Chleo' with Johnny. :)

Facebook fans! Front row: Gary Podschun and Chleo'.

Back row: Stacy McReynolds, Connie Malato,

Julie Findon, Binky, and Jacqueline.

And Johnny and Binky. ♥

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Bonus pic! During the fashion show, a reflective Johnny

contemplates the relative merits

of Perry Ellis tie-front linen pants ...

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All photos © David Ingogly.

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Johnny's off to Japan tomorrow!
Which, as we know, always confuses me,
so I have installed a handy clock in the upper right part
of the blog so I can figure out just how far behind
my life is running compared to his at any given moment.
(Not sure if the clock is capable of calculating years ...)
And while he's traveling and performing in Fantasy on Ice,
we will comfort ourselves by viewing leftover
Macy's NYC picspam and also being thrilled
for his Japanese fans, who have some very special stuff
planned for Johnny's 27th birthday this weekend! ♥

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Please remember to vote vote vote

for Beauty Bear Eric Alt to win "Favorite Salon"

in New Jersey Life Health + Beauty Magazine's A-List awards!

You can vote for both salons at the same time:

Eric Alt Saddle River, and Eric Alt Wood Ridge.

You also can vote over and over in this one

without even having to clear your cache--

just press F5 to refresh the page! #winning

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Yes! Johnny's dresses are now available
for purchase only on eDressMe.com!

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At last: Pop Star On Ice is now available on DVD!

Order yours today from the Pop Star On Ice website!

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Johnny tweeted recently:

"Buy my single,'Dirty Love' via iTunes.

Tell all your friends to as well. The more copies sold

takes me one step closer to making a video! №1!"

THE WORLD NEEDS THIS VIDEO
IN THE SAME WAY THAT IT NEEDS AIR.

You know what to do.

Please buy the song from Johnny's website,

or just click the "Buy" button on the player

at the top of the blog!

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Hey, Welcome to My World also is available

as an eBook! More info on Johnny's website!

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copyright 2011 / Binky and the Misfit Mimes / Lynn V. Ingogly / all rights reserved

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Macy's Chicago Picspam: Just Johnny

After his introduction by the Macy's spokesperson

in Chicago, Johnny prepares to take his seat

in the director's chair and begin the fashion show.

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Kayso Davey plowed through some photos for us but now it's my turn to be a tiny bit exhausted so today we present, from Macy's on State Street in Chicago: Just Johnny. Without a whole lot of words to clutter him up. Because it's Friday and it's been kind of a busy week and isn't this what you were really hoping for anyway? Just some Johnny to gaze at right now and possibly for the rest of the day...? Yeah, me too.

One quick note: I was struck with how happy he seemed in Chicago, which is a comment I also heard from some who attended his Macy's event at Herald Square in NYC last night. We all agreed he did a fantastic job of emceeing at both appearances, of course, but it was more than that, and it was wonderful to see. Maybe it's partly that he's a little more free than he's ever been before, being out and proud and able to fully embody and embrace everything about himself, all that he was born with as well as all that he's achieved, and no longer needing to be at all circumspect about anything. I'm not sure, but I'm really happy that he seems happy. In Chicago he was flirty with the models, who were flirty right back, with at least one winking at him--much to everyone's delight. NYC attendees report fun-to-watch flirtiness there as well. And the crowds in both places loved it all.

Coming up: More Chicago photos--Johnny plus happy fans!

But for today: Just Johnny. ♥

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Johnny says, "'Sperry topsider' is my styling note here,

but I have no idea what that means,

so let's just all revel in Clark's beauty..." Yes, let's!

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Bonus pic! After a short break at the end

of the fashion show, Johnny is ready to greet fans,

sign autographs, and pose for pictures.

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Yes! We have video! First, from Chicago,
and courtesy of Connie Malato!
(Note: If these take too long to load here, you can view them
on Johnny's Facebook fan page instead here and here.)

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And secondly, from Macy's Herald Square last night in NYC, courtesy of Jenn Kittler! Photos from NYC also are available now on Getty Images.

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All photos © David Ingogly, who is just a tad annoyed that the lighting in Macy's posed some photo-processing challenges...

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Johnny's everywhere in June! He has six appearances scheduled in conjunction with

Macy's "Pride + Joy" events to celebrate LGBT Pride Month:

Coming up: Last stop in St. Petersburg, FL, today!

Check out his Events page for more info,

and don't miss your chance to meet him!!

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Please remember to vote vote vote

for Beauty Bear Eric Alt to win "Favorite Salon"

in New Jersey Life Health + Beauty Magazine's A-List awards!

You can vote for both salons at the same time:

Eric Alt Saddle River, and Eric Alt Wood Ridge.

You also can vote over and over in this one

without even having to clear your cache--

just press F5 to refresh the page! #winning

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Yes! Johnny's dresses are now available for purchase only on eDressMe.com!

---

At last: Pop Star On Ice is now available on DVD!

Order yours today from the Pop Star On Ice website!

---

Johnny tweeted recently:

"Buy my single,'Dirty Love' via iTunes.

Tell all your friends to as well. The more copies sold

takes me one step closer to making a video! №1!"

THE WORLD NEEDS THIS VIDEO IN THE SAME WAY THAT IT NEEDS AIR.

You know what to do.

Please buy the song from Johnny's website,

or just click the "Buy" button on the player

at the top of the blog!

---

Hey, Welcome to My World also is available

as an eBook! More info on Johnny's website!

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copyright 2011 / Binky and the Misfit Mimes / Lynn V. Ingogly / all rights reserved

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Macy's Chicago: Brief Preview Picspam!

Oh yeah. It was this good:

Johnny looked gorgeous at his Macy's State Street appearance, and also was hilarious during his fashion-show commentary. And then, as always, he was indefatigably charming throughout the meet-n-greet portion of the event, in which he graciously hugged, conversed animatedly with, autographed stuff for, and posed for pictures with I'm guessing about 100 people.

Our photographer, however, is completely wiped after traversing the entire width of the state of Illinois and back in one day, especially since he also stayed up all night before we ever left (long story), so more to come after he sleeps for the next 18 hours or so ... BTW he took oh I don't know about 1,000 photos ...

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Bonus pic! Johnny steps up on the stage

after being introduced by Macy's

and is delighted to see a sizeable crowd

waiting and cheering. :)

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All photos © David Ingogly.

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Johnny's everywhere in June!
He has six appearances scheduled in conjunction with

Macy's "Pride + Joy" events to celebrate LGBT Pride Month:

Coming up: New York and St. Petersburg, FL!

Check out his Events page for more info,

and don't miss your chance to meet him!!

---

Please remember to vote vote vote

for Beauty Bear Eric Alt to win "Favorite Salon"

in New Jersey Life Health + Beauty Magazine's A-List awards!

You can vote for both salons at the same time:

Eric Alt Saddle River, and Eric Alt Wood Ridge.

You also can vote over and over in this one

without even having to clear your cache--

just press F5 to refresh the page! #winning

---

Yes! Johnny's dresses are now available
for purchase only on eDressMe.com!

---

At last: Pop Star On Ice is now available on DVD!

Order yours today from the Pop Star On Ice website!

---

Johnny tweeted recently:

"Buy my single,'Dirty Love' via iTunes.

Tell all your friends to as well. The more copies sold

takes me one step closer to making a video! №1!"

THE WORLD NEEDS THIS VIDEO
IN THE SAME WAY THAT IT NEEDS AIR.

You know what to do.

Please buy the song from Johnny's website,

or just click the "Buy" button on the player

at the top of the blog!

---

Hey, Welcome to My World also is available

as an eBook! More info on Johnny's website!

---

copyright 2011 / Binky and the Misfit Mimes / Lynn V. Ingogly / all rights reserved

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Professor Weir Will Now Take Your Questions

Johnny during the seminar at the Chiller Easton Ice Rink

on Sunday. Love the look on his face.

I can't help but think he's reacting to something

Tara has either said or done ...

Photo courtesy of Michele Mansoor /

Fireworks Sports Marketing.

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Oh hai!

I'm a little busy deciding what not to wear right now. Although that's pretty simple, actually, because the answer is EVERYTHING THAT I CURRENTLY OWN. Cuz I'm going to see Johnny tomorrow at the Macy's on Chicago's State Street!!! Which I will always think of--and might I add, correctly so--as the Marshall Field's on State Street, but whatever. They can call it the South Side Salvation Army Store or Big Jim's House o' Ribs or That One Place That Used To Be Marshall Field's at this point because the important thing is that Johnny. Will. Be. There. at 5:30 pm for another of his scheduled appearances as part of Macy's celebration of LGBT Pride Month. So Alice and Davey and Davey's camera and I are headed to Chicago tomorrow!

So I'm all *flail* at the moment, but luckily I was able to cobble together this blog via pictures donated by Fireworks and words donated by my dear friend Beth, who attended "The Johnny Weir Perspective" seminar on Sunday in Columbus and was kind enough to share some of what she remembered from the "Q and A With Johnny" session. She's a little *flail* too because OMG she got to SKATE. ON. THE. SAME. ICE. WITH. JOHNNY. And also it took her Forever plus a detour through Eternity with a side of weird car issues to get home from Columbus, so she's a little fried and thus some of the words might be in the wrong order but essentially here's some of the stuff that he said. And thank you so much, Beth, for sharing all this really really late last night when normal people were asleep. ♥

Beth reports:

The Q and A part was held during a break between the two skating clinics, and the room was packed. The audience was the skaters at the seminar and their parents/chaperones, for a total of about 75 people or so. Questions had already been written down on small pieces of paper when we walked in, so Johnny just read them from the papers and answered them. He spoke for about 30 minutes.

It's standing-room-only at the back as everyone waits
to hear what Johnny has to say!

Aaaaand he's barely gotten started

and Tara is already cracking up.

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These were some of the questions:

Did you do your first jumps on roller skates in your basement? Yes.

Do you have any diet advice? What do you eat? In response, Johnny simply caressed his Starbucks cup, and everyone laughed. Then he said that he does eat now because he isn't training for competition, and that yesterday he had a hamburger. More laughter. He also said he's not the best person to ask about diet. Tara said, "Weight Watchers!"

What is your favorite Starbucks drink? [Beth says: "There was a long answer here, something about some kind of venti with honey..."] For clarification, we turn to Beauty Bear Eric Alt, who reported in an interview with Behind the Chair that Johnny always drinks an "iced venti skim vanilla chai with three packs of honey, not stirred, so you drink a clump of honey at the end."

How often should one skate every week? As much as you can.

Do you plan to go to the next Olympics? Yes, he wants to go to Sochi, and he will if he can get trained to do it. It is his dream to do it.

What was the name of the horse that you rode competitively? "Shadow." Tara thought the answer was "Blue." So she called Patti (LOL). Patti said the full name of the horse was "My Blue Shadow."

What are your two favorite competitive programs that you've done? The Swan in the 2006 Olympics, and Fallen Angel in the 2010 Olympics.

Other highlights:

At one point Tara was talking to someone next to her while Johnny was answering a question, and he stopped and yelled, "Distraction!" at Tara. Everyone cracked up.

Johnny said it's important to surround yourself with people who represent you well. He said the lovely Tara is his face and she represents HIM--and thus she had to show up that day in full gorgeous makeup in order to be his face.

And later he also said: "Don’t poop where you eat." LOL.

But his meaning was on the serious side, as he went on to explain. Beth paraphrases him this way: Don't cry at the rink. Cry at home. Keep the rink and the ice clean and clear of upset and problems, so that you can start fresh each time. Take the shit with you--don't leave it waiting there at the rink, or you won't be able to work the next day. Beth says of course he didn't say the word "shit" since there were little kids at the seminar, but it was obvious that that's what he meant--and everyone laughed.

And finally, Beth says, Johnny really loved this Q-and-A session. He was open and comfortable and very natural, and very very funny.

And everyone loved him.

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Scenes from a Q-and-A Session:

(I'm just guessing in matching quotes with pics.

Except possibly toward the end ... )

"I'm not the best person to ask about diet. Tara ... ?"

"How often should you skate? As much as you can."

"It is my dream to go to Sochi."

"She had to show up today
in full gorgeous makeup to be my face."

"Don't poop where you eat!"

-OMGJohnnyLOLfacepalm-

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Yes! We have Skate for Hope video!
Here is Johnny's Ave Maria performance ...

... and his Bad Romance!

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Very special thanks to Michele Mansoor

and Fireworks Sports Marketing

for the seminar photos!

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Johnny's everywhere in June!
He has six appearances scheduled in conjunction with

Macy's "Pride + Joy" events to celebrate LGBT Pride Month:

Coming up: Chicago, New York, and St. Petersburg, FL.

Check out his Events page for more info,

and don't miss your chance to meet him!!

---

Please remember to vote vote vote

for Beauty Bear Eric Alt to win "Favorite Salon"

in New Jersey Life Health + Beauty Magazine's A-List awards!

You can vote for both salons at the same time:

Eric Alt Saddle River, and Eric Alt Wood Ridge.

You also can vote over and over in this one

without even having to clear your cache--

just press F5 to refresh the page! #winning

---

Yes! Johnny's dresses are now available
for purchase only on eDressMe.com!

---

At last: Pop Star On Ice is now available on DVD!

Order yours today from the Pop Star On Ice website!

---

Johnny tweeted recently:

"Buy my single,'Dirty Love' via iTunes.

Tell all your friends to as well. The more copies sold

takes me one step closer to making a video! №1!"

THE WORLD NEEDS THIS VIDEO
IN THE SAME WAY THAT IT NEEDS AIR.

You know what to do.

Please buy the song from Johnny's website,

or just click the "Buy" button on the player

at the top of the blog!

---

Hey, Welcome to My World also is available

as an eBook! More info on Johnny's website!

---

copyright 2011 / Binky and the Misfit Mimes / Lynn V. Ingogly / all rights reserved

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