{"id":3273,"date":"2009-02-05T21:46:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-05T21:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress2\/the-freckled-lions-awesome-launch-of-call-me-aram\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T18:45:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T18:45:36","slug":"the-freckled-lions-awesome-launch-of-call-me-aram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/the-freckled-lions-awesome-launch-of-call-me-aram\/","title":{"rendered":"The Freckled Lion&#8217;s awesome launch of Call Me Aram!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the afternoon, Kate Murray of the Freckled Lion rented the building that had been the dorm for the Georgetown Boys. The kids arrived:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4723\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4723\" style=\"width: 2816px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4723 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1808.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2816\" height=\"1584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1808.jpg 2816w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1808-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1808-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1808-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1808-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4723\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students assembling for Aram book launch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4724\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4724\" style=\"width: 2816px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4724 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1809.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2816\" height=\"1584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1809.jpg 2816w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1809-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1809-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1809-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1809-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">book signing Call Me Aram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And they got their books signed:<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3273 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/the-freckled-lions-awesome-launch-of-call-me-aram\/img_1815_2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1815_2-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1815_2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1815_2-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1815_2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1815_2-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4735'>\n\t\t\t\tAram launch\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/the-freckled-lions-awesome-launch-of-call-me-aram\/img_1810\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1810-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1810-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1810-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1810-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1810-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4725'>\n\t\t\t\tAram launch\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/the-freckled-lions-awesome-launch-of-call-me-aram\/img_1811\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1811-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1811-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1811-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1811-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1811-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4727'>\n\t\t\t\tAram launch\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/the-freckled-lions-awesome-launch-of-call-me-aram\/img_1812\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1812-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1812-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1812-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1812-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1812-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4729'>\n\t\t\t\tAram launch\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/the-freckled-lions-awesome-launch-of-call-me-aram\/img_1813\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1813-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1813-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1813-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1813-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1813-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4731'>\n\t\t\t\tAram launch\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/the-freckled-lions-awesome-launch-of-call-me-aram\/img_1814\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1814-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1814-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1814-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1814-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1814-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4733'>\n\t\t\t\tAram launch\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/the-freckled-lions-awesome-launch-of-call-me-aram\/img_1816\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1816-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1816-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1816-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1816-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1816-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4734'>\n\t\t\t\tAram launch\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>After the student presentation, we went to the Freckled Lion. Here&#8217;s a photo of me with Philippe, who played Aram in the play,<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4736\" src=\"http:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1818-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1818-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1818-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1818-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1818-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and Kate Murray, bookseller extraordinaire:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4739\" src=\"http:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1819_2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1819_2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1819_2-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1819_2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1819_2-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a photo of me holding Rob Weston&#8217;s AMAZING Zorgamazoo, and Rob holding my Call Me Aram:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4738\" src=\"http:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1825-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1825-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1825-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1825-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMG_1825-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Note the crutches in the corner. I don&#8217;t recommend doing a book launch while on crutches, but authors will launch despite sleet and rain and snow and torn cartilage&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the afternoon, Kate Murray of the Freckled Lion rented the building that had been the dorm for the Georgetown Boys. The kids arrived: And they got their books signed: After the student presentation, we went to the Freckled Lion. Here&#8217;s a photo of me with Philippe, who played Aram in the play, and Kate &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/the-freckled-lions-awesome-launch-of-call-me-aram\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Freckled Lion&#8217;s awesome launch of Call Me Aram!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[262,1],"tags":[1046,405,46],"class_list":["post-3273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-stories","category-uncategorized","tag-aram-books","tag-author-visits","tag-georgetown-boys"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3273"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10620,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3273\/revisions\/10620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}