When I received the list of events we would be attending, and noted that Sarah Brown's event was initially not among them, I pouted. I begged. I threatened (offered?) to throw myself in front of a bus. I really wanted to meet this woman! Thanks to the wonderfully accommodating Tara, Sarah's assistant web master, I was able to hold court with Ms. Brown and a roomful of her dearest fans.

I walked in and was appropriately humbled that a seat was reserved for me in the front row. I present a gift bag of oh-thank you's and appreciation to Tara, The One Who Made This Possible. The room was small, yet inviting, and because of this, it made the event much more intimate. Each fan that attended was given a personally autographed photo of Sarah, written especially to them. Hey, where's mine? Just kidding. The excited buzz in the room was palatable and Sarah suddenly just kind of nonchalantly strolled in! No big to-do, no announcement, no introduction. Just Sarah and us! She admitted that she was very nervous about hosting her first event and wasn't really sure how to go about it, but from where I was sitting, she was bopping along just fine. She was outgoing, funny and friendly - and so close that I could've easily reached out and pulled off her boots, which I didn't do, in case you were wondering. The fans present were made to feel so comfortable that many of them just made comments out loud to Sarah, to which she very graciously replied in her hilarious way. So many people know her and became fans of hers because of her turn as Carly and after a while, even Sarah was getting her Carly's and Claudia's mixed up! But it was all in good fun. And a few small surprises: The lovely locks we see on Claudia are not Sarah's! The show's hair department puts extensions on her. She told us funny stories about her daughter Jordan and also made mention of John Mayer's engagement to Jennifer Aniston - while jokingly making a stabbing motion. Sarah's love for Mayer is well known to her fans.

Sarah's contract with GH ends in January and she mentioned her enormous interest in more behind the scenes type of work, like editing. She very much wants to get involved with music, more specifically, making music videos. "I can not sing," she laughed, over and over. By this time, her darling onscreen brother, Brandon Barash (Johnny) has casually waltzed in, obviously not realizing the effect he's having on a room full of already swooning fans. The rapport between Sarah and Brandon is so evident that it really makes you wish that their characters were not related. They clearly enjoy working together and Sarah is very excited about the Russian mob story, which is now being touched upon on the air. At one point during the event, Sarah was told to pipe down as we could all be heard at the event being held upstairs (Megan Ward's), which I really find hard to believe, but that's what was said. Sarah did say in all honesty that she and Megan really are friends and get along very well - but some of Ward's fans are not quite so friendly. Sarah's answer to this was a hearty and giggling, "Get a life!" I had to resist the urge to drop to the floor, start bowing, and shouting, "We're not worthy, we're not worthy!" She is right of course. What happens on screen has nothing to do with real life. The fans are also very interested in a possible pairing of Claudia and Nikolas, which was greeted with enthusiastic applause. Fans did ask about the highly rumored marriage of convenience and I'll be honest, I don't recall hearing actual names involved but I may have missed it.

It's time for Sarah to meet her fans and pose for pictures and that means I have to make an exit. Our golden rule is that the events are for you fans, and the press simply have to wait their turn. I head back to my hotel room, all smiles, until I realize that I forgot to make an attempt to lasso Sarah for an interview. When you've just been given a new set of business cards, I guess you kind of forget you have them? But again, I do want to thank Tara again for allowing me to come to Sarah's event. I did have an arsenal of bribes on standby just in case. No I'm not kidding. I love Sarah. I confess, I confess. But I have to shake myself out of this daze with her name on it and get some sleep because early the next day is a date with those precious Cheetwood boys!

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