Almost 24 hours later, I'm still excited about last night's success in Florissant, Missouri, with a former President and, perhaps, a future President.

New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton was at McCluer North High School for a town hall meeting titled, "Solutions for America." And, the Senator was accompanied by her husband, former President Bill Clinton. Originally slated to start at 8 p.m., Senator Clinton's victory in the Nevada caucus earlier in the day delayed their arrival as they were busy with interviews and a celebration. Finally, around 10 p.m., the Clintons arrived in the school's gymnasium to a thunderous reception.

Bill led the procession, shaking hands on the way to the center stage. I was stationed in the second row of the bleachers and jumped down to stake out a spot along the barricade. As he approached, I asked for a photo, but instead he grabbed my hand for a handshake. Hillary was a few feet behind, but turned before she got to me to take the stage.

As Hillary completed her presentation, I again jumped from my seat again to take a spot along the barricade. Hillary began "working the ropes" on my side. I was the fifth or sixth person she greeted. She gladly posed for a photo as I leaned over the crowded barricade. My friend, Jay Todd, called today to tell me that the footage of the photo-taking aired on C-SPAN. As she made her way down the line, I looked across the stage and noticed Bill was beginning to greet supporters. He was posing for photos with those that asked and signing mostly campaign posters and copies of his book. Both were accompanied by Secret Service agents keeping an eye on everyone. I waited patiently for Bill to make his way to my side. As he approached, I asked for the photo. He looked at me briefly and began shaking hands of the people behind me and to my side continually leaning in closer and closer to me. I was literally "face to face" with the President. After about 10 seconds he
stopped and I asked again for the photo. He nodded and I twisted my body over the crowded barricade to snap the photo. I then asked him to sign one of Hillary's campaign posters. He put a beautiful, large signature on the poster. He's known for usually writing small, so this was a nice surprise.

I continued to hold my spot along the barricade as Hillary made her way back around. As she approached, I held out the poster that Bill had signed earlier and she quickly put her signature next to his name. Her signature was not as nice as I've seen, but given the fact that she probably had signed hundreds of autographs, it wasn't that bad. I asked for another photograph, and one of her assistants took my camera to snap the photo.

Here is a shot of the signed campaign poster.

I've been trying for years and was FINALLY successful late last night in getting a photo with Jerry Seinfeld. He stopped as he was walking off the stage and into the backstage garage area following the second of two sold-out shows at the Peoria (Illinois) Civic Center Theater. While security attempted to keep me away, Jerry came over to me for the photo as I asked, even putting back on his suit jacket for the picture. He mentioned that he saw me waiting when he arrived. After a quick wave goodbye, he was off to the Greater Peoria Regional Airport for his 11:37 p.m. flight back home to the East Hampton (New York) Airport.

Actress Jamie Pressly is in St. Louis tonight as the celebrity guest for the grand opening of Home, a new nightclub at the Ameristar Casino. Her husband, DJ Eric Cubechee, is the guest DJ at the event. Both stopped for photos and autographs after their arrival this afternoon at Lambert St. Louis International Airport. Jamie likes to sign in black Sharpie...she turned down all requests to sign in blue. She then headed to Starbuck's, while hubby waited for their luggage.

Somewhere in my files (from the 35mm era) is a photograph I took with Dan Fogelberg in 1991 following his concert at Sangamon Auditorium in Springfield, Illinois. Dan passed away today at age 56 after a long battle with advanced prostate cancer. The photograph with Dan was one of my first celebrity photos. I vividly remember attending the show and then waiting hours (at least two, maybe three hours) after the show for Dan to emerge. His guitarist, Robert McEntee, provided me with updates throughout the wait, telling me Dan was having dinner with his Mom. A limo appeared to pick-up Dan's mom for her ride back to Peoria. Then, a few minutes later, Robert came out and told me Dan was coming soon. Instead of using the stage door, Dan hopped off the loading dock, but came over my way to sign an autograph and take the photograph. I remember Dan was wearing a sailing jacket and cap and had a gigantic smile in the photo.

In corresponding with Robert later that year via mail, he surprised me by including one of Dan's guitar picks and the original set list used by Dan in St. Louis, Missouri, during the recording of "Dan Fogelberg Live: Greetings from the West." It's still one of my prize possessions.

I returned late last night from a week's trip in New York City collecting more celebrity photographs and autographs. And . . . I made the Autograph Collector's Daily blog. Click on the photograph to check it out! Scroll down or to page 2 for "The Art of Doing Three Things at the Same Time."

Rest in peace . . . Evil Knievel died today at age 69. This rare photo was snapped September 23, 2005, during a promotional event at Hall's Harley Davidson in St. Louis, Missouri.

Here's Julianne Hough, one-half of this year's Dancing With The Stars champion duo. Julianne teamed with two-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves to win the fifth annual competition last night. Julianne stopped for this photograph on July 15, 2007, as she departed her tour bus at the Peoria Civic Center, one of the stops on this past summer's Dancing With The Stars Tour.