The fast thing, as well as the disappearing-into-thin-air thing, lead me to agree with you. Except I think if he were Dresden, we never would've been able to follow him in the first place, and it would have taken less than 3 hours for him to lose us. Unless it wasn't just fate that right outside that alleyway where he led us was the greatest bookstore ever imaginable, and we ended up spending a great deal of our trip there going over our favorite books.

Sorry Butcher's not gonna be in your area! The closest he gets is Chicago and Saint Louis... I'm really looking forward to hearing him again -- he's funny in person and not just through literature! I could probably get him to sign something for you (unless they're silly and put a limit on the number of books you can bring with you).