A GENTLEWOMAN AND A SCHOLAR: Kendra Wilkinson at Barnes & Noble

At a Sept. 28 book signing at Barnes & Noble, the Playboy Bunny cheerfully expressed that when it comes to Philly, she "loves it," even adding a brief tangent on the deliciousness of our coffee and - surprisingly - breakfast burritos.

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A GENTLEWOMAN AND A SCHOLAR: Kendra Wilkinson at Barnes & Noble

POSTED: Thursday, September 29, 2011, 11:16 AM

Filed Under: Arts Books

(Brandon Baker)

I’ve never been too enamored by the glitz and glamour of the lives of celebutantes, so you won't see me glued to the TV screen during any number of E! reality shows.

Let's just call Kendra an exception to the rule.

Playboy Bunny turned reality star Kendra Wilkinson (as she's still known professionally despite taking her football-playing hub's last name) has returned from her brief hiatus with not only a new season of her eponymous hit TV show, but a brand-new book that serves as a follow-up to 2010’s Sliding Into Home.

Being Kendra: Cribs, Cocktails & Getting My Sexy Back (It Books, Sept. 20), written in collaboration with Joseph Shapiro, skips the sugar that coats other books of the same genre in favor of a “no bullocks” language that is, in fact, a fair representation of the star “being Kendra.” The book is 225 pages of Kendra spilling inside details on her marriage, her experience on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, and even unloading a few personal secrets regarding her time in Philly.

Kendra, a resident of Philadelphia for a brief period of time prior to her husband Hank Baskett’s (forced) departure from the Eagles, openly criticizes the City of Brotherly Love in her book, instead dubbing it the “City of Husbandless Kendra.”

In the book, she insists that it was almost entirely the decision of the producers of her reality show that she move to the apartment complex at Two Liberty, where she resided for several months.

“Life was hell,” she says of her time in Philly. “On TV nobody saw what really happened in Philly; you didn’t see me crying into my pillow or staring up at my ceiling all night instead of sleeping.”

But if Kendra does harbor ill feelings toward this city, you'd never know it in person. At a Sept. 28 book signing at Barnes & Noble, the Playboy Bunny cheerfully expressed that when it comes to Philly, she “loves it,” even adding a brief tangent on the deliciousness of our coffee and — surprisingly — breakfast burritos.

And if her well-attended event was any indication, Philly loves Kendra back. She pulled in a multitude of people from all over the region, including two preteen girls who had played hooky to come to the event, as well as a young gay male in line who was a little too excited while recounting his story of Kendra gifting her stripper pole to him.

The crowd even included a middle-age male fan sporting a lumber branded T-shirt and rugged baseball cap. Hardly the type you’d expect to find at such a book signing, but never underestimate the luring powers of Kendra’s vivacious personality and Barbie-esque good looks. (And for my male friends who may be curious — yes, she does look just as good in person.)

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