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Friday, November 14, 2008

A Pictures Worth...

A brief photo guide of my November 2008 trip to the Big Apple!

Saturday

After we got in we rushed right over to the Halloween Party and Wrock concert. After the festivities we went back to Melissa's and made too much guacamole and played with henna.
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Sunday

After sleeping in we got this tasty Pizza. :)

That night we had a dance-party to celebrate Melissa's book being published.

It was kind of fun ;)

Monday

After getting Melissa's car towed, I realized what a "No Standing Zone" is. Apparently New York likes to be convoluted in their no-parking signage. Later that night after some of our peoples had to got home the rest of us went ice skating at Rockefeller Center!

It was pretty darn awesome. :)

Tuesday

We woke up and discovered how cool fire escapes are!

Then we went and watched the election results in Rockefeller Center and experienced the madness of Times Square.

Wednesday

Lizzie and I went to central park to explore, get lost, and get soaked.

We even went on the swings!

And found a castle!

Then we made our way over to Columbus Circle for Melissa's reading and book signing.

After that we went to dinner with Melissa's family and took a crazy subway ride home singing every old cartoon and TV show we could think of! So much fun.

Thursday
I slept in waaaaaaay too late and had to say goodbye to more people going home.

Then I got an early dinner with Tricia. She is ubber cools people. She is a Harry Potter nerd too! :D

And then I had a late dinner with Natalie! She too is a fan of Mr. Potter.

Friday

(the cupcake pictured here is from Magnolias on Monday, not Crumbs on Friday. I needed a picture to post, apparently I didn't take any pics on Friday.)
I selpt in late again, and missed out on going to a museum. Then I finished the Jingle Spells 2 artwork. And melissa and I found Crumbs Cupcakes. They were really REALLY good. :)

Saturday

It was time for me to head home. So I woke up, packed up, said my good byes to Melissa, and met Natalie for fancy NYC Brunch at this awesome place called Friend of a Framer.

After brunch we walked in the rain to the A Train.

After a wonderful hour of walking in the rain :D I headed to the airport.
If only I had known my flight would have been delayed 4 times I would have wondered down a few more streets to find that elusive Central Perk.

Like I said below I love New York! I have such a blast and wish and hope I can go back soon. It is so cool! And I dunno if you can tell, but I kinda had a little bit of fun. :)

Silly pose!

Dramatic Steam!

And let us not forget BUNNY PUNCH!

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Post-Tourdum Decompression

When you are gone on a trip for a solid month of go go go and constant new stimulus everyday it can be hard wind back down into the everyday "toil" of regular life. Tour was that go go go for me, and it was a blast. But I am glad to be home. I was gone for a solid month! Thats never happened before! The month was one week of Royal Family Kids Camp (which needs a blog of its own), and then three weeks of touring and convention craziness, with a dash of comic con in the middle. Oh man did I have a wonderful time! Seeing new places, meeting TONS of people. Most of which were nice, and if you read my blog and I met you I can say YOU were oh so nice. Having had never seen the East Coast I was in wide-eyed astonishment of almost every detail, which amused my fellow travelers. Speaking of my fellow travelers, that is just the segway I needed to introduce my fellow travelers. They happened to be my favorite part about the trip. I had such a wonderful time with everyone! "Everyone" being my fellow PodCasters; John, Melissa, and Sue. Some cool merch girls; Bre and Sam. Some cool cats who know ancient ruins (aka my new fun way of saying web coding) Nick and Alex, along with a whole suite full of Leaky staffers. And probably the coolest kids of all, b/c they can make instruments make beautiful sounds, the bands; The Remus Lupins, The Womping Willows, and The Mudbloods. This was my first time hanging out with these kids for more than a few hours, and I gotta say that I am glad that I was able to. They are pretty cool :) and kinda talented ;). And all the silly jokes made a memorable tour into an unforgettable tour. Below are some inside jokes, doodles and pictures. ENJOY!