So I know I've been a bit absent from the blogosphere lately due to graduation, student teaching, and life in general so I may or may not have forgotten to formally mention that I am attending Book Expo America 2010!
Currently, I am sitting in my Times Square South hotel with fellow blogger (and new best friend) Sheila from Book Journey getting ready to hit the town. We met up last night in Minneapolis and had a blast in the hotel. Despite having to get up at 3am, we were talking books until midnight! We woke up and headed to the airport full of excitement and anticipation. The flights went well and we arrived in NYC like rock stars — book blogging rock stars.
(We are coming up with a book blogging buddies hand shake — I know, right!)
After not checking into our hotel but dropping off our bags we began the ever exciting adventure of exploring New York City. There are quite a few great stories that I'm going to let Sheila tell that involve bathrooms, Starbucks, Central Park, and BOD (Bridge of Death) — so make sure to stop by and visit her to find out how our first few hours in NYC played out.
After that kind of an introduction to NYC, we returned to the airport and promptly passed out (from exhaustion not intoxication). Our energy has no been replenished and we are now getting ready to hit Times Square again.
You may notice a different look to Miss Remmers' Review; Sheila showed me how to make cute unique buttons and, while it took me a few hours, I created a header (finally)! I'm actually quite proud of it and look out tomorrow for something TOTALLY new and exciting! If you are as graphically-challenged as I am, check out Picnik. It's free and it has a lot of great effects.
What do you think of my new header?
I hope to see you all in NYC this coming week! Email me (google at gmail dot com) if you'd like my phone number or my BlackBerry Pin so we can meet up!