My son turned six last Thursday. I was attending the SCBWI Conference in NY to speak and this was going to be the first time ever that I would miss his birthday due to business. He was sad that I wasn't going to be around for his birthday, but optimisically, we decided to turn the trip a little adventure. He gave me a little toy skeleton finger puppet and said, "Take my friend with you and show him around New York."
I took his little toy and did just that...
WEDNESDAY
(Creative Director: David Caplan, Editor: Connie Hsu Little Brown @ CRAFTBAR)
THURSDAY
(A veiw of the Chrysler Building from my hotel room window)
(Book Signing at Scholastic)
(Book signing at Books of Wonder)
(City Bakery @Flatiron District)
(Walking in Brooklyn with Paul Zelinsky)
(Dinner with Paul Zelinsky, Peter Brown, Michael Buckley, and others)
FRIDAY
(SCBWI Illustrators Intensive)
(SCBWI VIP Party)
(Art Director: Laurent Linn @Simon and Schuster)
(Editor: Rotem Moscovich @Hyperion/ Illustrator: David Gordon)
(Author/Illustrator: Brian Floca)
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
(TEEN BOAT shirt courtesy of author/illustrator: Dave Roman)
(SCBWI: The Book Makers Dozen)
Happy 6th Birthday, Son.
