Hey Guys!
I'm back from another mini-road trip adventure. This time to DC to attend
Jessica Spotswood's Born Wicked Launch Party. And I had a blast!
First I met up with
Jeri Smith-Ready in Maryland where she whisked me away to one of my favorite vegan restaurants,
Great Sage!
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| The food is so good, it kind of makes me wish I lived in Maryland... |
After stuffing ourselves we then headed to the launch party where I got to meet a ton of the super cool writers in the DC area, and of course, see Jessica and get our copies of Born Wicked signed! I also got to try the signature Born Wicked cocktail which was blue and super yummy and welcome after walking through some seriously frigid wind to the venue.
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| Jessica signing books. |
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| Jeri and Jessica! Two of the sweetest writers on the planet! |
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| Here I am with Jessica. |
Hanging with Jeri!
I didn't get pictures with everyone but I also had super fun conversations with
Caroline T. Richmond,
Lynn Colt, Jessica BS (who also gave me the sad news about Whitney Houston via twitter), and more!
DC Writers--I think you're all super cool and I hope I get to hang out with all of you again soon.
After grabbing some coffee, Jeri and I headed out, and I was preparing to make the drive back to Philly when this happened:
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Dangerous Snow Squalls!
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The combo of the severe light snow and my mom's worried text messages about driving, convinced me to spend the night in Maryland, thus extending my adventure by a super fun extra night.
Jeri and I have a history of being trapped by snow in February anyway.
But now it's back to the real world and I need to get some serious writing done.
How was everyone else's weekend?
I wish I'd known you were going, I would have made the trip with you. And, there you are with so many of my friends, all looking so lovely. <3
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Lola
Lola, aaah! Next time we will totally travel together! It was so much fun--you have awesome friends (who I'm now happy to call my friends). Also...Philly Lit this weekend?
DeleteThank you again for coming out, Frankie! It was so great to see you and Jeri again. And I'm glad that you had an amazing dinner beforehand -- it occurred to me later that there weren't any nibbles that were appropriately vegan for you! I'm sorry about that. :( But glad you enjoyed the Born Wicked. The bartender was so nice!
ReplyDeleteJessica, it was so much fun and so good to see you! Plus I get to see you this weekend too! I hope you had a great time--it was such a wonderful launch party! And now worries about the food--I was stuffed from dinner:-) Plus after, they had soy milk downstairs for my latte:-) Congrats again!
DeleteSo, while I didn't follow your tweets before the party, I apparently followed your blog! Imagine my surprise when this entry popped up in my feed! Yay! What a fun night, huh??
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a blast!! I love Maryland we stop there every year when we drive down to FL, hope you had a nice mini stay there as well!
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