Random Glimpses of NYC and BEA

I had a great time in NYC last week. I was in town to attend the IDPF Digital Book Conference and Book Expo America. I was also able to squeeze in a little non-work fun, too.

I flew in on Sunday, May 22, and met a friend for brunch at the Cloister Cafe in the East Village. Loved the Omelete Latino. Avocado!

Lovely stained glass window at the Cloister Cafe.

Celebrity Autobiography

Thursday, May 5, 2011, I went to see Celebrity Autobiography at the Kentucky Center in Louisville. I just made it to the theater on time. The traffic on 71 was mad crazy. I sat and watched as the ETA on my GPS got closer and closer to 8:00 pm and I was like OMG. I jumped in my seat at 7:50 (front row, sort of center, but with weird tables in front of me. Why the tables, Kentucky Center?)

The theater was very intimate and the perfect setting for this show. Was I as close as I was for the Arj Barker show at Zanies in Nashville in 2009 where I could see up his nostrils? No. This was probably better. I didn’t want to look up Joey Fatone’s nostrils. Good lord.

The Harry Potter Pilgrimage

I had absolutely no interest in reading the Harry Potter series or even in seeing the movies. Then, my niece became a huge HP fan. She talked me into reading the books so we could discuss them. By the end of the first book, I was hooked.

Since then, we’ve had Harry Potterthons (watched movies 1-6 in one weekend), replete with homemade butterbeer. And, I got to see my first big-screen HP movie with her on opening night for Deathly Hallows Part 1.

So, to round out our Year of Potter, we visited the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando during her Spring Break.

We did other stuff, too.