Friday, May 13, 2011
For a Friday the 13th, it was pretty uneventful. I headed out of Stillwater at 8:30am with the plans to meet the fabulous Jamie Harrington for lunch at Freebirds in Denton at 1:30ish. Other than the fact that my brand new car brakes were really stinky and Tom-Tom sent me to the wrong place, it was great. I gave Jamie some lemon vegan cupcakes and then went on my way.
I arrived in Austin at around 8:00pm and went out to dinner with my friend Nora. We went to Austin favorite Kerbey Lane, where they have a vegan menu. I ordered the hippy burger and it was delicious!
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Made the drive from Austin to San Antonio (with some ridiculous traffic along the way) for the first Chills and Thrills signing at the Barnes & Noble in the La Cantera mall. It was awesome. We had a good turnout (maybe due, in part, to the fact that Rick Riordan was signing after us). Other than two missing tour members (one had mixed up the time, the other had a family emergency) it was delightful.
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| Jennifer Archer, Marianne Mancusi, and Tracy Deebs. |
I had lunch after with author Clare Dunkle, whom I met up with later that evening at Chris Barton's signing in Austin. Before the signing I had dinner with Nora and my friend (one of my dad's former student's) Holly who has a decorative cake business. She makes cakes that look like bras!
Sunday, May 15, 2011
The second tour signing at Book People was great! Lot's of Austin area book bloggers showed up (waves at jenbigheart and MundieMoms) and we had some great questions from the crowd. This was the only event where all seven tour members were signing (me, Jennifer Archer, Lara Chapman, Jordan Dane, Tracy Deebs, Sophie Jordan, and Marianne Mancusi) so that made it extra special.
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| Jennifer Archer, Tracy Deebs, Sophie Jordan, Marianne Mancusi, Jordan Dane, and me (holding Lara Chapman's book because she was running late). |
After the signing, I hung out with Sophie a bit (I got the most adorable little dog jewelry bowl at Anthropologie) and sent home vegan cupcakes with her and Marianne. (There was a bit of a vegan vs. non-vegan cupcake war on Twitter between me, Marianne, and Rosemary Clement-Moore, so I had to deliver the goods for my side.)
Then I headed up to Arlington to stay with Rosemary Clement-Moore for the night. My plan was to deliver the vegan cupcakes, spend half the night chatting, and then get on the road early to get back to my Sweet Venom 2 revision in Oklahoma. Only my brakes had other plans. My brand new brakes failed (it's a long story and you can read all about it on the Buzz Blog) and I ended up staying an extra night.
Monday, May 16, 2011
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| Bye bye car. |
Got to spend the whole day with Rosemary, chatting and having lunch at a vegan restaurant and waiting to hear news about my poor car. By the end of the day I knew I'd be spending another night, but my car would be fixed the next morning.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Finally drive back to Oklahoma. Even though it was only a day later than planned, it felt like forever. Mostly because I'd left my revision work and home and I was eager to get back to it. Thus ended weekend one of the Chills and Thrills tour. I'll dish the dirt on weekend two tomorrow.
Hugs,
TLC
