BookExpo/NY 2017 Day 1

I got up bright and early on May 30 to catch the 6:30AM flight to New York City.  My flight got there without a hitch but the cab ride to Midtown took a while because of construction in and around the airport.  After what seemed like forever, I arrived at the hotel, dropped my luggage off and walked toward the train station to meet my dear friend Julie of Booking Mama fame.   We dropped her luggage off before heading to the Meatpacking District.

We met the fabulous Adriana Trigiani at Santina for lunch.  The atmosphere was wonderful, the food was delicious, the service was terrific, but the company was the best part of the meal.  It’d been two years since we’d seen Adriana so we had a lot of catching up to do.  We talked about her upcoming book KISS CARLO and learned that she has another middle grade novel in the works!  She’s also revising the cookbook she wrote with her sisters.  We chatted and laughed for three hours and the time just flew by.

We went straight from lunch to dinner with Dawn from The Concord Bookshop and her lovely daughter, Jen Hart (Book Club Girl) from Harper Collins and her fabulous sister.  Dinner was at Becco, a restaurant we’ve been to several times before, and I’m sad to say we found the service to be subpar.  We were there for the company, though, and had a terrific time.  Jen brought us each a copy of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW by A. J. Finn and, after hearing her talk about it, I’m anxious to read it.

After dinner, Julie and I snagged tickets to see Chicago on Broadway.  It’s the longest running American musical in Broadway history and, somehow, neither of us had seen the play or the movie and we both thought it was wonderful.

After the show, we headed back to our hotel.  It had been a long day for both of us and we were tired.  Unfortunately, the kids in the room next to us were not and we ended up having to call hotel security on them twice.  Thankfully, they checked out the next morning.