a day never wasted in central park

In the morning, Maggie had a breakfast meeting with Agent Claudia, Editor Ari, and Ari's assistant Katherine. (Hi, ladies! I need to remember to take a picture next time!) We talked about the book a little, but mostly we just shared travel horror stories.

After Maggie's meetings we spent the rest of the day in Central Park...

...where we made friends with the locals. The squirrels here are NOT shy. 

And then we went back to Maggie's friend Dahlia's amazing apartment (she let us take over her guest room for two days, in the same place where another writing friend, Marieke, and I stayed this winter (okay, this pic is from January because I sucked at taking pics in NY, but you get the drift):

...and we drank kosher wine and watched (along with all of twitter) a movie that is sure to become a classic:  

(Yes, seriously. Sharks. In a tornado.) And it was awesome. Thanks, Dahl, for hosting us!   

eating the big apple

A nice dinner at a restaurant in our neighborhood within the east village, Local 92.

Breakfast at Peels. Good food, great atmosphere (sit on the 2nd floor).

wedding ring shopping, and the high line

It seems like every trip to New York, we find our way to the Hells Kitchen Flea Market.

Maggie needed a fake wedding ring for traveling since she didn't want to bring her real one and risk something happening to it... and the flea market didn't let us down. (Update: two weeks later, all of the "gold" on this ring has worn off, and it's now copper with a fake diamond. That's what we get for buying a cheapo flea market ring! It's still pretty, though.)

Enjoying New York's High Line elevated park... once a railroad track, now a must see and sit for any New York outing.

trying to stay awake while imagining dragons

The morning after the 4th of July we decided to go see Imagine Dragons perform for Good Morning America... very early in the morning. As you will see, I nodded off.