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July 24

5-things12Conference is almost done. Our brains are getting a bit crispy around the edges, but we’re so filled with ideas that we just want to sit on the floor in our room with a carpet picnic and hash them all out. Sadly, we cannot. Some people make Amylynn go to parties she doesn’t want to attend. (Amy’s ridiculous. When you write for Carina/Harlequin, you should go to the party they have for you at the WALDORF ASTORIA. I did make her go and I’d do it again.) We’ve had a great time. We’ve met new people, made new friends, seen a fabulous city Paris baguetteand eaten a LOT of great food. Here are some more awesome things we encountered this week.

1. Paris Baguette. We wanted a cup of coffee. We wanted a yummy pastry. Enter Paris Baguette. There was so much gloriousness in one tiny shop, we couldn’t believe it. There was even pastry we couldn’t identify, and that, our friends, is unfathomable. There was a weird cheesecake thing and a bunch of glorious puddings and things with fruit. We settled on a marvelous cream cheese donut and a strawberry cream croissant with a latte and a café mocha. It was Moodalso rather pleasant that we annoyed the hell out of the teenage girl at the counter. So much happiness.

2. Mood. We’ve been fans of Tim Gunn and Project Runway since it’s inception. We watch, breathless, every season to see what wonderful or monstrous contraption the contestants put on the models. If you watch the show then you know the fabric store Mood. When we found out how close Mood was to our hotel we made plans. It was only eight blocks to the store. Funny thing – eight blocks in New York is reasonable. Eight blocks at home is absolutely ludicrous. We found the place – on the third floor – anotherNaked Cowboy weird thing about NYC – and touched everything. We loved it. We just wish we knew what we were doing in a fabric store.

3. Naked Cowboy. Amylynn really wanted to see a famous person while we were here. That’s not working out so far. Until today. We were walking through Times Square on our way back from Mood and we saw a crowd. At the heart of the crowd was Naked Cowboy. Ava didn’t know who he was. Can you believe that? He walked down the street next to us and Amylynn chatted him up. Ava wanted to kill her, but he was very friendly. We learned that he started out in Venice Beach, CA, which makes a LOT Waldorfmore sense than NYC. He took the advice of a Playboy photographer to play in his underpants – advice he took and was promptly arrested. We learned that he has been arrested 39 times in 42 states. (Boy, some of us are clearly desperate to say they saw a famous person in NY.)

4. The Waldorf Astoria. Amylynn had to go to a party thrown by Harlequin. The thing that moved the pendulum in favor of her attending was the fact that it was at the Waldorf Astoria. What a beautiful building. The tile mosaic in the lobby was lovely and intricate. We both love a nice Art Deco design foodand the Waldorf is a beautiful example. So opulent and lovely.

5. Food. New York City food. It’s really good. Ava has been going on and on and on about it and it turns out she was right. Everything has been super yummy – except the food in the hotel, but we didn’t make that mistake twice. When we’ve eaten in restaurants and street venders, we’ve been more than happy. Reubens, pizza, and pastries. Chinese and Italian food. Amylynn made her promise we’d get a cannoli before we go and we’d like to bring home a bag of bagels for the family. NYC has lived up to all the hype. We’re wearing our fat clothes home.

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