- My book for sale at La Guardia. (I may have set it on this table but a girl can dream!)
- JLR swag in my room.
- The beautiful Jefferson Hotel.
- More swag (that’s a cookie!).
- Books to sign stacked at the JLR hq.
- Signed poster for the sponsor big wigs.
- All the featured books.
- Looks nice on a mantle, no?
- The seniors in the library after my talk.
- My visitor pass.
- The Country Club of VA luncheon book sales table.
- Lovely ladies who lunched.
- This was “before” they started selling, hence the big stack 🙂
- Nice table promos!
- My new friend Joanne.
- Authors and committee members.
- Signing books after lunch.
- My signing table at the Richmond Convention Center. Love that poster! (I got to take it home.)
- Jumbotron.
- The stage.
- I got to take this poster home, too.
- With other authors from L Marc Peyser (Hissing Cousins), Marisa de los Santos (The Precious One) and Tim Dwyer (Hissing Cousins).
- The ballroom sat 900!
- Signing books after the speeches.
- So much fun.
- So many nice women!
- With two of the JLR committee members: Jone and Ada-Marie.
- With next year’s Event Chair, Lauren Fisher White, and this year’s amazing chair, Alex Scott.
- I enjoyed sitting next to Kimberly at the Tuesday night dinner.
- I loved getting to know JLR President Monica Brinkley Davis.
- With JLR E.D. Britt Nelson.
- Kathy Knollman was my “driver” and she was incredible!
- Event Chairs from left Allison Wohl, Staci Friedwald and Karen Sobel
- Event Organizer Yael Strauchler
- With NEST owners and event hosts Aly Drew and Bets Miller
- With Event Organizer Jose Zeilstra
- The lobby 🙂
- With Kenny Zimlinghaus and Taylor Strecker
- Unfortunately, Jenny was in her Chicago studio that day so we didn’t get a photo together.
- The Voracious Reader is a favorite independent bookstore in Larchmont, NY
- The Balance Project in the window
- Francine, the owner
- With my co-panelist Randi Bale
- With Meg (left) and Lauren (right)
- With Host Kyle Unfug
- Sparks!
- Arcadia News Book Club
- Arcadia News Managing Editor and Head of the Book Club, Amanda Goossen
- With the awesome BookSparks and SparkPress team!
- My lovely publicist, Sara Chambers.
- It was nice to meet my editor, Beth Kendrick
- Panelists from L to R: Peggy Davenport, Jennifer Allyn, Moderator Chris Riback, Susie Orman Schnall, Jillian Griffiths
- Panelist Kristen Bellstrom from Fortune
- With host, Lea
- That’s me on the computer 🙂
- With attendee Susan Ascher
- With Event Chair Robynne Smith
- With panelists Loredana Pfannenbecker, Cristy Turgeon, Candice McCrae, and Paula Theus
- Signing books after the presentation
- With Fatemah Woodward (Tax Director), Candice McCrae (Senior Associate), and Cristy Turgeon (Partner)
- My niece Ava
- Setting up the International Ballroom
- Amy Elaine Wakeland
- Lisa Stevens of Wells Fargo speaking about US Veteran Lakiesha Anthony
- The Founders of FoodStirs (L to R) Gia Russo Levin, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Galit Laibow
- Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky discusses happiness
- Happiness strategies
- Ready for my breakout session
- In honor of Kerry Washington, I talked about Olivia Pope’s work life balance
- Each attendee received a copy of my novel The Balance Project
- I enjoyed speaking with these two women from UPS after the talk
- On the rooftop deck at the post-event cocktail party
- View of LA from the Beverly Hilton rooftop deck
- Post-event jammies, Bravo and room service — so happy!
- With speaker/author Marianne Schnall (no relation, apparently!)