Lordy, there are so many bloggers who posted minute-by-minute coverage of the SCBWI NY Conference that I don't feel the need to say much. Other than I enjoyed it immensely. Before and after the conference I was working my patootie off hoofing it to portfolio drop offs and meeting with the coolest of people and finding candy and cupcake shops and seeing old friends and making new ones.

Here are some non-conference related photos:

First, our hike in Central Park. Sara and Jolie, both in black, are near the Dairy building and looking at the lawn HORRIFIED by what they see--

A hawk eating a squirrel. Ladies, it's just the Circle of Life...

What's that? Why, yes! We were lucky enough to see The Lion King and get a backstage tour after the show.

Here's Sara getting too close to a hyena puppet head for our guide's comfort.

The puppets were amazing. My favorite was the elephant and the smaller silhouette puppets and nature scenery bits. The stampede scene was very cool, too!

Sara had to leave us a day early, but on the advice of a super groovy editor Jolie and I found our way to a scrumptious cupcake spot. Sara has a web presence, but Jolie, here's my public request for you to start a blog!

My favorite illustrator, Ali, and her sis-in-law, Alicia, were my roomies after Jolie took off. We hit some good restaurants and made a few portfolio drop-offs before leaving JUST in time for a snow storm which delayed all our flights, I think.

I AM ready to move to New York. Aaron would be on board if I could only teach Bebop how to use the subway and get Logan a paying job -- I think then we could afford it.