Quick note: Tomorrow (Saturday, November 10th) we’ll be in Chicago at the West Elm on 1000 W North Avenue for cookies, cocoa, and a book signing at 1pm (arriving on the early side might help ya get a jump on the line). More info here. We’d love to see ya there!
Who’s ready for our once-every-two-weeks recap of our book tour-y adventures (here’s the first one)? Just us? Okay. Here we go anyways! #warningitslong
As most of you know, weather has been kinda crazy in the Northeastern part of the country lately. Between Hurricane Sandy two weeks ago and this spontaneous Nor’easter this week, well, things have been a little crazy. And it just so happens that all of our book tour stops in the last seven days were scheduled in the affected areas. Cue the adventure! Actually, first cue the worry and concern. Having lots of friends and family members in those regions (not to mention bunches of you) made us cross our fingers for safety, warmth, and electricity for everyone.
Those things are far more important than frivolous things like book signings, so when the SoHo FLOR store said they were without power and there was no option other than rescheduling (the new date’s still TBD but we’ll keep you posted!) we were completely expecting it and totally understood. But surprisingly both hosts in Connecticut and New Jersey had been open, with power, for a few days before our scheduled events – so they were actually eager to have us come up. They thought it would be a fun distraction for folks up there dealing with loss of power/heat and all of the other comforts they were sorely missing, and we thought that sounded great too. We were eager to drive up and see all of our friends and relatives up there to make sure they were ok (and bring some supplies to Sherry’s family), so on Thursday around noon we packed up the car and set our sites on Wilton, Connecticut.
The other crazy behind-the-scenes happening was that Sherry actually developed a kidney infection, but thankfully she was diagnosed on Tuesday and antibiotic-ed up so she could recover just in time to hit the road on Thursday. (Her PSA is that if you ever have strong pains on one or both sides of your lower back along with a fever and nausea, get to the doctor asap).
Clara joined us for this trip so that she could spend some quality time with Sherry’s mom, aka Nonna, while we tended to our book duties. Burger stayed at home with my parents since we figure Clara-wrangling was enough to keep Nonna busy for this trip (and Burger’s idea of heaven is being house-sat by his Grammy and TomTom). As for how Clara did on the drive, don’t let this trip photo fool you. The bean is not all hugs and naps all the time. But we made what ended up being a nine hour drive and lived to tell the tale.
We landed at our hotel in Connecticut around 10pm, waaaaaay past Clara’s bedtime. Did she seem to notice? You be the judge.
The next morning we found ourselves at the Wilton Library, which was a beautiful library, btw (and this is coming from a guy whose mom worked in the public library system growing up, so I have high standards). We were so grateful to see lots of smiling faces in the audience. Whether they were happy to see us or just happy to have heat, we didn’t care. We were downright psyched to have them… as clearly demonstrated by this that photo Crystal took of us giving our presentation. Just kidding, this is right before we started (no idea why we look so blank, because I promise we were all hyper and nervous on the inside). We think it’s pretty funny that we’re both sitting the same way and looking the same direction. #twinsies
Crystal actually did a really sweet post about her morning, which you can check out for more photos. She says she was very shy, but I’m not sure I buy it. After all, she’s the only one who suggested that we recreate our book cover pose with her and her husband Aaron. Looks pretty good, right? #dorksforlife
The people of Wilton were super nice, which is encouraging because we worried that Cincinnati’s kindness was just an isolated case of Midwestern-ness. Phew! Sherry even got her second opportunity to sign a ceramic animal. See how her eyes light up at the opportunity. She’s never happier.
There were also fun requests like this one to sign $herdog on this over-sized clothespin for someone’s desk.
And just like in Cincy, people went out of their way with little gifts that made us ooh, ahh, and make other incredibly weird expressions. You guys totally don’t have to do that! Seriously. But check out this charm that someone crafted using a tiny printed thumbnail of our book cover. Clearly Sherry is impressed.
While there we also got to finally meet Connecticut resident and hilarious blogger-friend Roo from SemiProper. She was kind enough not to give me a crazy look when I suggested that she, Sherry, and Clara ride the animal statues outside the library. Though she later one upped me by Photoshopping me having a Slurpee binge at a 7-Eleven.
Roo is famous (infamous?) for her mad stick figure drawing skillz, so I got all sweaty-palmed when she challenged me to sketch something inside her book. Eventually I came up with this masterpiece of Sherry fist pumping and me being ashamed of her. I’m not sure why I drew Sherry in a skirt. I think it’s my default for girl stick figures. Though I guess I should be more concerned that I drew myself pantless.
Here’s Roo’s drawing in our little tour yearbook that we have been asking everyone to sign (more on that blank-book-business here). See, isn’t she much more skilled at these things? Roo actually has a new line of notebooks out that may or may not feature some DMX-inspired lyrics on them. So yes, she’s Sherry’s old-school-rap-loving soul mate.
When things wrapped up in Wilton (and we successfully wrangled Clara away from the library’s train table) we started our journey back across the Hudson to New Jersey. Given that it was lunch-ish time, we were very lucky that readers Bill and Kristin had invited us to check out their sandwich shop which was right on our route. Lunch was delicious and here’s the cute pic that Sherry snapped of our mealtime hosts.
And here’s the photo that Kristin and Bill instagrammed later. If ever you needed proof that Clara is a normal 2 year old, here it is. And yes, I’m posting this so when she’s older I can say “see, that’s why you should’ve listened to Daddy when he told you not to pick your nose.” Ok, Sherry will probably make me take it down in a year or two to keep from “scarring her.”
Here’s where you should pretend to hear a record screeching to a halt: after lunch we arrived at our hotel in New Jersey just in time for Clara’s nap before our NJ event… only to find this taped to the locked and bolted front doors. #wompwomp
We feel bad even sounding upset about this, since the situation for residents affected by Sandy who had been living with stuff like this for days already – and more days to come – are MUCH more deserving of anyone’s compassion. The first floor of Sherry’s brother’s apartment in Jersey City was flooded and her grandma was without electricity and heat for nearly a week. We’ve had to deal with no power and no heat ourselves before thanks to Hurricane Irene last year, but the lines for gasoline were like nothing we’d ever seen. There were lines of cars literally miles long at each gas station that was open. Sherry heard of friends and family members waiting upwards of four hours just to get their tanks full.
Thankfully we had fueled up in Connecticut so we only had our hotel issue to deal with. So after spending a couple of hours on the phone only to find there were no vacancies within a 50 mile radius, we heard that one of Sherry’s mom’s friends had a spare room where we could crash (with power and heat!). We were so thankful. So with that settled we ran over to Bookends in Ridgewood NJ for our signing there.
We weren’t sure who would show up thanks to all of the gas/heat/power issues, but we were just happy to visit with anyone who could make it out. We were so grateful to everyone who made it out to see us and they seemed grateful that we made the trip! Mutual gratefulness. We had a great time with Sherry’s (sorta) hometown crowd, and although it was a smaller group than originally expected, it was still an awesomely smiley and friendly crowd – including this little fellow named Greysen (who had fun “playing trains with the girl from the computer” – aka Clara). And of course we completely understand that everyone who couldn’t make it out had far more important things to use their gas supply on! Heat > book signing any day of the week!
Being in Sherry’s home state meant some familiar faces were able to swing by, including her bestie Heather (whom you’ve seen here and here before).
My sister Katie and her boys – her husband Martin and her sons John & Ben – even braved the trek from Manhattan since the SoHo event had been postponed. Can’t believe we didn’t get a picture with them! Maybe it was due to the three toddlers that we had running around…
When that event wrapped up, we ventured off to Nonna’s friends house for the night. We were so happy to have a warm, safe place to rest our heads after a long day! Seriously, we slept like rocks and were never so grateful for two mattresses on the floor.
And instead of driving back home on Saturday morning, we stuck around for some quality family time with Sherry’s family. We got some breakfast with her dad, stepmom, and grandma and then celebrated an early Thanksgiving with the Nonna side of the family. Clara even got some quality time with her Uncle Monkey (Sherry’s brother Dan). Note: quality time was often defined as poking Uncle Monkey in the nose so he’d make funny noises. He’s a good sport that guy.
When fake Thanksgiving wrapped up around 6pm, we hit the road for the long and mostly dark roadtrip back to Richmond. It was smooth sailing and we’ve never been happier to see our beds. And to get an extra hour of sleep thanks to Daylight Savings Time…
Fast forward four days to 4:45am (go go gadget alliteration!) and we found ourselves waking up verrry early on Wednesday morning to catch a morning flight to Boston for our first West Elm event. Clearly 6am flights are not a good look for me. I need to work on my awake face.
The awesome news about that early flight into Beantown was that it got us in by 8:15am, which meant we actually had some unexpected time to enjoy the city… if only the city weren’t about to get slammed by a Nor’easter. The wind made our flight a little white-knuckled at moments and the cold / impending rain meant that we spent more time bundled up in our hotel than we had planned, but it didn’t keep us from grabbing a delicious burger lunch with my cousin Casey and her husband Kevin at the Boston Burger Co. Yum.
And since it was nearby, we squeezed in one sight that I’ve been dying to check out since my mom told me about it: the Mapparium. It’s a three-story, stained glass globe that you get to walk inside of courtesy of a clear walkway that cuts through at the equator. It was awesome… except that photography wasn’t allowed. So here’s a shot from Northeastern University. You know I love maps, so I pretty much geeked out.
As the West Elm signing grew closer, rain turned to snow and we were certain no one was going to brave the weather. Seriously, Sherry talked about just playing with the ceramic animals in West Elm since the store would be empty. But New Englanders are apparently very brave when it comes to snow (guess you guys get a lot of practice?) and we were so shocked when the West Elm staff said there was already a line when we arrived through the back door to prep some of the book projects we’d brought along with us.
In addition to the great news than more than zero people showed up, West Elm was a super host. No one had to wait outside AND they had hot cocoa and cookies for everyone while they waited. Each of the West Elms that we visit will have cookies made by a local bakery (fun, right?) so here are the ones that a Boston bakery whipped up. In case you were curious, they were quite yummy. And quite large (or “head sized” as Sherry likes to call them).
After a lightning fast welcome and speedy explanation of some gift-y type projects in the book, we got straight down to book signing so that we could finally chat people up and congratulate them on being brave enough to come out during a nor’easter. Because, just FYI, it looked like this outside.
It was easy to forget the snow outdoors because the people inside were so darn friendly and excited to be there (or maybe just excited to have scarfed down a big cookie?). Either way, we were just so flattered that people showed up.
Since the store offered up plenty of ceramic accessories for people to pick up while they were there, Sherry found herself signing quite a few. Like this pretty snow globe…
…and we probably signed about two dozen ceramic owls. Here’s a shot that Karen snagged of Sherry posing with her colorful flock (from here).
Oh yeah, and here’s Karen herself. She wrote a very sweet post on her blog about the signing. Oh and see that yawning guy in the background? As a dude, I can totally relate to being the man on the sofa waiting for the wife. Hilarious.
In addition to seeing my cousins again in line, I also got to (briefly) catch up with some friends who now live in the area. I saw friends from college, high school, and even elementary school there. And although I hadn’t met these kind folks below before that night, they instantly won me over by bringing UVA shirts for us to “wear.” Wahoo-wah!
We could go on and on about all of the fun encounters that we had on Wednesday night… but I think we can all agree that I’ve already gone on and on enough. So let’s just say that Boston was awesome. West Elm was awesome. The weather was… well, less than awesome. But hey, at least we got to see Clara’s eyes light up yesterday when we landed back in Richmond and told her “Mommy and Daddy saw snow!”
Speaking of Richmond, we had our event here last night but will have to recap that for you in another post in a week or two. We’re actually publishing this from the airport terminal just before we hop on our plane heading to Chicago (so comments might take a while to pop up). It’ll be our third consecutive morning on an airplane, so forgive us if we start to lose track of what day it is! In summary: thanks again to everyone in Connecticut, New Jersey, and Boston! And to anyone who made it through this long rambling post, well, you rock too.
lets says
and Sandy is the reason I never made it to Ridgewood to see you guys. Jersey City was a mess.
Sarah says
I have to tell you that I have such mixed feelings about this post! First, I was upset when you originally only announced the NYC visit, but was super-psyched when you added Ridgewood. Then the hurricane happened, and I live way up in north jersey and I just could NOT waste the gas. I was upset all day:( I was one of those people who waited 3 hours for gas, and at one point I had to take some of our generator gas to rescue my sister, who’d spent 4 hours driving around just to find an open gas station with gas. (say gas again.) So it was kind of like liquid gold by the end of last week. I am SO BUMMED. But i’m also really glad that you had a decent turnout because I was worried that everyone would stay home on you guys and who needs that kind of gut-punch to the ego?! Anyway glad you guys had such a good time, sad that I didn’t get to come meet you.
YoungHouseLove says
Aw Sarah, we totally understand why you couldn’t come and we hope to end up there again! Here’s hoping for a do-over sometime!
xo
s
Laura says
Hey, that’s Michelle! I just read her post about meeting you guys, too..
http://lettersfromboston.com/2012/11/08/how-to-meet-internet-celebs/
YoungHouseLove says
Hahahah, she was so much fun!
xo
s
Kellie says
Safe travels to Chicago!!! I’m so bummed that
I won’t be able to meet you tomorrow (I’m in Florida
right now with my little girls visiting my parents).
However, my super sweet husband who is still in Chicago
has agreed to brave the LONG line for me so you two can sign my book!
Aren’t I a lucky lady? He’ll be the guy watching the University of Michigan
game on his phone while in line… :)
I also thought of a way that I can still “sign” your
book without actually being there.
Have fun in Chicago!!! Happy signing!
YoungHouseLove says
That’s so sweet!
xo
s
Melissa says
smart man! go blue!!!
amanda@reno366 says
So glad that you guys made it to NE. I met you in Boston and Sherry said that I looked like I belonged on Newbury Street which was quite the compliment since I spent day of teaching lots of little munchkins and was exhausted.
This post took me about an hour to read since I stopped and read about 10 other blogs along the way from all the links. :)
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, oh yes you looked fabulous! Haha!
xo
s
Stephanie N says
I love these book signing updates!
Did you notice in the picture of you sitting on the animals that Sherry and Clara have their heads tilted the exact same way? And what appears to be the exact same grin? You look very alike there! :) How is she doing with you guys being gone?
Safe travels!!
YoungHouseLove says
Isn’t that funny? She’s my mini me in that picture. She cane with us for a bunch of stops and stayed back for a few others but she’s with her grandparents (she LOVES them) so we joke that she doesn’t even notice that we’re gone. But she’s always really smiley and happy when we’re back. It’s so sweet!
xo
s
Sarah says
Aw, MAN it is so bittersweet to see your Boston pics. I was all set to come down to see you on Wednesday night, but on Tuesday morning I had a voting-related fall and ended up with 12 stitches in my knee! I was still thinking about braving the trek, but when it started to snow FOR REAL that afternoon I knew I would just be asking for trouble.
It looks like you guys had a great event; I’m glad beantown played a gracious host! I love, love, love my YHL book!! ….when’s the next one coming out??
YoungHouseLove says
Aw man, so sorry about the fall – hope you’re feeling awesome! And as for the next book, we have no idea when it’ll come out but we hope it takes us back to Boston for sure!
xo
s
Liz F says
I am absolutely kicking myself for not having my dear friend who lives in Boston stop by and pick up a book for me. UGH. Glad you guys stayed safe in NJ!
Antonia says
So excited to see you in Chicago!! Make sure you stop at Ricobene’s while you’re in town. It’s a great family owned place with amazing pizza and fries. Go to the one on 26th. Make sure you walk to the end of the counter– get some pizza by the slice so you can try more kinds! Enjoy your visit :)
YoungHouseLove says
Mmmm, sounds awesome!
xo
s
Elizabeth says
Is Dan available for weddings and reunions?
YoungHouseLove says
Hahah, I know, right?
xo
s
Jessica G says
this has NOTHING to do with the post (though i do hope you all are going to get some rest) but…the photo of Clara and “Uncle Monkey”…why does “Nonna” look SO BEAUTIFUL in the background of a candid photo?!
most people are the “yawning guy” in the background, not the “beautiful grandmother”. jealous.
get some sleep!
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, she’s my pretty momma.
xo
s
Tracey says
Hey Sherry and John,
Have fun in the Windy City. I used to live near there as a kid.
Gotta quick question for ya. On page 173 of your book, you have a green picture frame with the number four in it. Can you recall how that was made? I really like the look of it.
Also, trying to make it to Richmond to see you. May get the prize for farthest traveled. PA to Richmond is a 5 hour drive. But so worth it!
YoungHouseLove says
That was actually something Katie Bower made for us (it’s credited in the back in the resources section). She used photoshop to tile our names (John, Sherry, Clara, Burger) to make the 4 since we’re a family of four. Hope it helps! And we’d love to see you in Richmond!!
xo
s
Jess in Boston says
loved meeting you this week! the crazy-long line was totally worth it, and i was just glad that it was inside, rather than out in the snow! enjoyed checking out all the west elm stuff along the way… and found about 10 different ceramic animals that i am now dying to add to my collection! loved my house cookie, too! :) thanks, guys!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Jess! It was so much fun to meet you!
xo
s
Melissa says
I live outside Chicago and wish I can join you tomorrow. Family parties- darn. Well pack your light clothes – tomorrow supposed to be near 70 in chicago. NOT the norm but enjoy!! HOpe the signing goes well
YoungHouseLove says
We know and we’re so excited to have nice weather follow up for once! :)
-John
Shelley says
I am so disappointed I had to miss your visit to NJ! Of all weekends, I was on a girls getaway in Charleston, SC – although it was great to be able to escape for awhile. We FINALLY got our power back this afternoon! It’s been insane around here but we are staying “Jersey Strong”! If you plan another book signing trip to NJ, I promise to make the next one!
YoungHouseLove says
So happy to hear your power finally came back on!
-John
Mary Katz says
So, so impressed with your tour persistence. Y’all must have a combination a good ole Southern stubborness (well, VA style) + not-terrified-of-cold-weather attitude.
Not sure if anyone else noticed this, but in the animal statues pose, I just wanted to note that Sherry and the precious bean are posing the same way (face-wise). Soooooo precious! I hope that when my husband and I have kiddos eventually, they will mimic at least one of us + that we can be amazing parents like you two.
katalina says
as a doctor said to me and I will say to Sherry
you look too good to have a kidney infection…
me: you have never seen me before and really it feels like someone kicked me in the back!
them: I think you would be screaming if you had one
me: I would be if i was a guy….
YoungHouseLove says
Ooooh, burn! I feel like I’ve been kicked in the back on that one! :)
-John
Christine says
Nice blurb about your book in our Living Section of the Washington Post yesterday – you even got billing above Nate’s new book :-)
YoungHouseLove says
We were just flattered to have been mentioned at all!
-John
Julianna says
I am so jealous of your life (lives) haha, enjoy every moment, you guys deserve it!
Katie S. says
Since I’m waiting to let someone gift me your book for Xmas and enjoy seeing my face light up (I’m nice that way), I was super excited for a sneak peak in Country Living magazine. I got all excited and my husband rolled his eyes… I can’t wait to see the other 240 projects!!!
Also, the other night I dreamed about meeting you guys and Clara had the prettiest little shoulder length bob going on! And you guys looked good, too. ;)
YoungHouseLove says
Oh man I can’t wait for her to have a bob! Hahaha! Love that dream.
xo,
s
Iain says
Hi guys –
Hello all the way from New Zealand!
My wife has been reading your blog for years… And for years I have been suffering the “look what John did” comparisons…
But I have finally (5 years in the procrastinating) gotten onto our new kitchen, and to celebrate I’d love to get her a signed copy of your book. Is there any way I can sort this?
YoungHouseLove says
Our local independent bookstore is selling signed copies. I’m not sure if they ship to New Zealand, but try them and let us know if that doesn’t work and we’ll help come up with another solution!
http://www.fountainbookstore.com/product/young-house-love-autographed
-John
Bella says
the snowballs bottom kinda looks like a smiley on the bottom with sherry signature :D
YoungHouseLove says
Haha!
xo,,
s
subha says
mhum!
I had placed an order for your book through flipkart, and was hoping to it by 14th nov. I just got a mail from them saying that my order has been cancelled because the book is not in stock at the various vendors. what do i do now? very badly wanted to get it.. may be i will have to wait for few more days and place the order later.
Subha
YoungHouseLove says
Oh no! So sorry! Maybe try again or check out amazon or a site called the book depository (they both sell it). Hope it helps!
xo,
s
Danielle says
Welcome to the Chi! I’m a little behind and haven’t had a chance to get your book yet. ( it’s on my Christmas list) I wish we were done with our house so you could stop in and crash in while you’re here. Again, I’m a little behind. You’re just going to have to write another book and come back :).
Carol says
What an incredible journey the two of you are having! You are both awesome!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Carol!
xo,
s
Hannah says
Wahoo! I love a good catch up-story post like these! Must have been so good to spend time with family, friends and acquaintances in amongst all the busyness.
Hope you’ve had a smooth flight and get some down time soon!
Korie Roberts says
Soooo unbelievably bummed that I couldn’t make it to the Boston signing…. Between work and weather, it was nearly impossible. Love, love, love your book….. I am by trade a pharmacy geek with little to no imagination or DIY skills, but even I can take on some of the projects in your book. You are as real and funny in it as you are on your blog…. And I love all the little Burger comments… Crack me up!!! Best of all I will be buying at least 2 more copies for Christmas presents… Win/win!!! All the best to you!!!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Korie, you’re so sweet!
xo,
s
Susan says
This may be a stupid question, but what is the outside cover of your book supposed to be like? I got mine today from Amazon and it is very matte paper and doesn’t look as white as the ones in your picture. The pages on this inside are more glossy than the cover. Do not want to sound like a complainer, just wondering if it is correct.
Thanks!
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yes it’s a matte cover. They did that to keep the price down for you guys :)
xo,
s
Natalie says
HOTEL BOOKED!!!
Dallas bound,…
in my best “Breakfast Club” reference voice….
“I’ll see you Petersiks, NEXT SATURDAY…”
Book arrived from Amazon today, and I was just completely giddy and starstruck… SO PROUD OF YOU GUYS, Book.Is.AWESOME.
been following the blog since the early “This Young House” days….
simply can’t wait to see y’all.
love,Love,LOVE,
Natalie in OKlahoma
p.s. My husband has already informed me that you won’t recognize me, LOL, and I told him, “ummm…. how many ‘Natalie’s in OKlahoma’ do you think there are??? ”
spoiler alert… I’ll probably be the one in Dallas CRYING, kinda like the first time I saw New Kids on the Block in 1989…. The one in Dallas completely startstruck, it’ll be this girl right here. :)
YoungHouseLove says
Hahaha you’re so sweet! So excited to see you!!!!! I might cry too.
xo,
s
Linda says
You two deserve every bit of success and good fortune that comes your way. It was great to meet you at West Elm in Chicago. Thank you so much for making it a great day (and hello to #s 1-11 in line – it was great to meet you as well!)
YoungHouseLove says
Aw you’re so sweet Linda! Thanks for coming out!!
xo,
s
Michelle N says
Just RSVP for Houston! What What!!! Can’t wait so excited!!
Bonnie says
ARGH! This CT Blogger missed out on two of your events! Was still without power on your visit in Wilton, and got stranded on the highway on the way to Boston! Hoping that your book tour brings you back this way…and under better conditions! Come back to CT!
YoungHouseLove says
Oh no Bonnie! You’re so sweet! We appreciate you so much for trying to come and totally understand why you couldn’t make it! Hope you love love love the book- and we’d love to come back to CT sometime!
xo
s
Sally says
Sherry & John, I just ordered your book on amazon.ca and I CAN. NOT. WAIT. They are shipping to me on Monday, OMG I am so excited !!!!!!!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Sally!
xo
s
Michelle says
So sad I missed you in CT! Darn work. Hope you come around again soon. I bought your book on amazon!
Jennifer Fogerty-Gibson says
I have just voraciously read through your book. I got it on Monday (thanks to Amazon Prime/pre-order!) and I just loved it. I especially loved the personal stories. My favorite bit was of the two of you in your youth bedrooms and Sherry’s winking jeans. You two crack me up. I am also incredibly inspired and am so grateful that you’re out there in blog land showing me what works and what doesn’t! I can’t wait to see you in Portland, OR. I’ll be keeping my eyes on where you’ll be doing the signing! I might even bring a ceramic bird for Sherry to sign. :0)
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks so much Jennifer! So glad you love the book and we can’t wait to meet you!
xo
s
Laura says
Can I say here what I was too start struck to say today in Chicago?? Thanks so much for doing what you do. You both have such an incredible energy, and I was amazed to find that you really do have that gregarious energy in person, even after signing books for 3 1/2 hours! Your blog kept me sane my first 2 years of teaching as I needed a place to decompress and not “be a teacher” for a few minutes at the end of each day. Sorry I was a dork and didn’t introduce my baby (bad mom!). You two are great. Next phase I see is a line of ceramic animals designed by Sherry in partnership with Jonathan Adler or Nate Berkus. :) Best of luck to both of you!
YoungHouseLove says
Hahahahaha, you’re so sweet! We had so much fun in Chicago! You guys are all so friendly and kind, even after waiting in that long line- we were thrilled to meet each one of you! Thanks for coming out and for waiting!
xoxo
s (& the fam)
Emma says
Wow! Happy trails kids. Traveling is a pain but you have such a GREAT reason to travel. I was actually running around your fair city this morning in the half-marathon. What a pretty place! Serious runners in Richmond too (Richmond Road Runners Club). All of the neighborhoods along the route came out and cheered. Such a friendly city :)
YoungHouseLove says
Aw so glad, we love it here! SO glad you got to experience it! Hope you had a great run.
xo
s
Christen says
I know you guys get gushing comments all the time, but I just have to add one more… I just bought your book, and it is fabulous!! Seriously, great job, you two! I love that you have so many new projects and pictures that the blog readers have not seen. I’m a Richmond girl too, and will definitely be scouring some of the thrift shops you all used. My hope is to steal your cart idea since we’re hosting Thanksgiving this year and will need a place to put snacks and wine.
Anyhoo, just wanted to add the 3808982th comment to the mix about your book!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks so much Chrisen! So glad you’re enjoying it!
xo
s
Dannyelle @ www.lifeisaparty.ca says
I’m so excited to meet you in Toronto! My new goal in life is to bring sufficient weird gifts and props to get a shout out in your next book tour post. See you soon!
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, it’s on!
xo,
s
Bonnie @ the pin junkie says
I got your book for my birthday on Friday! I can’t wait to read it and try out some of the great ideas! I wish I lived in your part of the country so I could attend a book signing and meet you to say hello and how much I love your blog!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Bonnie!
xo,
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Hannah says
Hi! I couldn’t make it into Boston, but my sister went for me without my knowing, and waited in line for a few hours to get a signed book for me! She was the adorable brunette who got a picture of you guys making an “H” for Hannah. =) She said you were both super nice and surprisingly peppy considering how long you were there and all the people you saw! She is now a follower of your blog, and I now have my signed book! Thank you!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw, she’s so sweet!! So nice to meet her!
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Sarah C. says
I was so so sad to have missed you in my state, MA, but I am happy you had a great turn out. I absolutely love the book and tried one of the (easier) projects. It looks great & I already got a compliment. Hopefully on your next book tour (I think a future holiday decor and project book would be awesome), I will be available to come.
Thanks again for a great and practical/doable DIY book!
Sarah
YoungHouseLove says
Wahoo! I’d love to see the photo of your project! Feel free to post it on our Facebook page!
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Divina says
My husband and I rushed out of the house the minute we got power on Friday only to arrive at Bookends right after you guys left. I was so disappointed to meet you but I hope you had a great time!
YoungHouseLove says
Oh no Divina! So sorry to have missed you!
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Sue says
Hey guys! I just bought your book today at Barnes & Noble in Pittsburgh! I wanted my daughter-in-law to catch your book signing in Boston,but she couldn’t make it. I’ll never remember exactly how I came upon your blog, but I really enjoy it ( and your writing styles). Good luck on the rest of your whirlwind tour!
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks so much Sue! It’s so surreal!
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Kristin says
Hey Sherry!
Y’all look like you’re having so much fun! I have one question, where did you get that GOLD tote-bag that is pictured with a tired John at the airport. Would love to get one! Thanks!
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks! It’s from TJ Maxx (by Michael Kors). Hope it helps!
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Frances says
All I can say is thank goodness they reschedules the FLOR one for NYC! I live in the Rockaways section of NYC and we are STILL without power or gas! The one thing I had been looking forward too was dragging my husband to your event and I thought I had missed it!
YoungHouseLove says
Oh no! Hope it comes back soon! We can’t wait to come out there and see you guys!
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Chris says
Just saw the book in person at our Chapters/Indigo in Alberta Canada…It wasn’t out yet and I saw it buy the counter as I went to pay for some things and I was like, “screech – Young House Love – it’s here”…the clerk goes, what?! Anyway, suffice to say I CANNOT wait to find it under my tree and spend some wonderfuly holiday time on it…keep up the good work!!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Chris!
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Michelle @ AM Dolce Vita says
I wish I was able to go to the signing event tomorrow at West Elm here in Toronto. Sniff-sniff :) I just wrote about the YHL book on my blog, and it’s now looking really pretty on my coffee table. Thank you both for such a wonderful book.
YoungHouseLove says
Aw you’re so sweet Michelle! Thanks!
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Bethany Fisackerly says
Hey Sherry, I think you should ask for this as a Christmas present: http://www.zgallerie.com/p-9082-honeycomb-jewelry-box.aspx. I know you love your current system, but I thought of you as soon as I saw this!
YoungHouseLove says
So pretty!
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Christina @ Floridays Mom says
i was just reading the blog from Christina at http://www.Homemadeocean.com who was first in line to meet you guys in Chicago….she was GLEEMING with excitement. It must be so flattering to read another person’s blog post about meeting you all, says a lot about you two and what you have accomplished. Hoping you guys add Orlando to the list so I can get the opportunity as well.
YoungHouseLove says
It was absolutely amazing and mind-blowing. We still kind of thing this is all happening in our mind. Hahah. It can’t be real!
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