Monday, April 20, 2015

LA Festival of Books/Kate Mulgrew/ROW80

This weekend marked Los Angeles' 20th Festival of Books weekend.
 
It was a beautiful day in LA!
 

The jacarandas were in bloom all over the USC campus:


The Festival was full of book tents, and many authors spoke at panels and signed books.

 

Some of the fun interactive areas of the Festival included:

A collaborative Crossword Puzzle (we actually finished the whole thing!):

A Mad-Libs tent:


A reading tent, complete with comfy couches:


Other memorable spots:

An interactive festival Banner:

A booth offering Jane Austen tours around Europe:


 
Another highlight was the Library Store, a museum store on wheels.  Museum stores always have such fun, unique items!

 

All in all, it was a lovely, albeit exhausting, day.


Close-ups of my new buttons:
 
  
And as a final bonus...My friend pointed out that I was standing a yard from where Kate Mulgrew was signing her memoir!  She did a Q & A later in the afternoon.  She was as gracious with her fans as always, and answered questions about her roles at Captain Janeway and Red.  It was very exciting to see her in person!

 




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I'll finish up with a quick ROW80 update:
 
 
APRIL - JUNE 2015 ROW80 GOALS
[X] 1) Do something creative: 5x a week.
[X] 2) Stretch, exercise, or get outside: 5x a week.
[   ] 3) Do something towards a futuristic goal: 2x a week.
[91/100] 4) Hit 100th blog post for the blog's 2-year marker on May 3rd!
 
Creativity, exercise/outdoor time are mostly on track.  And I think I will make the 100 post goal! Futuristic goals are seeing less progress.  Work is picking up, and I am often quite tired.  We shall have to see.
 
My sketch series featuring a Little Hedgehog & the ABCs starts tonight!
 
Good luck with your own ROW80 goals!


2 comments:

  1. That looked to be an incredible day at the Book Festival... Mind if I bask in the event through you some. :-D

    Looks as if you're mostly on track there... we all drop things once in a while as we focus on different areas of development. Maybe the future isn't where it's at right now. You'll get there.

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    1. Thank you for the kind words. One's area of focus is always morphing, and that can be interesting and fun. Although "the future" does kind of loom...

      The Book Fair was fun, and a bit overwhelming. Too many book tents to browse at! It made for a nice change of pace.

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