Category Archives: Travels

It’s picture day.

What follows are a series of photos that I have been promising people for MONTHS that I would put up on my blog, and have just now gotten around to it because I am a failure of a human being. … Continue reading

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Slapdash Road Trip Book Tour, Day 15: Syracuse, NY –> Boston, MA

It…is…finished. Here’s what you need to know about this, the last day of my trip: -The car felt really empty without my sister along with me. There was no one to listen to my crap or get the EZ-Pass out … Continue reading

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Slapdash Road Trip Book Tour, Day 14: Baltimore, MD –> Syracuse, NY

Okay, I’ll admit it: we got a little loopy. On the last day Lisa and I would be together in the car, things just devolved and devolved until we had to fix the problem with a run-through sing-a-long of the … Continue reading

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Slapdash Road Trip Book Tour, Day 13: Asheville, NC –> Baltimore, MD

That’s a long way, right there. I didn’t originally plan on covering so much ground in one day, but then I realized that attempting to drive through Washington, DC and on to Baltimore during rush hour might be only slightly … Continue reading

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Slapdash Road Trip Book Tour, Day 12: Birmingham, AL –> Asheville, NC

On to Atlanta! Or, rather, the outskirts of Atlanta. Those seven-lane highways in the city kind of scared us, so we headed to the Mall of Georgia to meet up with a fan and sign a fat stack of books. … Continue reading

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Slapdash Road Trip Book Tour, Day 11: New Orleans, LA –> Birmingham, AL

This day started out with two school visits in New Orleans, at L.W. Higgins High School and Patrick F. Taylor Science and Technology Academy (photos forthcoming). BOTH involved students making some amazing banners to herald my arrival, and BOTH were … Continue reading

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