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Fifth Day in New York with Jeaux!

Oct 16, 2022swankivy2022, Vacationsace, amin, bes, books, deepa, food, ivy, jeaux, new york

Our fifth day in the city included Strand indie bookstore (where Jeaux found a copy of my book on the shelf!), coffee with my coworker Deepa, pizza with my friend Amin, and a rooftop dinner at Peak (where we also got to go out onto the Edge), and a New York cheesecake for Jeaux from Ferrara’s!

Outside Strand

Inside Strand

My book at Strand

My book on the shelf at Strand

Coffee with Deepa

Meeting Amin at Marta

Jeaux at Peak

Ivy at Peak

My daiquiri at Peak

Jeaux & Ivy at Peak

View at Peak

Strawberry Daiquiri at Peak

Farm Egg at Peak

Squash at Peak

Ferro at Peak

At the Edge

At the Edge

At the Edge

At the Edge

At the Edge

At the Edge

At the Edge

Jeaux’s NY cheesecake

Cookie in a hoodie

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Fourth day in New York with Jeaux!

Oct 15, 2022swankivy2022, Vacationscoffee, food, ice cream, ivy, jeaux, new york

Jeaux and I spent our fourth day in the city seeing a Broadway show (A Strange Loop), eating dinner on a rooftop (Haven), going shopping (Nintendo store and Midtown Comics), and getting frozen yogurt (Sixteen Handles)!

Subway goers

Seeing A Strange Loop

A Strange Loop

Coffee while waiting for Haven

Dinner at Haven with Jeaux

Dinner at Haven with Jeaux

With Pikachu at Nintendo Store

With Link at Nintendo Store

Pipe at Nintendo Store

Midtown Comics

Frozen yogurt at 16 Handles

Third day in New York City with Jeaux!

Oct 14, 2022swankivy2022, Vacationsfood, ivy, jeaux, new york

On our third day in New York City, Jeaux and I rode the Subway, went to the Museum of Natural History, and watched comedy at the Comedy Cellar!

Jeaux’s first subway ride in NYC

Rocks!

Planetarium!

Rocks!

Trilobites!

Bones!

Lucy!

Early sculptures

Meteorites

Jeaux with moon rocks

Ivy with Amethyst geode

Garnets!

BIG GARNET

Dinos!

Dinos!

Dinos!

Jeaux taking a picture of a dino

Dinos!

Dinos!

Dinos!

Dinos!

Dinos!

Dinos!

Dinos!

Dinos!

Dinos!

Dinos!

Comedy Cellar with Jeaux

Second day in New York City!

Oct 13, 2022swankivy2022, Vacationselisa, family, food, ivy, jeaux, new york

On our second day in New York City, Jeaux and I met up with my Aunt Elisa for lunch, went to the Late Show with Colbert, and ate at Yard House.

Jeaux enjoying She-Hulk

Egg Cream

Lulav Shaking with Aunt Elisa!

Times Square with Jeaux!

Waiting in line at Colbert!

Late Show armband!

Colbert audience!

Burgers at Yard House

First day in New York City with Jeaux!

Oct 12, 2022swankivy2022, Vacationsfood, friends, ivy, jeaux, new york

On my first day in New York City, we flew from Tampa, ate some melts, went to an art store, saw the night lights, ate some bowls, and hung out in our hotel!

Airport Selfie

Airplane Selfie

Melt Shop

Jeaux the painter

Ivy in Blick by Copics

New York Night Lights

Bowls from Just Salad

Hotel Chill

Lambda Awards (Fifth Day in New York for the Lambdas)

Jun 1, 2015swankivy2015, Appearances, Vacationsfriends, ivy, john, new york

Official picture of me on the red carpet at the Lambda Awards. I was nominated for LGBT Nonfiction but did not win!

Red Carpet – Lambda Awards

With John at the after-party, in weird light.

Lammy After-Party with John

With John at the after-party.

Lammys After Party

Fourth Day in New York for the Lambdas

May 30, 2015swankivy2015, Gatherings, Vacationsfriends, ivy, john, mike j, new york

Hanging out with John before his birthday party.

At John’s birthday

Hanging out with John’s friend Mike, who was really fun to talk to.

Mike, John’s friend

This is Mike’s photo of me.

Party Photos

I’m very social at parties, not.

Social at Parties

Met my agent for brunch (Third day in New York for the Lambdas)

May 29, 2015swankivy2015, Selfies, Vacationsandrea, ivy, new york, writing

I met with my agent Andrea for brunch and we had some really nice food and great conversation.

Me & Andrea, my agent

Second day in New York for the Lambdas

May 28, 2015swankivy2015, Vacationscoffee, dad, elisa, family, food, friends, ivy, natalka, new york, writing

I had a really good coffee at Argo while waiting for one of my writer friends to show up for hangout time.

Good coffee at Argo

There she is! Natalka and me in the park. We had a lot of fun talking publishing and writing stuff.

Me & Natalka, PW Mentee

I met my aunt and my dad for dinner at Mercato before we went to a showing of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder.

Dad & Aunt Elisa, Italian food

An iced latte before seeing a Broadway show.

Iced latte before Broadway

Hanging out with Dad after seeing A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder on Broadway.

Me & Dad after a show

First day in New York for the Lambdas

May 27, 2015swankivy2015, Appearances, Selfies, Vacationsivy, new york, writing

Yay New York! I was invited to stay at John’s place for my NYC vacation.

At John’s

Me getting my medal with spokesmodels at the IPPY Awards.

IPPY Awards

Here’s me with two book award medals I won: gold in the LGBT category for the Next Generation Indie Awards and silver in Sexuality/Relationships at the IPPY awards.

Two medals