Date Night: Young House Love Book Signing Adventures
Most people’s idea of a date night would involve heading to a movie or going to a nice dinner. Don’t get us wrong, we definitely love both of these ideas, especially if the movie is the new James Bond movie! Ok, maybe Liz would prefer more of a romantic comedy but who’s to say James Bond isn’t romantic? I mean the ladies always seem to like him in the movies.
In addition to both of the before mentioned fine ideas for a date night, we also like to be creative and think a little bit outside the box when it comes to spending time together away from work. So when we heard that John and Sherry of Young House Love were coming to Georgetown as part of their book signing tour we knew it would be the perfect idea for a date night! We don’t get to venture down to Georgetown all that often just for fun so this would be the perfect reason. We ordered our copy of the Young House Love book (get your very own autographed copy here!), reserved our spots online for the Flor Book Signing event, and left early to head down to Georgetown. And thus began our quest to meet John and Sherry and to get our copy of the Young House Love book signed! :)
We arrived at 6:25 thinking we would be five minutes early and not have any trouble getting in. Ok, we actually left Baltimore well in advance but as is often the case, traffic was craaaaazy! We should have realized though that everyone else was also trying to get to the book signing too! :) At least we could catch a glimpse of Sherry and John in the window on the second floor of Flor.
The traffic dashed our hopes of finding a fun spot to grab some food before the signing but fortunately Captain Cookie came to the rescue! Flor was an AMAZING host and had arranged for Captain Cookie and his sidekick the Milkman to provide everyone standing in line with free cookies and hot beverages.
Mmmmmmm cookies! Cookies might just be my favorite treat! In fact, I actually had a cookie monster cake with a trash can full of cookies as my groomsmen cake for our wedding! Chocolate chunk and Peanut Butter are definitely at the top of my list!
Here is Liz doing her best to stay warm at the end of the line. You can’t tell from this picture but the line wrapped around the corner of the yellow building with the bicycle, down and around the block and then back up to the Flor building! I am not gonna lie, it was definitely a little chilly but it was totally fun and definitely worth it! Plus we met some AMAZING new friends that waited in line with us. Thanks Meg and Lucy for keeping us company! :)
Three and a half hours later and we could finally see the door. By this time they had sold out of books! AMAZING! It just goes to show you if you love something and work at it passionately, that you can truly succeed at anything you do in life! Congratulations Sherry and John for living big dreams and making it happen! You pretty much rock our socks off!
We made it inside and the heat was on! Ok, so I may have just had an 80’s flash back writing that! You know, “The Heat is On.”
Thanks Lucy and Meg for taking a picture of us while we posed with the Young House Love sign! :)
Now nearly four hours in, we finally made it to the top floor. Only a few more people before our mission was complete! We definitely were not alone, even Miss Washington DC was there to have her book signed! Side note, it is amazing how a crowd draws attention. Throughout the night we had dozens of people walk by and ask us why we were in line. It kind of felt like we were waiting in line for the next iPhone but better!
Finally we had made it. Thankfully we had purchased a book in advance.
I think Liz is probably asking Sherry where we can find some reclaimed wood for our next DIY project, or maybe she just wanted another cookie! :)
Thanks Sherry and John for being so excited and happy to meet us! Your enthusiasm was AMAZING especially after signing books for four hours! We hope you are doing something relaxing today, you deserve it!
Wahoo! Mission accomplished, we got our book signed and we met two people that are on our Hollywood Squares list of AMAZING People. More on that in another post! Cheers to living your dreams, making things happen, and living an AMAZING life!
Now we just need to work on finishing our guest bedroom!