…. ready for his blogging debut!

This weekend had my good friends Lenore and her husband Daniel visiting the Metro-DC area for a book signing at Hooray for Books.

In case you weren’t aware Daniel is the artist behind the illustrative masterpiece Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten [order it!!] authored by Audrey Vernick.  Today I was lucky enough to attend the book signing to pick up a personally illustrated and autographed copy that I’m excited to add to my collection.

Look!  Buffalo is blogging!

How cool is that?  Cool right?

Huh, not cool enough?

How about Daniel in a buffalo cap?

Yup, now *that* is definitely cool!

I really enjoyed being able to spend time with a few of my local friends (Swapna, Jenn, Deb) as well as Lenore and Daniel as he signed and personalized my book along with Audrey before she read the book aloud.

Did I mention that I walked away from the store with more than the awesome Buffalo book?  Because, you all know me, impossible to go into a bookstore without coming back out with an armful of books.  I also picked up Oh.My.Gods and The Dairy Queen for Shelby — great big thanks to everyone who has continued to give me awesome suggestions — and Bruiser for myself.

But, really, the best part of the weekend was being able to spend quality time with friends I don’t get to see often enough.  It was fabulous time spent!