Tagged: travel

It’s Official: The Mad Reviewer is Attending BEA 2015!

I’m so excited that I feel like bouncing up and down like I’m three years old once again.  I’ve managed to put away enough money that I can say with 95% certainty that I will be attending Book Expo America in New York in May 2015!  I’m planning on attending the Bloggers Conference for the first day and then meandering around the convention for the second and third days.  There will be meet-ups (hopefully) with any of you that want to meet in the flesh and I’ll also be taking a little time to actually experience New York.  I desperately want to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and watch either (or both) tapings for Last Week Tonight and The Daily Show.

Are any of you guys attending BEA 2015?  If not, would you ever attend a convention like that?  Why or why not?

Post-Vacation Round Up

Yes, I know I’ve been horribly off-topic lately what with the blog awards and such, but since my photo/vacation posts seem to be popular I’ll stay off-topic for another day.  As you may or may not know, I was in Costa Rica for two weeks on the Pacific side of the country.  And because Andy begged me, here is a picture of the first excursion I did: ziplining.

ZipliningYes, I had an awesome time.  11 lines through a beautiful rainforest…what more could you ask for in an excursion?  In addition to that, I met my match when it came to certain female competition: Continue reading