Wednesday, October 21, 2009
"World" "Domination" Tour Back on Track!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
The events will be set up the same as before, meaning there will be free cake provided by local bakeries, a fun slide show hosted by yours truly and John, a Q&A time, and of course the Wreckplica contest, complete with fabulous prizes.
To help us know how much cake and space we'll need, please RSVP if you think you'll be able to attend by clicking on the appropriate city name below.
Thanks, and see some of you soon!
Kansas City
(technically Overland Park, KS)
Barnes & Noble
Monday, Nov 2nd, 6PM
New York
(Greenwich Village)
Barnes & Noble
Tuesday, Nov 3rd, 7:30PM
Bethesda, MD
Barnes & Noble
Thursday, Nov 5th, 7PM
Boston, MA
(Framingham)
Barnes & Noble
Sunday, Nov 8th, 2PM
Atlanta, GA
(Buckhead)
Barnes & Noble
Monday, Nov 9th, 7PM
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Yay!! See you soon. I already RSVP'd
Any other possible cities??? Would love to see you somewhere in MI!!!
Yay! You can't keep a good couple down! LOL! I'm glad the tour is back on. Will it now include a picture of John's bonked noggin? ;o)
I hope you get a great turn out.
Ooohhh, please add Cleveland, please add Cleveland, please o please o please!
Oh my gosh...that picture cracks me up. Still no Phoenix, huh?
:( Maybe next time.
Framingham?! *sad face*
I wish you would do something in Idaho. We haven't been able to come to any of them...too far away.
Great new tour logo! Ouch! :)
no SLC???? really?? i suppose you can't go to EVERY city...*sigh*
Framingham... so close, yet still so far. But, thanks for thinking of Boston! Glad you both have your health back. :)
Well, phooey. The Atlanta date falls during my trip to Disneyworld, so I will miss my chance at the wreckplica contest. The signing will be loads of fun, I'm sure, but not quite a tradeoff for 10 days at Disney. Close, but not quite. :)
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!
You're coming to Buckhead! :D
Will be driving from NH down to Framingham to see you! So excited!
when are you coming to Idaho?!?
Please oh please come to Fargo! or at least Minneapolis, that's doable right? :)
I would love to see you in VA sometime! MD is pretty close. Good luck on this go 'round!
What about Philly? Sniff....
Woohoo! Boston! I'll have to check with hubby, but hopefully I'll be getting in my RSVP soon! :)
Next time, can we get a Kentucky/Ohio/Tennessee visit? Atlanta's just a little far, as is KC.
Glad to see that you're back on track, though!
OI! How about coming out to the Mid West-specifically, the Twin Cities in Minnesota..
Please, please have a flu shot, a tetnus shot, a shot-for-infected-lungs shot and so on...stay healthy Jon!
Please, please, PLEASE come to London at some point to kick off your world domination tour... I can't promise an amazing mini-wreck, but I can promise that I'll be laughing really hard!
any chance of a Northern California visit anytime soon? San Francisco would be close enough for me.
We in Salt Lake are still sad you aren't stopping here! People here are crazy cake decorators, so you would be loved and appreciated!
Yay! You added Boston! =)
Durnit, I'm flying to NYC on Nov 3 missing you by one day! At least I got to see you in Seattle!
Please, please, please add CLEVELAND to your list of cities!! Pretty please!?!?!?
MAN, I wish the KC date wasn't a weekday or I would be there in a heartbeat. That is a great little Barnes and Noble. Hope everybody has fun.
Do you think you'll ever be in New Mexico? We'd love to have you in Albuquerque! :-)
Well crapola, I missed the Dallas date. Any chance of coming back to the North Texas area?
Any chance you will be coming to SLC?
oh YAY!!!! I'll be there in KC. (Technically Overland Park) lol
LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA!
YAY! Glad you're both healthy. I hope you come to Southern California soon!
Phoenix! Phoenix! Phoenix!
Come to Saint Louis! I got all my friends hooked on your website!
May I suggest Los Angeles?
yay! the tour coincides with when I am in NYC!!
When can we get THAT logo on a t-shirt?
Will you be signing copies of your book? I need to know whether to bring it along with me or not. I can't wait!
what about philadelphia? or pennsylvania for that matter???
:(
Love seeing the BN love! you should come to the one in Bellevue (WA). Why? cause I work there!
Seriously tho, would love to see you guys up in the Seattle area!
You can't really dominate the world if you don't come to Canada. There are tons of cake wrecks here just waiting for you.
You could start infiltrating in Niagara or Toronto!
What about Utah? Come west please!!
come to orange county, ca!
Seconding the Cleveland suggestion!
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Did the subliminal messaging get through yet? :) Because I love CW and want to see you come to Colorado Springs!!! I'll beg if I have to.
We will see you in Atlanta! There will probably be about 5 or 6 of us! Can't wait! Stay well :-)))
The vital question is- will there be t-shirts with the new logo?
*waits patiently*
Sob! No Space Station?!
Weep for zero gravity.
It, too, longs for cake.
Come to southwest Ohio. Pretty please???
Jen
Glad you're up & running again! Wish you'd come to Charlotte, NC - I'd love to get you to sign pg 112 for my parents (Dave & Phyllis). That would make a great Christmas gift!
How about stopping in St. Louis before you hit Kansas City, Jen? MacArthur's Bakery is great!
Dear Jen and John,
The following whine is brought to you without cheese due to my lactose sensitivity.
Aw, c'mon, you pass right over it! TN is totally part of the world.
Okay, fine. But go there anyway, okay?
Alright alright. No pressuring. I'm not going to...be up all in your face about it. I'm just not that kind of person. I'm too short anyway. But I won't be up all in your chin about it either.
*huff*
I hope your trip from Boston to Atlanta is bor--fun. I hope it's very fun.
(IloveyouIreallydo)
Sincerely,
Green
W.V. garces: as in with your good garces you'll come here some day.
MINNESOTA
We'd love to see you!!!!!
please come for los angeles also....
Iowa, yes, certainly, IOWA. As in legal-gay-marriage Iowa. You have to show some Iowa lovin'.
C'mon! You know you want to visit your adoring fans out here in the wild west of Utah!
Come to PA!! I'll go to Pittsburgh to see ya!
Looking forward to it!
I promise, if you come to Hawaii, I'll make everyone on the island come see you! We never get anyone cool here. I'll buy y'all lunch! Thank about it. Hawaaaaaiiiii....
Kit.
GREENSBORO, NC!!! Where everything is BEAUTIFUL (ok not all the cakes though, trust me we have so wrecks:)!! COME TO GREENSBORO, NC!!! Please, Please, Please, Please!
What, still nothing here on the West coast? I'm sure you guys have lots of fans out here!
I feel so unloved... :(
Hawai'i loves you, too! Yeah, I know... long flight... *sigh*
I'm sad! Raleigh/Durham is right on the way to Atlanta!!! Or, you could swing by here afterwards. It's only a 8 hour drive.
Wanted to tell you that you were in the KC Star today! Hope to make it to the book tour next month.
A Massachusetts stop!!! Awesome! Can't wait! :D
I'm so excited! see you in Bethesda!
Cincinatti...Please We Love you
Ah maaan. KC is still on a Monday. I have classes that I can't skip. Now I'm gonna be sitting in class failing at paying attention. :(
Fellow KCers, have fun for me, K?
Wish you would make it out here to Idaho.
Come to Pittsburgh! Everybody's doing it!
So sad I'll miss the Bethesda date. Murphy's Law - it's less than a mile from my apartment, and I won't be able to be there. I hope my homies give you a wonderful reception!
Houston??? Puhleeze??? We love cakes..... we have bakers.... We love Princess Brides and Star Wars and Three Amigos... and YOU!
What about California????
I love your blog and your book and your humor. I wish I could go to a book signing, but I missed the one in San Fran which would have been the one closest to me.
However, at the risk of sounding like a bitch, I was born and raised in Massachusetts and Framingham is not Boston and is actually kind of far from Boston. So you should just say Framingham :)
I'm shocked and dismayed
at how underwater lairs
are not on the tour. . .
Anon 10:20,
First, Yup I know it's not Boston. It's 18 minutes from downtown and it's the best we could do.
That's about it.
john
I'll put down one more resquest for SLC Utah! And for that logo on a shirt.
Ooh, I had been planning on Atlanta, but I have a show that night :( I'll be there in spirit!
I'm so glad you and John are both better. You were in my thoughts!
If you're up to adding more tour dates somewhere in Wisconsin would be appreciated. :-D
Oh, Utah!!! I wish!!!
Oh I just wish ya'll would come to AZ.
You are unfortunately not coming anywhere close to me, so I will admire your tour from afar. But I just wanted to let you know I adore the new little logo. Carrot Jockey is pretty stellar with his arm sling and bandages.
Interesting. But I don't see LA. You know, I just thought of a great cake inscription:
"You Can't Spell 'Get Well Soon' Without L.A.!"
Oh poopie, I wanna join! When are you hitting Portland, Oregon?
It would so great if you added a potential few more dates in Pittsburgh PA!
Shame. No Canadian dates.
Maybe some day you'll come to Ohio. That would be awesome but we can all dream right?
Once again, NO Los Angeles date.
Do you know how many book-buying foodie blog readers are here in LA?
you're missing a MAJOR market, girl!
I'm still begging for a St Louis stop!! PLEASE!?! =)
Michelle said....what about Miami, could be BN, Books and Books, Borders!
PS. mean Miami in Florida not Ohio!
I RSVPd for Boston. Hey, it's an early birthday present for me. This year I will finally have someone give me cake for my special day. Hee hee!
Any thoughts of coming up to Canada?
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COME TO MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE!!!
Isn't it weird how a perfectly normal word looks strange when you type it out over and over again?
We love you!!!!
WooooooooooooooHoooooooooooooo!
BOSTON!
And at Barnes and Noble at that! :o)
I was so excited by the news, I signed up immediately and forgot to tell you how happy we are to be able to come see you both! I have a group that is coming and we would love to wear T-shirts with the new tour logo. Please, please, please?
Other than that, PLEASE take care of yourselves and stay healthy.
word verification: morral - The morral of this tour story is to keep trying, never give up, and NEVER SURRENDER!
-WM (in MA)
Garrr! still no Arizona?!? This is the perfect time of year to come out here!
Come to Des Moines!
yes!!!!! I'm so excited you're coming to Boston.
Please come to Detroit! If you both are feeling well, and there are no un-fore-seen injuries, oh course! I was trying to convince my family to drive 6 hours to Chicago, but somehow that didn't go over so well.
I love the new logo!
AMY!!!!!!
what the heck .. really? amy good luck seth!? that icing looks like poopie too. I wish you would have come to Toledo! or somewhere in Ohio/Michigan/Indiana. I would have come!!!!!!!! So sorry!! :( i would so make a wreckplica! I always talk about cakewrecks and my familys like "shut the hell up about that website! your on there too much!" lol
Cleveland Jen!! CLEVELAND!!! pleeease. you should add a tour date that includes 1 city of voter's choice. Set up a voting thing so we can nominate an extra stop!!! I HEART YOU!!!
Why won't you come to PHILLYYYY!!??
:(
Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Salt Lake! Or Boise! Don't neglect the mountain west!
All these tours in the US, what about the UK? I thought we had a 'special relationship'? Come on, we're only across the pond! And London loves cake wrecks. Pleeeeeaaassseee!
Yet another vote for L.A. Please come and visit The Big Orange!
Agh! I tried to RSVP for Framingham, but I use firefox and gmail , not IE or Outlook. Darn my forward thinking.
But I will be there, been following this blog to long not to be.
Yay!! You're coming to the Boston area. Boo!! You'll be way out in Framingham. We're going to try to make it; it would certainly be worth the drive.
I'm bummed that you're not coming to San Diego, but I'm glad the tour is back on track!
Gosh, I'm really impressed by all the votes for Utah and Idaho! Who knew there were so many of us snarky cake lovers out here? :)
Here's hoping Round Two treats you better!
Liz in SLC
Framingham! Yippee skippee -- well worth the drive, and it'll be *great* to see you.
Come to south Alabama!!!! (Mobile area )You would get a chance to see soooooo much wreckation. There's this lady at the local Bruno's who loves to make those ridiculous dog cup cakes that look more like a ragged old mop......Atlanta is just to far ma'am! Don't make me cry. Cuz I will. Not kidding.
*whine* Why no Michigan?! Come to the Mitten State!!!
...Please?.... Pretty please?
You know you want to! You KNOW you want to specifically come to the Metro Detroit area. *nodding head furiously*
Good luck with the tour, wish you could make it to blighty! ;-)
Im gonna have to sigh here... *sigh*... because as usual, New York's there and it's tiny, ignored neighbor, New Jersey, is not...
LOL, I'm not really that sad! I hope you have a TERRIFIC time!!!
Can't we PLEASE OH PLEASE have a book date in Raleigh, NC?
Drats! I wish I could make it to the one in Atlanta! Of course, if you NEEDED to add a date in Savannah...
Come to Nashville! :-)
What no stop in Bismarck ND? I do see someone also requested Fargo. Always enjoy your blog especially the Sunday Sweets.
http://in-the-fold.blogspot.com/2009/06/ace-of-cake.html
I agree with some of the other posters. It can't be a "world tour" without at least coming to Canada as well. And of course Calgary would be a great place to start. :)
I second a vote for NM.
Definitely think you should come to Canada - Toronto would be great!!!
Oh, man, SO FREAKING CLOSE to Louisiana! Come a liiiiitle closer!
What about Canada?!
How about NOLA? C'mon, you know you want to visit.
I like the logo ;) xx
Great news!