Flora June's Room & My Book Tour Starts Today!
Waving hello from New York City! I’m writing from a hotel on the Lower East Side. It’s a sunny day and the pigeons are visiting my windowsill. I’m so happy to be here. I arrived less than 24 hours ago and so far: I have had several Alt Summit meetings, an interview with the Boston Globe, an appointment to get my nails painted (I matched the color to the red on my book cover!), and I attended a really lovely soirée that my sister, Jordan Ferney, hosted at her gorgeous loft in Soho (Jordan matched the flowers to my book cover too!).
It was so wonderful to see old friends and meet new ones. Such a pleasure — so many smart, interesting, talented, amazing women. I feel super grateful to Jordan for putting it together.
And today? Well, the first book tour event is this evening! It’s really happening!! Will you be joining me at any of the events? I would love to meet you.
Book Tour Info — Cities, Dates, Conversation Partners and Event Links
March 1st – NEW YORK CITY
7pm at P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts
180 Orchard Street New York, NY 10002
In conversation with CBS anchor Tony Dokoupil!
Click here for NYC event tickets.
March 2nd – WASHINGTON D.C.
7pm at Sixth & I
600 I St NW, Washington, DC 20001
In conversation with writer and activist Charlotte Clymer!
Click here for DC event tickets.
March 7th – BOSTON
7pm at Porter Square Books: Boston Edition
50 Liberty Dr. Boston, MA 02210
In conversation with neuroscientist turned multi-media creative Dr. Christine Koh!
Click here for Boston event tickets.
March 9th – SAN FRANCISCO
6PM at Book Passage at the Ferry Building
One Ferry Building 42, San Francisco, CA 94111
In conversation with artist and author Carissa Potter Carlson!
Click here for SF event tickets.
March 12-15th – PALM SPRINGS
At the Alt Summit conference, Saguaro Hotel
1800 E Palm Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92264
I’ll be speaking at the conference and doing a book signing.
Click for conference tickets.
March 16th – LOS ANGELES
7pm at Second Home
1370 N St Andrews Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90028
In conversation with writer and podcaster Caissie St. Onge!
Click here for LA event tickets.
Flora June’s Room
The last project I finished before I left for the book tour was Flora June’s room. I got through the list of projects and details (making a bedside lamp, hanging the curtains, painting a little cupboard above her desk, sewing the canopy topper, etc.), and then we did a big photo shoot this last weekend.
I love how the room turned out! It’s one of my favorite spaces I’ve ever put together. And more importantly: Flora June seems to like it too. : )
I wrote a full blog post with 25 images from the photoshoot, plus another 20 images of the room “in process” so you can see what the progress was like. We tried really hard to reuse items we already had, and to buy used or second-hand wherever we could — I share all those details in the post as well. (If you prefer Instagram to blog posts, I shared similar details in this highlight.)
There’s so much I love about the room, but the wallpaper is definitely one highlight — it really is the star of the show decor-wise in the images. The pattern is called Atacama, and it’s from Farrow & Ball (it comes in four different colors).
That’s all for now. I hope you are having a wonderful week. Feel free to comment on anything I mentioned above, or whatever’s on your mind.
kisses,
Gabrielle
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After reading your book, it occurred to me that you should do a TED talk on Ejaculate Responsibly.
Enjoy your book tour x