![]() ![]() Some shops are owned by real life friends of mine, some have gifted me products over the years that I love and some I discovered this year, particularly as I was searching for more Black owned businesses to support. With that in mind, I’d like to highlight a few of my favorite small businesses to shop for the holidays. Little Miss Lovely Floral Design & Event Decorating - Ocean City, Maryland Wedding Florist - Unique, one-of-a-kind floral arrangements for weddings. You can purchase my book or shop the Strand here.įull disclosure- there has been some controversy about how The Strand spent their PPE money, so please take this shout-out as a call to action to help the local shops in your neighborhood and other struggling small businesses. You can help your local book shops by buying from most of them online. The Strand and other shops in NYC have reached out to their patrons for help to keep their businesses afloat during these unprecedented times when foot traffic is so low. The Strand had given me the opportunity to succeed in NYC and my people had showed up. So that night, when I looked out into that crowd of both familiar and unfamiliar faces, holding my book up high, it was with the hugest sense of gratitude. I feared I would be speaking to an empty audience, and then on top of that, have to pay a huge bill to underline my failure. Some of us even had to change into sneakers so we didnt miss. A bunch of my friends had called to cancel throughout the day and I began to fear that Barnes and Noble was right. After dinner and speeches, guests spent the rest of the night dancing and laughing the night away. I remember being so nervous walking there that night. ![]() I agreed, knowing that I would have to buy all those books myself if nobody showed. The catch was that I had to guarantee I would sell a certain number of books. My publisher thought that was an even bigger long shot, but based on me being from the neighborhood, they agreed to do it. We're all about big moments in intimate settings, or as we like to say 'big events, small spaces'. The Strand is a beloved NYC landmark in the East Village and I’ve been buying books there most of my life. We're all about big moments in intimate settings, or as we like to say 'big events, small spaces'. I was sad about it and asked if she would call the Strand. A little dose of party fun to break up those boring work emails. My publisher told me that only “big names” get to do a NYC stop, because people don’t show up in Manhattan otherwise. They would only book my New York stop on Long Island. Still, I will look back at this moment as one of my finest.īack when I was planning my book tour, Barnes and Noble wouldn’t book me in NYC. My book did fine, but was not a life changing success story by any means. This was my view from the podium at the Strand the first stop on my book tour in 2016. ![]()
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