UPDATE: This post isn’t updated with recent tour info, so click here to see our official regularly-updated tour page.
It’s heeeeeere. That fateful day when we finally get to reveal the finalized tour dates for our book, fresh from our publisher’s mouth (er, email).
A few things to note are:
1. If it were humanly possible we would parasail/glacier climb/spelunk to every last crevice of the globe to thank each one of you personally for reading our blog. But given all the factors that go into planning and executing one of these things, we’re extremely grateful to be able to slide through all of the places they’ve scheduled us – especially since this was originally going to be a much smaller tour.
2. For anyone who’s bummed that we won’t in their city, we actually have a mac daddy giveaway planned for this coming Monday (why yes it does include flying one lucky winner and a friend to Richmond for the November 8th signing… amongst other awesome things like delicious meals and shopping sprees). Photo courtesy of the Richmond Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau.
3. There’s always the possibility that our tour could be extended again down the line (depending on how things go, more dates could be added). Heck, our Austin stop wasn’t even initially planned but pre-orders at BookPeople were so popular that they invited us out. Thanks people of Austin! So to anyone in a city that isn’t on the tour, you know we’ll keep you posted the second anything changes, which is definitely a possibility (ex: there’s talk of coming to the ATL area in Feb).
4. As for the blog while we’re away, we’re sure it’ll be a bit of a juggling act but we’re dedicated as always to keeping things fun around here. So we’ve squeezed in some extra projects (surprise!) that we’ll be unveiling while we’re touring. We’ve also lined up a pretty darn amazing gaggle of house crashings (check out a few sneak peeks below). Speaking of which… if you have an awesome casa in one of the cities that we’ll be visiting, please email us photos so we can possibly crash your house! And of course there will be window shopping and other travel adventures as well as some ridiculous/dorky video footage of some of our events/stops/flights, etc – you know we like to virtually take you guys with us wherever we go…
5. Clara and Burger will travel with us for some parts of the tour and will stay back with the grandparents for other more intense legs. They don’t exactly love planes, unfamiliar rooms, and missing naps/bug-hunting adventures, so we’re trying to shield them from as much of the insanity as possible. Leaving them behind for some parts of the tour will no doubt make us a little sniffly (neither of us have ever spent a night away from Clara, and Burger even came on our honeymoon!) but we’ve gotta do the best thing for them, even if it’s the hard thing for us.
6. We just learned that the folks who are making this tour possible and hosting us at each destination (ex: independent book stores, West Elm, Flor, etc) love when you buy a book at the event for us to sign. So if you’ve pre-ordered one already and would like us to sign it, we’re happy to do that (and so grateful that you did!) but it would be awesome to show some love to the host for getting us out there by purchasing a book at the event for us to sign as well. With the holidays around the corner, maybe you can gift the one you got on pre-order? Or ebay it for $100 (what? our signature is only worth 40 cents?). Or just use it as a decorating prop while you read the other one, like so:
Fun fact about the shot above: that’s not actually our book. It’s called a “dummy copy” and it’s basically just our cover printed out and wrapped around a completely blank book since ours are still off in Indiana being printed (right here in the USA, baby). We’re supposed to get our first preview next week, which will surely make us squeal like the Chippettes. John included (he fancies himself a Jeannette – I’m totally an Eleanor).
Update #1: Some folks are worried that books won’t be available for us to sign if the tour stops in your city before the book officially comes out on the 6th. The good news is that there will be stacks of books being sold at every single event (both at independent book stores and places like Flor or West Elm). Yay! But I better start practicing my signature since it’s nothing but a messy squiggle that looks different every time… ack.
Update #2: We wish we had more control over what cities we were stopping at! It really is all about who invites us where. So it really has nothing to do with how big a city is, it’s all about if a certain vendor or bookstore works with the dates/times/etc. The great news is that it definitely sounds like the tour might get extended, so stay tuned for those details as soon as they’re finalized!
Now, for those looking for more details about our stop in each city – here’s a deeper breakdown of each event (note that some of ’em require an RSVP).
- CINCINNATI: Saturday, October 20, 10:00 A – Books by the Banks Festival, Duke Energy Convention Center. Talk, meet & greet, and signing. More details here.
- NEW YORK CITY: Thursday, November 1, 6:30 PM – FLOR, 142 Wooster Street; Book Party, Signing & Raffle (we’re unveiling and raffling an exclusive FLOR rug of our own design!) with wine, popcorn, cookies, and soda. More details here.
- WILTON, CT: Friday, November 2, 9:30 AM – Wilton Library, 137 Old Ridgefield Road. Talk & Signing. For details, call the event partner, Elm Street Books, at 203-762-3950.
- BOSTON: Wednesday, November 7, 6:00 PM -West Elm, 160 Brookline Avenue. Cookies, Cocoa + Crafting Ideas: A festive talk with signing and refreshments to follow. RSVP here.
- RICHMOND, VA: Thursday, November 8, 7:00 PM – R*Home for the Holidays at The Visual Arts Center of Richmond, 1812 West Main Street. Talk, Signing & Silent Auction: we’re offering up some of our favorite finished projects from the book to support the The School of Richmond Ballet. Wine & Hors d’hoeuvres will be served. Tickets here. Update: we’re working on a second Richmond event as well, details to come.
- CHICAGO: Saturday, November 10, 1:00 PM – West Elm, 1000 W North Avenue. Cookies, Cocoa + Crafting Ideas: A festive talk with signing and refreshments to follow. RSVP here.
- TORONTO: Monday, November 12, 6:00 PM – West Elm, 109 Atlantic Avenue. Cookies, Cocoa + Crafting Ideas: A festive talk with signing and refreshments to follow. RSVP here.
- MINNEAPOLIS: Wednesday, November 14, 6:00 PM – West Elm, 3879 Gallagher Drive, Edina, MN. Cookies, Cocoa + Crafting Ideas: A festive talk with signing and refreshments to follow. RSVP here.
- HOUSTON: Thursday, November 15, 6:00 PM – West Elm, 3910 Westheimer Road. Cookies, Cocoa + Crafting Ideas: A festive talk with signing and refreshments to follow. RSVP here.
- DALLAS: Saturday, November 17, 11:00 AM – West Elm, 5307 East Mockingbird Lane. Cookies, Cocoa + Crafting Ideas: A festive talk with signing and refreshments to follow. RSVP here.
- WASHINGTON, DC: Wednesday, November 28, 6:30 PM – FLOR, 1037 33rd Street NW. Book Party, Signing (we’re raffling an exclusive FLOR rug of our own design!) with wine, popcorn, cookies and soda. RSVP here.
- AUSTIN: Tuesday, January 8, 7:00 PM – BookPeople, 603 North Lamar Boulevard. Talk & Book Signing. To reserve your copy and RSVP, call 512-472-5050.
- MIAMI: Wednesday, January 9, Time TBD – Books & Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables. Talk & Book Signing. To reserve your copy and RSVP, call 305-442-4408.
- FORT LAUDERDALE: Thursday, January 10, Time TBD – Books & Books at the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, 1 East Las Olas Boulevard. Lunchtime Talk & Book Signing. To RSVP call (954) 262-0255.
- GRAND CAYMAN ISLANDS: Friday, January 11, Time TBD – Books & Books Grand Cayman, The Town Centre at Camana Bay, Grand Cayman. Talk & Book Signing. More info here.
- TACOMA, WA: Friday, January 25, 1:00 PM – Tacoma Home & Garden Show. Talk & Book Signing. More info here.
- PORTLAND: January date TBD, 6:00 PM – Rejuvenation, 1100 Southeast Grand Avenue. Talk & Book Signing. For more info call (503) 238-1900.
***Please come. And bring your friends/parents/ceramic animals. And be as awkward as possible. I’m telling you guys, no one will be more nervous and sweaty than me. No one.
UPDATE: This post isn’t updated with recent tour info, so click here to see our official regularly-updated tour page.
Emily says
Ahhh so excited for you guys! Can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of the book :) See you in Chicago!
-Emily
emilymarion says
AHHHHHHHHH! SO.EXCITED.
Whitney says
I was crossing my fingers for a Portland, ME date, no luck! Guess I know who will be skipping work and making the trek to Boston :)
Kathy Woodman says
And last, but not least – Portland, Oregon! Yay!!
Amy K says
OMG! I live in Kensington, CT, and my husband and I just spent the past year gutting and redoing our house.
Will you PLEASE come crash my house?! I promise to bake lots of goodies and our house is Clara and Burger friendly!
Come crash my house! *jumping up and down*
YoungHouseLove says
Wahoo! Email us with pics! Here’s hoping our schedule allows it!
xo,
s
Christine says
Hey Amy! What a small world! We are in Kensington, CT too. Blogging neighbors :)
casey d says
Please come to Philadelphia!!!! You have lot’s of fans here!
Samantha says
So, if I was headed out on a tour where I would have to sign my name tons of times, I would totally be practicing my signature. Have either of you taken to writing your name over and over in search of the “perfect”/”best”/”most time effective” signature?
YoungHouseLove says
Haha ugh. Mine is terrible. Just a scribble that changes every time. Ack, do I have to practice??
xo,
s
Patricia says
Yes you have to practice! You have to have a signature signature. Lol. I suck at signing my first name for some reason but my last name flows easily so I sign P. and my last name. Much better now. Lol
Mercedes says
Haha, I would definitely practice a bit. My handwriting is the worse, which in turn makes blogging so great! This is a time when being ambidextrous would come in handy!
Amy K says
Ok, I realize how insane I sound in the comment above.
Awwwkkkwwaaarrdddd.
*ahem*
But I still would love for you guys to come crash my house. :)
Katie says
CONNECTICUT! I cant believe we made the cut! Holla! Although… I’ll be seeing you at the Boston signing :)
Julie says
I just want to say that I eagerly await your posts daily and just love your blog and your family. As I hurriedly went to scribble down my date with you at West Elm in Chicago, I was so sad to find out that it was on a Saturday–I’m a nurse and I only work on the weekend! I will SO miss seeing you that day, but I might have to send my husband to get a book signed and spread some YHL love!
Cayla says
I can’t wait! As much as I hate driving into Dallas, this is TOTALLY worth it!! Ya’ll are brave, leaving you kids behind is tough. But you are right, she will be so much happier at home! What an awesome adventure:-)
Theresa says
So excited for you guys! Can’t wait until you post RSVP info for DC!
emily says
Add me to the list of super-fans who will be at the DC partaaaay!!! Can’t wait!
And if you do end up going to CA, San Francisco in particular, I’m going to *demand* that you crash my parents house. It’s a Vitorian built in 1905 (before the huge earthquake that wiped out the city) that they have owned for almost 30 years and have managed to modernize it to their liking but have kept a lot of the old details that make the house so fantastic. I would have to fly across the country to host the crash and freak out the whole time you were there. :)
Congratulations and I can’t wait for this adventure for you both!
YoungHouseLove says
Wow, sounds like an awesome house!
-John
Mrs Patty says
Both the Petersik’s and the Novogratz’s in Cinci for book signing on the same day equals- I will be there! So excited for you all!
YoungHouseLove says
We’re excited to meet them too! Their book is by our same publisher so it makes sense that they’d send us to the same place for a big event like this.
-John
Steph says
I can’t get mad at you guys for not having a stop near me, because I can’t imagine Sherry not picking a NJ stop if it were even up to you ;)! I am a little bummed there isn’t a NJ one (I live in South Jersey so the NYC one is too far!) or a Philly one. I’m a little embarrassed the book stores in Philly didn’t invite you guys!
Oh and I promise, if I were to come to a tour, I would take you up on the awkwardness challenge! I find it hard to believe that Antoine is more awkward that me.
Steph says
Ugh ‘anyone’, not Antoine. See, perfect example of my awkwardness right there.
YoungHouseLove says
Haha – you know if I had my way I’d have ten Jersey stops! With free bagels for everyone! NJ bagels = the best. And I’m telling you, I win the awkward award. Hands down.
xo
s
schmei says
This sounds completely exciting and totally exhausting. Is this what you’re doing in lieu of a major renovation over Christmas?
I hope I can make it!! Gotta figure out kid care…
YoungHouseLove says
Haha- probably!
xo
s
Amber Smith says
I’m coming to the Cincy signing (woop-woop!) but since that is before the book is released will there be books to buy then??
YoungHouseLove says
Yep, they’ll have some advance copies at the early events so have no fear!
-John
Amy Annette says
Aw man, if I wasn’t performing in a play on Nov. 7 in Boston, I would TOTALLY come see you guys! Sad times :( I’ll just have to be there in spirit, I guess!
YoungHouseLove says
Sorry we’ll miss you. Break a leg!
-John
Madeline says
WHAMMY! I was so excited about you guys coming to Chicago and your visit is on the ONE weekend I have to work in November! *head desk* Come back soon!!
Ashley says
Wohooo!! Signed up for Boston, can’t wait to see you guys :)
Vanessa says
May need to head out of work early on the seventh to see you in Boston. What do I bring? A soda shirt for John? An Eminem CD for Sherry? My two-year old son for a blind date with Clara? Sooooo excited…I hope I can make it!
YoungHouseLove says
Hahah!
xo,,
s
Sayward says
Soo, since you guys aren’t coming to NJ or PA, I guess I’ll just have to plan a Cayman vacation for the second week of January. Way more logical than driving to DC ;)
YoungHouseLove says
I agree! :)
-John
dana says
i almost crapped my pants when i saw that you were coming to wilton, ct! i grew up there and now have another reason to visit that day! so excited.
YoungHouseLove says
Woah. Glad that was an “almost”. :)
-John
Shanoah says
So incredibly excited to see a Toronto stop on your tour! Had no idea T.O. had a West Elm store – I’ve been living in the ‘burbs too long!
Nicole Marcella says
Just RSVP’d for NYC! :)
Mallory says
Wohoo! I will definitely be at the Richmond stop! I love that it’ll be at the visual arts center! Can’t wait :)
Megan says
Just put your Chicago date on my calendar. Count me in!!!
Kari says
SO EXCITED to meet you at my neighborhood West Elm in Chicago!! Let me know if you need any shopping or restaurant tips!
Kari says
Speaking of which, do you realize that the West Elm you will be visiting is only blocks from The Second City comedy club where so many SNL legends got their start? I’m sure John would enjoy going!
YoungHouseLove says
Ooh that’s fun!
xo
s
Megan says
Yeah – you are coming to Minneapolis! I am so excited. So here is an idea for you – Bring your ‘Dummy book’ on your book tour, and while you are signing other peoples books – have them sign yours… it would be a fun memory down the road.
YoungHouseLove says
We’ve been thinking about that too!
-John
meg shannon says
I rsvp-ed (?) For the west elm Minneapolis date! can’t wait!
Josh K says
Make sure you visit Goose Island while you’re here in Chicago…you’ll be right there. (They make some of the best root beer out there)
Anne says
YAY! So glad you are making it to Minneapolis! I’ll be there–to congratulate you on the fabulous new book! :)
Christine says
So excited you’re coming to the Windy City!! And to West Elm too! Perhaps I’ll be bringing home a book and some new West Elm goodies (shhh, don’t tell hubby, lol!)
Carolyn says
SO pumped you guys are making a stop in Toronto! Seriously. I have already called the bf and requested he leave work early to taxi me to West Elm and be on photo duty. He is thrilled haha. See you guys in November!
Sarah says
WHAT?! Grand Cayman and NO Raleigh?!
YoungHouseLove says
Here’s hoping it gets added soon!
xo,
s
JennD says
I AM SOOOOOOO EXCITED!!! I will be at the CT signing! I have a ranch house you can crash too. The people I work with are making fun of how excited I am!!! Yipppie!!
Jenn says
Bought my tickets for Richmond on Nov. 8! So excited to see you guys in person! Hubby and I will be coming after work from Hampton Roads so we will be battling traffic, so keep your fingers crossed. ACK! :D
mariela says
Awww! No Philly? :( I was so excited haha I hope you can add it later on!
Kristin says
Yes!!!! Thank you so much for coming to Minneapolis!! I’m so excited!!!
Sara says
OMG – I can’t believe you guys are coming to Chicago the one weekend I am going away! I am so super bummed! I would have loved to try to get you to crash my house, too – double super bummed! Hope you have a great tour though!
Shannon says
Louisiana didn’t make the cut. sniff sniff
YoungHouseLove says
Here’s hoping it gets added!
xo,
s
sara says
The Cayman Islands! ha & Nice. I’ll keep an eye on your tour and see if I am in one of the cities same time as you. (putting Cayman Islands in my mind for a vacation haha)
becky says
ahhh. no love for california. sigh. i know, i know…we’re so small and insignificant. wink, wink. anyhoo – love the book tour…it might even force me to take a road trip to the northwest (one of my favorite places in the world – i’m a drizzling/rainy/cardigan girl). so happy for you guys and this next step in the adventure. congrats!
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, here’s hoping a vendor or book store out there invites us out! Wish we could just invite ourselves but it doesn’t seem to work that way. Haha! Bookstore crashing with John and Sherry.
xo,
s
Kristen Swift says
I’m so excited! I’m torn between attending in Richmond or DC though…maybe I’ll come to both and try to snag both the FLOR rug and some of the secret book projects :)
I even suggested to my husband that we celebrate his birthday with a long weekend trip to Richmond on November 8th so we can see you guys! Hope he buys it :)
Windy says
WOOT! $herdog & Jboom in Austin, Tx!!! So thrilled, I live in San Antonio, TX which is about an hour and a half drive from Austin. Best believe I will be there with bells on. Can’t freakin wait!!
Britt says
SQUEEEEEEEE! So excited that you’re coming to Minneapolis! I will try my hardest not to be a total creep at the signing. :)
Karla says
Woop there is is! Minneapolis + West Elm + The Petersiks + one week before our baby is due = TOO COOL!
Melissa R says
How exciting! But sad :( No luck for the middle of the country. Well, congrats from Colorado, can’t wait to get the book!
Randa says
So very happy for you guys… hope it’s a great time for your whole little clan (when Burger & Clara come), and a “honeymoon” of sorts when it’s just you & John.
I look forward to hopefully seeing you guys again here in Richmond on Nov 8th. I did pre-order, and am hoping that it comes in time to get that signed (along with another one, like you suggest). Got plenty of friends who would love it as a gift!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks so much Randa!
xo
s
Lisa says
What about Philadelphia??!?
YoungHouseLove says
Here’s hoping it gets added!!
xo,
s