On our second day in New York we got up early at the hotel. Packed up and started walking up to where we would meet The Ride for a tour around the city. We were able to attend this as guests of The Family Video Network and The Toy Insider. We were very fortunate to be a part of this event. Our walk up to meet the bus had a couple of side trips. We stopped first at the Empire State Building and then a Starbucks and finally at Bryant Park to have a seat and look around. We walked to the front of the New York Public Library and even tried out the cleanest public bathrooms in the city. Then we hustled over to meet The Ride. Continue reading Touring New York City With The Family Video Network→
For the first time since attending Sweet Suite the event was opened up to the children of attendees. This was a huge deal for us because that meant that Eva and Andrew could come and see an event that daddy has attended for years. What is more important, though, was they could meet the people that I have worked with who supply us with toys for our reviews. It is important to me that the kids know that the toys don’t just appear out of thin air, even though it may seem that way. Knowing the people behind the scenes is important to me and I wanted it to be important to them. It was also important for Allison to see how crazy things get during events and how hard it can be to try and get the most information, photos and video. I was very glad that she was there to help wrangle the kids or stay with one when they wanted to explore something further. I think we may have made it around to all of the booths. Continue reading Sweet Suite 2018 Recap→
