The Perfect Vacation -- I have just come off the perfect vacation. I went with my friend Maria to Seattle, Washington. Here's what we did: we went to a coffee shop, we went to a restaurant, we went shopping. Lather, rinse repeat. That's all we did! We ate Indian food twice -- why? Because we could! We visited the coffee shops like on a wine tasting tour, savoring each shot.
Our highlight was my "birthday" dinner. Yeah, it's not until September, but the point of the trip was to enjoy being forty. We went out to this incredible restaurant called Salty's and had an majestic view back at the city. We got brave at the end, took a taxi to the space needle, then looked at each other and said, "nah", we don't want to do that. Then, we walked seventeen blocks home and watched our second romantic comedy, starting at ten. Why? Because we could!
I got a makeover at the Armani makeup counter and to finish it all off, we ate a great lunch at the airport and got a 15 minute massage at the massage bar. It was pure hedonistic joy and I will tell you, if this is what forty looks like, bring it on baby! (Except for the fact that I will spend the week at the gym paying for my eating, drinking and being merry!)
Here's my new cover, isn't it cute? And Poppy like?
11 Comments:
Love the cover! I saw it for the first time on Amazon a few days ago. I have to say, I like the TITLE the best out of all three Spa Girls books!
Camy
Aaahh!! I LOVE the new cover, too cool!
I saw it on Amazon, too. I love it and I can't wait for it to come out. I want to get to know Poppy. I have curly red hair that I haven't been too fond of, but since reading about Poppy I've grown to enjoy my hair. Thanks! lol
Kristin,
Lovin' the cover, and lovin' your getaway story even more!
Julie
I love the cover and can't wait to read the book. Do you realize that I have read and re-read the others. You have to write quicker or I'll go insane. Or maybe not, that getaway you had sounds pretty darn delightful, and maybe I'll take one for myself in between Spa Girl Books.
I've been lurking on your site for a couple months...it's a funny story actually and since you have blogged about your new book cover and your dear friend I thought I would finally say hello. Mostly because this story has to do with both things!
Sometime last month I was browsing in the Barnes and Noble and I saw "A Girl's Best Friend". Displayed on the rack with the face out. I was totally judging the book by it's cover...I loved the way it looked. But I thought I would wait and look you up to see what you were about before I bought it. Of course I came home and looked up the last name Hillerbeck...and didn't find you.
About a week later I was just randomly looking at blogs in an attempt to avoid laundry and ran across this blog. I was shocked to see on the blog a picture of the cover that I had seen on the shelf! Then when I read about you and the other gals and realized you were Christian authors I knew I had to read your work.
A week later I went to visit my dearest girl friends, one of whom has read through the entire Sister Chicks Series with me as a way to be connected since I moved away a year ago...We were needing something new to read so we went to the bookstore and we both purchased "What a Girl Wants".
It took us a while to find your stuff since I again insisted your name was Hillerbeck. HOnestly I still confuse myself!
I brought the book with me on the plane ride home and then finished it three days later. Not being able to wait for my sweet friend to finish her copy, I went and bought "She's Out of Control" and enhaled it like it was chocolate cake. Of course,like Choclate cake that call's to you from the kitchen, I could not not finish the series! This was when my husband gently reminded me that I did, in fact, have a library card. I didn't think our library would have it because our library is very small. But when I arrived the next afternoon there sitting on the shelf, like it was waiting for me, was "With this Ring I'm Confused"!
So in 3 weeks I have comppletely enjoyed your books and this blog...Now I have the rest of your books (and the books of your writing Amigas) to look forward to!
All this to say...don't you just love friends you can just totally be yourself around...and perhaps read a good book! Especially when the inside of that book is as good (if not better) than the cover!
Thanks for the stories!
Kellie
Hi Kristin. My name is Susan and I'm a happily married music teacher in Arkansas. (I was born in Redwood City too!) I just wanted to let you know that I LOVE your writing. A friend introduced me to the Ashley Stockingdale books a while back and I loved them! They were the best books I've ever read. Very entertaining, up-with-the-times, and hilarious. I have enjoyed the first two Spa Girls and have also recently purchased San Francisco. I'm guessing that you are done with Ashley Stockingdale, but is there any chance you might write a book #4? I love the series and don't want it to end! Anyways, keep up the good work!
Just finished A Girls Best Friend....LOVED IT! Your books always crack me up!
LOVE the new color! Can't wait to read it!
My grandma (of all people) first spotted your books and read them and thought they had me written all over them. In fact she thought Ashley and I were one in the same! So she purchased all three, wrote a dedication to me, and put them in our church library (where she volunteers). She's also a writter herself (C. Ellen Watts). All that to say, LOVE THE BOOKS! Can't wait to start in on the spa girls, cuz a group of us get together every year and do just that!
Thank you!
Love the cover - can't wait to read it! Only thing you missed was a pedicure. ;) Love those kinds of pampering weekends with a good buddy.
Girl, you don't look a day over 29!! =)
And you're very convincing on the "girls getaway" idea...
:::running for the phone to call best friend Haley:::
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