Landed in New York on Sunday to launch True Spirit over here and loving it so far! What a huge city, it makes Sydney or any of our cities back home look tiny by comparison.

It turns out that adjusting to a new time zone is a little harder when you don't have days on end to do it ( i.e. Pink Lady pace!). So the first day over here was spent walking the city, seeing the sights, shopping (not to worry I'm doing a good job of holding back!) and getting a good night of sleep before the media started today.

It was great to meet all the guys at Simon and Schuster, (at a cupcake party no less!) who are publishing True Spirit here in the US and they see so much enthusiasm for the book already.

Also today and along with a few TV show interviews, we had the chance to stop into the Sparkman and Stephens offices to have a look at the original designs for the S&S 34, (thanks to Bruce Johnson, President at S&S) and then we visited the New York Yacht Club, which is an incredible old building, full of history and strangely completely landlocked!

Then to finish today we did a lap on the bike around Central Park which is gorgeous!

Jesse

Pic 1: Looking at the original S&S 34 designs at the Sparkman and Stephens offices in NY.

Pic 2: Manhattan skyline in the background

Pic 3: Riding around central park.