This week brought a lot of firsts: trying my first every knish, purchasing my first pack of (candy!) ciggys, and traveling down to Virginia for a wedding, Spring blossoms in Central Park…
{Tuckahoe Plantation, aka the boyhood home of Thomas Jefferson}
(this knish shop just drips with authenticity, doesn’t it?}
{as a kid i always wanted some of these, and finally found them at economy candy}
{cute street art spied in the lower east side}
{central park is in full bloom, alas}
Jessica Tiare Bowen lives in the juicy Big Apple with her adorable pink-nosed chihuahua, Gillman. He’s the inspiration for her first published children’s book, “Park Avenue Pound Puppy.” The book is the combined result of her two greatest passions: pooches and penning stories.
Her passions include art, urban hikes through Manhattan, drinking coffee with 3 creams and 6 sugars, making extremely detailed itineraries and traveling to far away places, singing along to Broadway shows, Netflix movie nights, discovering incredible treasures at Goodwill and thrift stores, and listening to stories from little people under 7 and big people over 70.
She started her career as New York City Teaching Fellow, teaching elementary school and theater arts at a special education school in the South Bronx for 6 years. She is now a Special Education School Improvement Specialist working in public schools throughout New York City. She is the Editor-In-Chief of the online New York City travel magazine, Used York City. The magazine focuses on finding the best of New York…as used by New Yorkers. She is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, and an ASPCA Ambassador.
