Fourth of July from on top of the Flatiron -- made even better with a band of Kiwis to indoctrinate into our American holiday.Shout outs to Simon Shaw and the rest of the New Zealand/Watermark group: Jo, Dave, Blake, Michelle, Christine. (Jo Tronc, by the way, creates the super cute Midnight Louie covers for our Carole Nelson Douglas cat detective books.) I don't know if it's Simon's charm or New Zealanders in general but, every time he comes to the states he always manages to bring along a tribe of the most warm, inviting, and funny people with him. (Sorry about missing the rugby, Simon, the City that Never Sleeps likes to vanish to the Hamptons on summertime bank holiday weekends.)