A short meeting of the minds

This week I made a short trip to Toronto to see Annie, who had gone home to take a well-deserved break, and to see Pikto, a well-regarded printing press in Toronto's Distillery District. Pikto had printed several of my photobooks and my cookbook in the past, and we were considering using them to print the final version of The Prince.

Pictured is Travis, my good friend who perhaps against better judgement agreed to drive me 350 miles in sleet, snow and rain only to be attacked by a tripod from H.G. Wells' "War of The Worlds". Thankfully, instead of death and destruction, the tripod only delivered messages of welcome and Pikto's production quality.

The Courtyard Kitchen on display in the Pikto gallery.

Annie served as our enthusiastic tour guide through Toronto's many neighborhoods, including Kensington, where we encountered a possible future business partner. That is, if we ever decided to found a restaurant instead of publishing books.

As our Director of Merchandising, Annie also made a soon-to-be-highly-sought-after The Prince mug.

After a year's worth of work, we're almost to our goal of seeing The Prince in print. I hope your year had been full of adventures, with many more to come in 2014 !

Warmest season's wishes,

--Phu, Annie and Travis