Waiting at the airport in Kansas City to board my flight back home to Vancouver, Canada… I must say that Kansas City this year was a definite success for Design358!  We were so pleased to unveil NEOTROPICA here in KC and got an overwhelmingly positive response!!  Thank you to Eric Tanouye of Greenpoint Nurseries, his brother Alan, Debbie, Tony, and Amanda Alvarez for all their help with the book this week!Apart from the Neotropica Launch, Design358 had a strong showing in KC… Design358 Designer, Kevin Ylvisaker had one of the highlight programs of the week, and Design358 Designers Tony Alvarez, Brooke Raulerson, and Yukari Mitsui all were inducted here in KC as well!!  Everyone was sad not to see Hitomi here, and I will make sure to give her all your ‘hello’s’ that I got while I was here the last few days.. she will be there for sure in Boston!  Look on the website for new information concerning Neotropica and and our Fall 2009 Schedule at the Design358 Center for Professional Education as well!! Colin Gilliam