I’ve been so excited about attending BlogHer ‘09 that my head hasn’t really wrapped around the fact that I am attending BlogHer ‘09! Yikes. Am I going to be in over my head?
This past weekend, I attended a Pre BlogHer get-together for DC area bloggers at Nationa Harbor. I got a chance to meet some new blogger friends, catch up with old blogger friends, and find out who is going to the conference. The get-together was sponsored by Safety 1st and Giant Food (thanks for the fabulous swag!), and held at Scene, a gorgeous new gallery owned by Jennifer Grinnell. The party was laid back and relaxed, which is just my style.
photo courtesy of Goon Squad Sarah
Let’s see if I can remember everyone’s names and link to their blogs. From left-to-right:
CaraBee - I just met her and she was so easy to talk to! And she came all the way from Baltimore to attend out party.
Teach Mama – I bow down to all teachers.
Urban Mama – My oldest and dearest friend in this group.
Jessica - I’m must be getting comfortable with her because I called her a tramp (in jest, of course!).
Lumpyhead’s Mom – We swear we know each other from somewhere. Or maybe we just think we do because We All Look Same.
Linda – Despite having babies bunched together, Linda was calm, cool and collected! (And my apologies to her for accidentally omitting her at first!)
Tech Savvy Mama – I’m secretly hoping Jean’s issues will cause Leticia to crash in my room at BlogHer! Or maybe Leticia and I could just share a conference pass and room…because We All Look Same.
Susan – Who generously gave me one of her busines cards so I’d know how to do mine…and I’ve already lost it!
De in D.C. – My roommate at BlogHer! I’m looking forward to it!
Laurie – Such a fun gal!
Sarah – I love Sarah and her Goon Squad stories. She’s worth getting off the highway for.
Kim – and her baby boy! I’ve been mistaken for Kim before…again, that whole We All Look Same syndrome.
Jean – Who I’m also becoming comfortable with her since I called her a Freak of Nature.
Devra – An all around awesome gal, and I am honored to call her my friend.
Sue – who has a Party of 6! SIX. Can you imagine?
Other people** didn’t make it into the picture but we still had fun with them too: Kristen, Andrea, Jill, JavaMom, Jen, Kim, Katherine, Zandria, and Examorata. And of course, Wife & Mommy (you know, ME! I was taking this picture)!
So glad I got to go to this party. Now I feel comfortable with a handful of people. Hopefully they know me a little better, too, and will forgive me if I do or say something completely socially inept!
**Sorry if I left you out! See you in Chicago!!
How fun!
so bummed I missed it! See you in chicago!
It was a great evening! I’m so glad Devra set it up. Now that I’ve met of you ladies, I’ve downgraded my Blogher Nervousness Level (or BNL) from defcon 5 to 3.
I’m telling you, we are going to figure out where we met before, and we are both going to be really surprised. You know, or not.
(And that’s Linda between Leticia and me)
Hey! You left me out!
I do love the pic though.
Wish I had been there, hubby had to work at last minute
Can’t wait to meet you all in Chicago!
I am going to follow you around Chicago and I will find something about you that if freaky and then I am going to publish it all over my blog. That is all.
You did such a great job of remembering everyone’s names that I copied the list of names and their links from you rather than scrambling through my purse looking for business cards. I figured after our standing-on-a-sidewalk-waiting-for-a-ride bonding experience, you wouldn’t mind. (I hope?)
It was a lot of fun and thank you for serving as master carpool ride coordinator for me!
I can’t believe you remember everyone! It was good hanging out with you again!
Yay! I had a great time. Bummed I didn’t get to stick around for the picture! If you see me in the hallways of BlogHer, please say hi!