Kara and I… we’re back from the BlogHer conference in Chicago. {Kara writes our Mommy Blog  Notes from the Nest which I shall shameless plug as the warm and witty blog about pregnancy, parenting, and products that it is..

Honestly, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from BlogHer… I’d never been before and I’m more of a “hang back” and “check it out” kinda girl rather than “hopping the fast track to networking” kinda girl.  I was impressed!  The BlogHer team did a fine job organizing us, putting together informational and inspiring break-out sessions, swagging us, feeding us… and I HAVE TO give an extra shout out to the Sheraton Hotel beds…  c-o-m-f-o-r-t-a-b-l-e!

{Here we are goofing around in front of that silver bean in Millennium Park}

One of my favorite parts of the conference was the Speed Dating, BlogHer style where ALL of us women {& there were lots of us} were either part of an outer circle or an inner circle.  Then, every minute we rotated~ met and exchanged business cards.  It was great  fun!  MY ONLY COMPLAINT… we only did it once.  I wish we had had “sped met” again because it was a unique way to network~ especially for us non-social butterfly types.

A few stander outers from speed meeting… humor blog writer Kathy from The Junk Drawer {Summer of 1000  Legs post is hilarious!}, Tara from Lijit with her cute hat and oneheckofa handshake as well as Erin who got my attention with her blog $5 Dollar Dinners.

And, I met Corvida from SheGeeks literally on the way out of the hotel {what a sweetie!} and Jen Frugal, Freebies & Deals, and there was Angry Julie, and Linsey from the finance blog Wisebread.  I could go on and on…  it was fun and time well spent!  That said,

Have a great rest of your Monday!

And, tomorrow on the blog… a visual wedding planner that you’ll be able to download!

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