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Obligatory Post #BlogHer12 Post

Unless you’ve been under a rock, and haven’t been by here, or on Twitter, or on Instagram, or on Facebook I am returning from my inaugural trip to the holy Grail of all blogger conferences better known as BlogHer. I spent the last 4 days in NYC meeting blogger friends in real life and I was very fortunate to connect with some new bloggy BFFs.

To be completely honest I don’t really know where to start to offer a recap of my experience, so please charge it to the game if I seem a bit all over the place with this and forthcoming posts.

So to start somewhere seeing that I measure most things by the value received based on my dollars spent I will say the trip was well worth the money invested. When I spend my money I want to feel that the organizers value my dollar as much as I do. From the Obama and Martha Stewart appearances to the quality of food that was served I almost feel bad for paying as little as I did for my early bird rate.

Then there are some values that we receive that just can’t be quantified and that my friends would be the social aspect. Just meeting so many new faces and being able to connect faces with blogs, and spend time talking to people who “get blogging” it was inspiring and just downright fun…and you know your girl is ALWAYS down for a good time.

To keep these posts to a minimum length and keep y’all from zoning out on me I’ll take the whole week to recap my experience with a series of posts

  • Who I met
  • What I learned
  • Where I partied
  • When I stepped away from BlogHer to explore the city
  • Why I would attend BlogHer again..The Good.The Bad.The Ugly
  • How I plan to implement what I learned

I’m glad to be home and ready to head into the fall. My son went back to school today so my summer has unofficially come to an end, but at least it went out with a bang.

Since I’ve been out of the loop, what have you guys been up to?

15 Comments

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    Amber
    August 6, 2012 at 1:41 pm

    Looking forward to the stories behind all of your Instagram photos!

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    G K
    August 6, 2012 at 3:17 pm

    I’ve been out of the blogging loop, too. We just got back from a week-long beach trip, and I still don’t have the energy to even BEGIN a post. Anyway, can’t wait to hear about your BlogHer experience! I already love how you’ve broken it up into different posts. Looking forward to reading all about it!

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    Kita
    August 6, 2012 at 3:25 pm

    Can’t wait to hear all the good things from BlogHer heard it was in Chicago next year that’s going to be nice. Glad you are back safe.

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    Melisa - Mommy This and That
    August 6, 2012 at 8:23 pm

    I have been going back and forth about attending this conference since 2009. I look forward to reading about what you learned to see if maybe I finally bite the bullet and just do it.

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    Mama Violet
    August 6, 2012 at 9:24 pm

    Can’t wait to read all about it!

    I just moved and I’m proud to say we have unpacked quite a bit these is going way faster than my last move even though we have more stuff.

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    brandi
    August 6, 2012 at 11:16 pm

    So glad you had a great time! I can imagine how much fun it was to meet so many blogging friends. Looking forward to hearing more about your trip.

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    Prototype Mama
    August 7, 2012 at 1:39 am

    cant wait to get all the details– glad you had a blast– hoping to attend next year– I heard it’s amazing!

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    Mrs. Pancakes
    August 7, 2012 at 8:40 am

    Welcome back..can’t wait for updates!

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    ChicRoni
    August 7, 2012 at 9:32 am

    Can’t wait to read about you experiences! I would love to attend one day!

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    Stesha
    August 7, 2012 at 11:50 am

    Glad to hear that it’s a good investment to make. Every year I plan on attending, but then change my mind. If I’m going to turn my blog up a notch I need to invest in it. Can’t wait to read the ends and outs of what you learned.

    Hugs and Mocha,
    Stesha

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    This Cookn Mom
    August 7, 2012 at 5:09 pm

    Looking forward to the upcoming posts! I want to go next year.

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    Mylah Sai
    August 7, 2012 at 10:40 pm

    I can’t wait to hear all about it. I hope I can go to the next one!

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    Laila (@OnlyLaila)
    August 7, 2012 at 11:18 pm

    Looking forward to hearing more. I will definitely be there next year since it’s in Chicago!

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    Bernetta
    August 8, 2012 at 8:51 am

    Can’t wait to hear it!!

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    Karen
    August 8, 2012 at 6:25 pm

    I can’t wait to see what happened while you were at BlogHer. I hope I can make it next year!

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