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BlogHer ’12 | The Aftermath Part I

I’m sure most of you know by now that I was at BlogHer ’12 last week. In fact, I just got home yesterday after being gone for 5 days, that’s right FIVE days. That’s 4 days longer than I’ve ever been gone before…post-Arden, that is. I missed my lil’ bug so much! Although it was definitely a great trip.

I’d never been to BlogHer before. In fact, I’ve never been to a blogger-focused conference before either. I definitely chose the mother of all conferences to go to! Before I left, I read that there were going to be around 3,500 women there. Once I arrived that number was increased to 5,000! Picture 5,000 woman taking over the Hilton NYC, as you can imagine it was quite the scene.

I’d like to start this post with a huge, big, whopping THANK YOU to the Foundary, who made it possible for me to attend BlogHer this year! Thanks to their sponsorship I was able to fly across the country to learn and meet so many wonderful, talented and gorgeous lady bloggers. It was such a privilege, not only to attend, but to also represent a company that I can whole-heartedly endorse.

WEDNESDAY | Travel Day
Flight out: Virgin America leaving SFO at 2pm. 
JFK scheduled time of arrival? 11:00pm. Actual arrival? 12:30am. 
Time I finally checked into the hotel? 1:45am. ZZzzzzzzzzzz
Luckily I was prepared with a Living Social voucher for a nice town car pick-up.


High point of the day? My beloved plant burger from The Plant Cafe (near my boarding gate) and a vegan chocolate cupcake. Delish!


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Check out these adorable, grey mini chairs for the kiddos to enjoy while waiting to board the plane. Arden has a hot pink one at home that she loves. They had adult sized versions too, that I took full advantage of – so comfy.





THURSDAY | PreConference

After sleeping in until…NOON. Bianca and I were ready to take on New York (right!). We had the day free, so we decided to do a little bargain hunting. We hit up the Chelsea Housing Works. Where I proceeded to drool over furniture that I couldn’t buy (shipping costs – gah!). Here are some of the amazing deals we saw.

A $50 lacquered nightstand anyone?

How about this cute vignette? Chair $40 and desk $250

Gorgeous side table $75

Someone beat us to it, so I don’t know the price, but how fab is this campaign tall boy?

A grand pair of vintage smoky lucite chairs for $175.
Then we had lunch nearby at the Cafeteria. I started off with a peachy, champagne cocktail and finished off with truffle mac & cheese with a side of truffle, parm fries. My stomach is growling just thinking of it!
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Further down 17th street we got some tea and biscuits from Haven’s Kitchen. This place is super adorable and super tasty.
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Then we wandered into West Elm and Canvas.
Lusting after this woven console from West Elm
After that it was back to the hotel to pick up our badges and listen to the opening speeches.
We had some amazing keynote speakers, you already saw my picture of Obama during his opening speech. The speech itself was definitely a little election-centric, to be expected during an election year, I guess. Whether you be a Obama fan or not, it was a huge honor. The fact that a women blogger conference can book the current President of the United States for their opening keynote, well, that  just tells you how much INFLUENCE we, as bloggers, have. Mind blowing really.

After Mr. President’s talk, Bianca and I headed over to a fun little party hosted by Kitty and  Busy Bee. I met a bunch of fun (and stylish) ladies there; Blitz and Glam, Melissa Dell and Teaching in Heels to name a few.

Me and Tamara from Blitz and Glam at the CaliDreams Party

Back with more deets soon! 




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  1. Vel Baricuatro-Criste, MD says

    thanks for taking us along this trip!I am drooling over those side tables!

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