Posts Tagged ‘PostieCon’
Sunday, November 18th, 2007
After the Mark Cuban speech, I went back to my hotel and dropped all of my stuff off (basically, I had another entire bag of free swag). A bunch of bloggers were planning to meet at the Bellagio, so I had a little bit of time to catch the monorail and head over there. We met for the picture (which I need somebody to send me a copy of) and did a bit of gambling as you can see:
No matter what machine Colleen went on, she won. That girl is lucky. While we were out, I kept thinking that I had a rock in my shoe. Finally, I took my shoe off to see what was going on, and I realized that I had a blister. I wore a pair of shoes that I have owned for over ten years out there. I am thinking that was not a good idea. I should have invested in some Geox shoes or some Josef Seibel shoes instead. Those probably wouldn’t have given me blisters. We moved from the Bellagio to (I think) Paris. I think from there we went to the Imperial Palace (and we walked it). It didn’t really matter where I gambled — I didn’t win anything. I called it an early night from the Imperial Palace, since my feet were killing me, PostieCon was the next day, and I swear that they had their heat turned on. It was so hot in the casino there. (I think my early night got me back to my hotel at midnight — maybe a little before).
Tags: bellagio, blister, blisters, bloggers, blogworld, free_swag, geox_shoes, imperial_palace, i_am_thinking, little_bit, mark_cuban, monorail, PostieCon, rock_in_my_shoe, vegas
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Sunday, November 18th, 2007
Honestly, I did not know what to expect when I went to see Mark Cuban as the closing speaker at BlogWorld. Before this, I did not know too much about the man. I remember him on a reality show several years ago, and I wasn’t impressed. I did know that he owned the Mavericks and that he was on Dancing With The Stars. I also did know that I wouldn’t mind having access to the man’s checking account. He has a bid in buy the Chicago Cubs too (and of all the choices, I think he would be the best).
What did I learn? Mark Cuban owns a entertainment company, and he is also a blogger. He also is a very smart man with some very strong opinions. His opinion is that one should not monetize their blog. However, he didn’t act all high and mighty about it. He honestly answered everyone’s questions. As you can tell,
quite a few people were there to listen to him. These pictures don’t show all the people who were standing at the wall with me. He had some great insights and seemed really down to earth. He talked about some of the people he doesn’t care for, the mistakes he has made, etc.
After his talk was over, I actually got to shake his hand. It was pretty cool!
Tags: blog, blogger, blogworld, checking_account, chicago_cubs, choices, dancing_with_the_stars, entertainment_company, honestly, i_did_not_know, mark_cuban, mavericks, monetize, PostieCon, reality_show, smart_man, standing_at_the_wall, strong_opinions, vegas
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Saturday, November 17th, 2007
I didn’t do anything worth blogging about the morning of Day 2. I did head over to Blogworld in the afternoon. I knew Pete from Izea was going to be there around one, and I definitely wanted to meet him in person. I also needed to finish walking through the trade show and Mark Cuban was the closing speaker. I wanted to see him speak.
I did run into Pete:
He’s from England, so not only is he cute but he has an English accent too. Pete has his own fan club (whether he likes it or not). One of the booths I stopped at was for Southwest. On my Lisa Reviews blog, I actually wrote up a review regarding my flight on my way to Vegas, so I stopped by and let them know. They also were giving away inflatable airplanes, and I wanted to grab one for Madison. I let them know that I had written a review and enjoyed the fight. They told me they were having a contest for anyone who commented on their blog. Needless to say, I commented.
Who knew that I could later have used a nurse from a travel nursing agency later that day? Seriously, I did not need a nurse that had a travel nursing job, but my heart did stop when I found out that I won. What did I win? A free round trip ticket that doesn’t need to be used till December of 2008. I can use it anywhere that Southwest goes. Since I live in Chicago and that is Southwest’s main headquarters, I can pretty much go anywhere. I keep repeating this and no one believes me. Really, I am not lucky. I never win anything.
Tags: airplanes, blog, blogging, blogworld, booths, english_accent, fan_club, grab, keep_repeating, later_that_day, mark_cuban, nurse, nursing_agency, PostieCon, postiecon07, southwest, trade_show, travel_nursing, trip_ticket, vegas, win_a_free
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Saturday, November 17th, 2007
After we ate dinner, half of us took a cab and the other half rode with Julie and Michael to New York New York. We parked but I figure that Julie might need a GPS tracking system to find her car at the end of the night. Colleen wanted to ride the roller coaster. I had never done it before, so I figured why not. Let me tell you, I won’t do it again. Great coaster — really bumpy though. Colleen ended up bruising her elbow and I bruised my leg. It still was pretty fun. After that, we headed over to Coyote Ugly to see Michael’s brother. Here’s the really awesome thing — he got us in VIP. It was so cool in there. Here is a picture of the girls dancing on the bar:
I know the picture is super dark, so it may be hard to see. Thanks again Julie and Michael! After Coyote Ugly, we headed over to Harrah’s to meet up with several other bloggers that had arrived. You may have seen pictures of the traveling boa on others blogs. I think everyone at some point had it on (whether a picture got taken or not). I left with Mr. Fab since we were taking the monorail the same direction. I know Julie ended up staying out super late (Michael went back to Coyote Ugly to talk to his brother). Since I don’t know how much she had to drink after I left, I wonder if she needed gps vehicle tracking to find her car. Needless to say, I was very happy to go to bed, since I was super tired by this time.
Tags: blogworld, boa, brother, coyote_ugly, go_to_bed, gps_tracking_system, gps_vehicle, harrah, i_don_t_know, monorail, new_york_new_york, PostieCon, postiecon07, ride_the_roller_coaster, vegas
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Saturday, November 17th, 2007
I left BlogWorld and hopped onto the monorail to get back to my hotel. Having been to Vegas two times before, I was excited to ride the monorail. It wasn’t here my two prior visits. You still end up doing a ton of walking, but it definitely does help to get around. The monorail dropped me off at the Hilton. I then walked to my hotel.
Actually, my hotel wasn’t really a hotel at all. Instead, it is a Hilton timeshare. What is a timeshare? Basically, what I did was to rent condos for the 3 nights I was there (actually make that 1 condo for all three nights). Bill and I did not buy a condo. We just borrowed my inlaws. I do think you can buy these as condos for sale. I know this is super confusing. However, since we don’t belong to this, I have a very limited understanding of it. The room was gorgeous. I love staying in places that are better than my house. I had a king size bed for all of me. It was great. Since there was only me staying there, I only got the studio. However, if Bill would have come with, I definitely would have gotten the 1 bedroom. Otherwise, we would have been on top of each other and driving one another bananas.
Once I got settled, I met up with several other bloggers for dinner at a German place there. Anybody who was with — please let me know the name. Bill has been to Germany, and I would love to see if he went there or not. However, I do not know the name of the place. I took a couple of pictures. For some reason, a lot of pictures turned out really dark, so bear with me.
I forgot to take a picture of the beer. It was huge (like a liter of beer). Dinner took forever, but it was good and fun to meet up with everyone!
Tags: bananas, beer_dinner, bloggers, blogworld, condos_for_sale, german_place, hilton, inlaws, i_do_not_know, i_love, liter, monorail, PostieCon, postiecon07, timeshare, vegas, vegas_two_times
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