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BlogWorld – Day 1 Afternoon
Mr. Fab and I decided to eat there at the conference center. I wanted a pepperoni pizza. They didn’t have it, so I ended up with a cheese pizza instead. Then it happened. I went to put Mr. Fab’s phone number into my cell phone, and it wasn’t there! (mini freak out starts now). Luckily, we were at a booth, I had looked at my phone for the time, and then we walked to lunch. It couldn’t have went far. While I emptied out my computer bag, Mr. Fab walked back to place we bought lunch and looked there. We constantly tried calling it. Then Fab came back and I went back to the last booth we were at and retraced my steps. No phone. Trying not to freak out at this point. After calling my phone at least 20 times, finally somebody picked up! It was were we bought lunch!!! Whew!!! If I wasn’t married, I might have kissed Mr. Fab right then and there. I only use my phone sparingly, but it has all of the important numbers I need. It was my way to keep in contact with the other bloggers in Vegas. We finished our lunches and I was going to go check into my hotel. Mr. Fab was going to head back and take a nap (I think).
Well, I got hung up there and decided to go to the sessions I signed up for. Should have went to the hotel instead. The sessions were not quite what I expected. The first session I went to I ended up writing two posts during, checked my email, and read a couple of the forums I am a part of. Yeah, a little bored, but thank goodness for free WiFi. The second session was just as bad. The speaker was pretty much promoting his company that doesn’t allow most people in. Yeah, waste of time. I actually walked out early and found a bathroom to use instead. I headed over to the Izea booth at this point to hopefully catch Ted (which I did):
Yeah, he’s a little crazy. Some may think he needs drug rehab or alcohol rehab or both. However, the guy reminds me of an excited 5 year old. His enthusiasm is actually quite addicting. Shortly after meeting Ted, it was time to go and check into my hotel.
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BlogWorld — Day 1 Morning
I flew into Las Vegas last Thursday morning around 8. (I left Chicago at 6 — had to be at the airport at 4. Yes, that sucked). I was able to get my luggage fairly quickly. What surprised me most about the airport was that they had vending machines for things like Ipods and flowers. Honestly, I have never seen that before. Having used the bathroom in both airports, I have to say the Midway wins hands down (no pun of any kinds intended there). I was able to take a shuttle right away to get over to my hotel. I lucked out — the shuttle was $6 and nobody else was on it, so we went straight to the hotel. Of course, since I was so early, I was not able to check in. However, I was able to leave my luggage there. Oh yeah, when I left Chicago it was a balmy 34 degrees, it was 65 in Vegas. Needless to say, I didn’t need my new leather coat I just bought.
I headed over to BlogWorld since that is why I was in town. Registration was super easy. While I was doing that, I ran into Mr. Fab. The opening speaker was talking, but Mr. Fab said it was pretty boring, so not to rush myself trying to get over there. Instead, we talked shop together until ten when all the booths opened for the trade show. I spent the morning walking around with him. I think I have a picture:
Why, yes I do. This was at the ligit booth I think. (I am going to have to find the sticker they gave me to see if it right). This is one of the few companies that has bothered to contact since the trade show (I’ll leave that for another post). The place looked beautiful. They definitely had some commercial lighting experts with their electrical supplies on hand. (Why would I even notice such a thing? I live with an electrical engineer who points stuff like this out to me in public. Constantly.) Anyway, the place looked good. The thing that surprised me most was that they (the organizers) predicted something like 10,000 people comes to this. There was definitely not 10,000 people there. I spent the morning with Mr. Fab and did run into Christine, Colleen, and her husband too. After meeting with some of the booths, Mr. Fab and decided it was lunch time.
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Blogworld, PostieCon, and Vegas
I talked about this briefly in a prior post. However, I am going to try and expand what it was like being out in Vegas in depth and talk about what I did while I was there. I am also going to try and break up my posts. I don’t need anyone bleeding from their eyes because my post is over 1,000 words long (which I could easily do). LOL
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