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!
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.
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| A $50 lacquered nightstand anyone? |
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| How about this cute vignette? Chair $40 and desk $250 |
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| Gorgeous side table $75 |
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| Someone beat us to it, so I don’t know the price, but how fab is this campaign tall boy? |
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| 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!
Further down 17th street we got some tea and biscuits from
Haven’s Kitchen. This place is super adorable and super tasty.
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.
thanks for taking us along this trip!I am drooling over those side tables!
Thanks for including me in your recap post! I'm so glad that we happened to ride the elevator together at the Cali Dreams party!
Me too! BlogHer wouldn't have been the same with out you 😀 Are you planning on going to the next one? xo, Reich
Yep! I plan to be at BlogHer 13 in Chicago! How about you?
We'll see, I might try some other conferences too! Like Alt Summit 🙂
i was just in new york! i can't believe i missed this. wish i could've gone.
With Love,
E
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This post is so beautiful!