the next great debate: blogger vacations ed.

First things first:

Last night I made blackberry cobbler from scratch (don't worry, there are only like 4 ingredients, so you don't have to be too impressed). A co-worker brought in tons of blackberries from his yard, so it seemed like the right thing to do. There's nothing that makes you feel quite as stereotypically 'Southern woman' as whipping up a cobbler in the evening. I felt like I needed a corset and hoop skirt and to ramp my (mostly non-existent) Southern accent up about 12 notches. But anyway. It was good, and I did the right thing and brought it to work today so that I don't polish off the entire thing all by myself. 

So. You may or may not be aware of it, but right now the BlogHer '13 conference is going on in Chicago. And if you have no idea what that even is, I believe it can be summarized as lots of (female) bloggers paying a nice chunk of change to go to a 4 (or so, don't know) day conference with lots of other bloggers, where they'll hear speakers (both bloggers and regular ol' non-blog celebrities), network with each other and brands that sponsor/advertise with bloggers, go to workshops, try to take pictures with super famous bloggers (like Pioneer Woman), and just generally blow up Twitter with preppy pictures and 'swag' they collect from companies trying to woo them. Oh, and then party and drink all night. 

I'm neither pro- nor anti-blog conferences, but I can guarantee you that it's not 'my scene.' I hate big crowds of people, especially when I know no one or very few people. I'm not much of a networker, my blog isn't huge or money-making, and I have no desire to stalk down blog-celebrities and beg for a photo with them. So I'm not really 'blog conference material,' exactly. Especially when you have to pay a crapload of money to do it. Plus get to Chicago and pay to stay there for several days.

HOWEVER. I do love my blog friends! And I often find myself thinking that if I were to spend a lot of money to do something blog-related, I would much rather just have a big meet-up with bloggers I care about and have personal relationships with...the celebrities can stay home with their perfect kids and perfect wardrobes and perfect lives...I wanna hang out with yall.

That led me to today's task: clearly, we need to decide where to have our big blogger vacation meet-up. Naturally, it will be all-expenses-paid (don't ask how, leave the details to me!). It's gonna last for a week, and magically, the exact same week is going to work out for everyone!!! Also magically, during that time your kids/house/dog/job/normal life responsibilities will all be taken care of, so don't worry about that either. All you need to focus on is where we should go and what we should do. 

So I made another one-question survey. Told you I was gonna make more surveys!! Only this topic actually is super important, so I hope you consider the choices carefully before picking one (or 3). You can assume that if you're reading this, you're invited and expected to attend, so...let's get to voting and discussing. Remember, it's important to have made these choices early, so that if one day one of us wakes up and discovers we've won the lottery or inherited a billion dollars, the biggest decision will be out of the way and we'll be a few steps closer to a really fabulous vacation with all the people we've never met in real life. YAY! Also, no matter where we go, I'll bring some cobbler. So don't stress your pretty little heart about that one.

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