Friday, July 26, 2013

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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20 comments:

  1. All joking aside, I've been thinking a lot about how much I want to meet all of you. We really should try to create a blog meet up. How amazing would that be?!

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  2. This is the COOLEST idea ever! How AMAZING would that be?!?! I kind of already thought about taking a vacation to Boston (Sam's always wanted to go). I actually have zero interest in Boston (history + baseball= wah, wahhh) But when he mentioned it recently, I was like, "sure honey, Boston sounds great because I can meet AUBREY!!!" How cool!

    We should totally work harder at meeting up with one another, I mean Allison and Aubrey met in the AIRPORT... imagine how many people are in and out of ATL all the time?!?!

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  3. I can't wait until we pack our bags! Count me in!!!! So, I love anything beachy and a cruise or all-inclusive in a tropical area is my cup of tea. But then I also went on the crazy limb and said dude ranch because how freakin' fun would it be sitting by campfires, eating smores and actually not have to worry about showering because the ranches just smell a'natural anyways?! It would be the anti-blogher conference. Lol!

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  4. Wish you could make this happen in real life!

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  5. It would be so awesome to meet all of these blogy peeps!!! BUT can you make me an apple cobbler/pie??? It would go great with vanilla ice cream :)

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  6. Let's skip the museums and go to the beach!!!!!

    I love Amanda's comment... COME TO BOSTON!! xoxo

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  7. I need to vote twice because clearly my "other" vote is silly!

    Also...your captcha hates me...my verification was "stinky 38". I take offense..I am neither stinky or 38 (37 for another 8 days and 8 days).

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  8. I can't wait until someone wins the billion dollars and makes this happen! I would much rather vacation together then go to a conference. I really need some cobbler now too.

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  9. I'm IN!!!

    Also, that cobbler looks amazing!!!

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  10. I am kind of terrified that if I go on a cruise I will fall overboard and end up on Dateline.

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  11. I am in! And Iam so serious so I hope you are too! We should do a cruise or an all inclusive cause those are so much easier for large groups - people can do their own thing, but we will all come back together for meals and be sleeping at the same place! Next we need to pick a week(end)!

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  12. Hee! Girl, sign me UP! I'd love to meet so many of you fabulous ladies!

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  13. I hope I didn't skew the results but I voted for all of them! I figure, if it's all paid for, then I won't turn down a free trip to anywhere! Time to vote on the WHEN portion of this fun adventure! So let me just put it out there and say that the summer season works best. And by that, I mean it works for me. ;)

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  14. I voted for the all-inclusive a) because the hubs and I never got to take the beach vacation we'd planned (thanks, bottoming-out world economy!), and b) there have been waaaaay too many stories about fires/raw sewage/general nastiness on cruise ships lately. Why cruise the ocean (and yes, I realize you port sometimes) when you can lay on the beach all.day.long?

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  15. Love this idea!
    Your cobbler looks amazing and my fav cobbler recipe is from pioneer woman .. Haha!

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  16. So I realize that I've been MIA this week, but I couldn't have chosen a better day to come back! This IS a very serious matter; thank goodness someone finally addressed it!

    And on that note, I hope to see you girls at our all-inclusive resort in the Caribbean sooner rather than later!

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  17. I voted for the cruise or the resort, but i would also totally be down for boston. I wanna meet you & aubrey!

    I once went to Pennsylvania to meet my blog friend Laura in real life - and two of my other blog friends are her real life friends, so i met them too. OMG. BEST TIME EVER. I also met two here where i live (though they don't live here, they're just from here and happened to be in town). Meeting blog friends in real life is the BEST! :)

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  18. All inclusive beach vacay on the Caribbean sounds pretty darn perfect to me. Sign me up!

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  19. I love how it's going to be all expenses paid, all of our at-home things will be taken care of, and the same week will work out for everyone!!! I think I'm seeing a new reality show here...

    And of course, the thing I'm most looking forward to is that cobbler. Yum yum yum!!! Oh, and getting my picture taken with you :)

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  20. I'm so there, and I vote Puerto Rico. Its ALMOST a state, but not quite. We can get tan and drink umbrella drinks and read too many books. That, or we go the opposite way and head to Alaska.

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