I went stag to my Senior Prom:
I went married to my Blogger Prom:
Last Thursday was Blogger Prom, held on the rooftop of the West Hollywood Andaz Hotel. It was an amazing evening, and I don't say that just because there was delicious food, free specialty cocktails, cheap valet parking and the fact that we won the best raffle prize in the Universe.
Will & I win the Edison booze raffle prize.
(The spot on my arm is my stamp to get in and out of the party.)
The thing I love about meeting bloggers IRL is that at the core of it, we're all dorks. I know that for some, the name of the game is monetizing and SEO and branding, and there's nothing wrong with that. But there's always the person - and personality - behind the blog. And bloggers have big personalities (or is that just me?)
I recently heard someone complain about a "cool kids" clique in the blogging world, because a group of bloggers "got more hits" than they did.
To which I respond: being popular on the Internet may be awesome. But it's also dorky.
Let's just embrace our awesome dorkiness, people.
Outside of my most favorite person (Will) I had a chance to hang out some of my favorite people I had already been lucky enough to hang our with before: Lisa, Kim, David, Travis, Joz, Mary, Andy, but I also got to finally meet some of the people I have been virtually stalking for ages: Julia, Lucinda Michele, Mike, Caroline, Lindsay, Laurie Percival, AVFLox, as well as meeting some new bloggers: Hot Pink Manolos, LetMeEatCake, GreenLAGirl and Foodwolf.
(I'm sure I'm forgetting someone, mea culpa!)
We may be a bunch of dorks, but we're hot, funny dorks. And the women in this community make me want to form some sort of amazonian cotton-panty pillowfighting army.
Let me know if you want to sign up.
I do know that some bloggers were upset that they were not invited to the Prom, but the Prom Committee did put out the word on Twitter a good six weeks before invites went out. Space was limited, and I could see why because from the second we walked in to the moment we left with our swag bags, it was a night to remember. The Prom Committee worked their butts off.
THANK YOU PROM COMMITTEE!
(The spot on my arm is my stamp to get in and out of the party.)
The thing I love about meeting bloggers IRL is that at the core of it, we're all dorks. I know that for some, the name of the game is monetizing and SEO and branding, and there's nothing wrong with that. But there's always the person - and personality - behind the blog. And bloggers have big personalities (or is that just me?)
I recently heard someone complain about a "cool kids" clique in the blogging world, because a group of bloggers "got more hits" than they did.
To which I respond: being popular on the Internet may be awesome. But it's also dorky.
Let's just embrace our awesome dorkiness, people.
Outside of my most favorite person (Will) I had a chance to hang out some of my favorite people I had already been lucky enough to hang our with before: Lisa, Kim, David, Travis, Joz, Mary, Andy, but I also got to finally meet some of the people I have been virtually stalking for ages: Julia, Lucinda Michele, Mike, Caroline, Lindsay, Laurie Percival, AVFLox, as well as meeting some new bloggers: Hot Pink Manolos, LetMeEatCake, GreenLAGirl and Foodwolf.
(I'm sure I'm forgetting someone, mea culpa!)
We may be a bunch of dorks, but we're hot, funny dorks. And the women in this community make me want to form some sort of amazonian cotton-panty pillowfighting army.
Let me know if you want to sign up.
I do know that some bloggers were upset that they were not invited to the Prom, but the Prom Committee did put out the word on Twitter a good six weeks before invites went out. Space was limited, and I could see why because from the second we walked in to the moment we left with our swag bags, it was a night to remember. The Prom Committee worked their butts off.
THANK YOU PROM COMMITTEE!
2009 Blogger Prom Committee
Caroline of Caroline on Crack
Esther of e*starLA
H.C. of LA and OC Foodventures
Lindsay of LAist
Marni of Happy Go Marni
Maya of Shop Eat Sleep
Natalie of The Liquid Muse
Tara of When Tara Met Blog
My Blogger Prom photos can be found here, and everyone's photos in the Blogger Prom Flickr Pool.
