…is not a person or a product. It’s a place.
I ♥ Chicago!
BlogHer09 was fun, there’s not denying that. But just plain old Chicago was fun, too.
The short version of BlogHer is:
- I had mah hairs did by Luke O’Connor but didn’t know that he’s Debra Messing’s former (award-winning) hair stylist until after I’d talked to him about cows and Walmart. And did I remember to take a picture of my spectacular hair? No. Seriously? I take pictures of everything…WHY didn’t I remember to take a picture of my amazingly beautiful hair??
- I went to a photography “master class” done by Erin Manning, and learned a lot on the photo walk we that 4 of us went on with her.
- Took myself on a wonderfully quiet and relaxing photo walk of Chicago. Did you know there were spots like this in downtown Chicago?
- Went shopping and didn’t buy a thing. (Mainly because I didn’t want to have to carry it the rest of the day!)
- Met Chris Mann. Heard him sing. Got a picture of me(dorky looking) and Chris Mann(not dorky looking at all). See?
- Went to the Navy Pier and rode on the Ferris Wheel at midnight. The city was GORGEOUS at night. Nearly as gorgeous as Chris Mann. See?
- Went to a private Ann Taylor fall preview and tried on the perfect dress, but didn’t buy it because I couldn’t justify spending that much on a dress when I have very few occasions to actually wear it. (Ignore the obscene amount of arm fat, please.)
- Enjoyed spending time with some old high school friends who now live in Chicago.
- Saw The Bean
- Saw a movie that made me regret mentioning the word “bean”, although I do not regret seeing the movie because it made me laugh a lot!
- Went to the art museum where I saw Renoir’s, vanGogh’s, Monet’s and Seurat’s, which was fabulous and beautiful. I would love to go spend days at this museum! It was humongous and surreal and wonderfully overwhelming.
- Walked by the lake and enjoyed the windy weather and the stunning water view.
- Laughed a lot. Cried a little.
- Decided that I my kids would love Chicago as much as I did. Chicago? Get prepared. We’ll be there sometime in the next few years with all of our usual chaos.
- And oh, yeah, I went to some conference sessions, too.
