Wouldn’t one think that if one took a four day trip to New York City to meet a zillion of one’s best blogger friends that one would take lots and lots of pictures?
Um…yeah…I took, like, none.
WHAT? I know, right? A few snapped with my Blackberry and that was about it. At the time, lugging around a Nikon D80 didn’t sound like such a hot idea. Now? Ugh. I’m having to rely on other people to try and scrape up a few photos.
Here’s what I found. Enjoy!
Thursday evening before BlogHer, Nikon held their private event at Bryant Park Grill. I can’t even tell you how excited I was to be invited. A beautiful event…complete with the NYC Fire Department calendar men…who were there for no other reason than to raise charity awareness…ehem. How lucky were Corrin and I that Nikon had professional photographers there to take our pictures. Without them, we might not have known what species of trees were lurking in the background.
Friday night, I attended the “Voices of the Year” Gala. Another wonderful event full of activities, art, conversation, some sort of pink twittertini’s…followed by more crass conversation and uncontrolled laughing…something about cropdusting…anyway. Here, another photographer was found sharing her talents, but this time with an old Polaroid camera. Such a cool idea! Notice me…appearing six months pregnant. Thanks for telling me friends. I won’t be wearing THAT shirt again any time soon. Fabulous.
Ahh…the expo hall. EVERYone loves expo hall pictures. Last year, I had some really cute ones – Ragu jar made of veggies, me with a camero and even had a cameo with Ronald McDonald. This year? You be the judge. Note above photo: Are you surprised that we really DIDN’T go see the Statue of Liberty…hard to believe, I know. Can’t you just feel the harbor air blowing your hair from looking at this overly realistic shot? Wow.
How about this one?
What the…? It’s like a bad episode of “Ice Queen and the Revenge of the Deranged Elf.” Corrin is right…the things we’ll do to win a free trip. When is Hallmark going to contact me about that anyway? My bags are packed and ready…
*Photo Removed* – the S’mores Suite – even I don’t have the guts to post a picture that bad – weird expressions, fake fire, fat rolls. Something went horribly wrong there…horribly wrong…*shutter*
Let’s move on…
Saturday night parties…Sparklecorn and CheeseBurgHer…fun filled night of more twittertini’s, dancing, eating…glow necklaces…..beds around the dance floor. Funny how the blur of an evening becomes oddly clear when staring at your reflection in the water of the toilet bowl the next morning. Of course, I’m not speaking from experience…ehem. Back to parties and friends…oh the friends! I mean, just look at the expressions on our faces? Can’t you tell what a FAB time Jen and I were having?
What about me and the infamous Avitable?
Can I just say…that black is NOT the new color. Blackberry Fail. Where the heck was the flash? I’m SO happy to have these wonderful pictures to remind me of the good times…yup…good times…
You would think, by winning a brand new Nikon D3000 from the expo hall, I would have taken that as a sign to snap some FREAKIN’ PICTURES!
So…please feel bad for me…please say you’ll email some of the best, greatest, grandest pictures ever. Help me redeem my self image…please…please…
Next year, I’m hiring a professional photographer to follow me around all weekend. And a photoshop genius to take care of the details.
It was fun meeting you, even briefly! And I had a blast at the Nikon party, too!