Pictures from BlogHer (updated)

Yes, this is yet another BlogHer post. I promise we’ll get back to our regular programming soon! But I thought you might enjoy a few pictures from the event. Unfortunately I didn’t take tons, but if you want more, check out the Flickr BlogHer 08 photo pool. It is huge!

But, on to my pictures. This first one was taken out my hotel room window. We stayed in an older part of the Westin St Francis. It is a really beautiful old hotel. In the second picture of Shannon and me, which was taken in our hotel room, you can see some of the lovely architecture of the building. Tall ceilings, crown moulding, etc. it goes without saying that it was delightful to finally meet Shannon in person. She is just as nice as she seems on her blog. This third picture is of the huge mob of women that descended on the conference hall every day. I don’t know if I’ve ever spent so much time in the midst of so MANY people!

The next three pictures were taken on a photo walk of Chinatown. It was great fun, and I got lots of fun pictures. Then you can see me with a little Muppet-girl (Zoey?? Sorry, I can’t remember.) We got the picture and some video for my youngest daughter. She was thrilled! The gorgeous overlook of San Francisco was taken from the glass-fronted hotel elevator, believe it or not. It was just a stunning view– and a little vertigo-inducing. Then there is a picture of the final keynote discussion, with Dooce and Stephanie Klein– very interesting and not without its share of dramatic moments.

The bottom row of pictures shows a picture of the fancy nightclub where one of the evening parties was held. Next is one of Shannon, (Babywearing) Stephanie, and the 5 Minutes for Mom sisters Janice and Susan attacking a poor helpless hot fudge sundae. It didn’t stand a chance.

The last photo shows the UnConference room. unConference was an interesting animal. Attendees suggested different topics by writing them on squares of paper, then sticking them into time slots on the big board you see in the picture. You then got to choose which groups you wanted to participate in. I went to discussions on adding value to your blog, making money blogging, and learning more about WordPress.

The WordPress talk was easily the highlight of the unconference for me, especially because after it was done, several WONDERFUL tech people spent TWO hours fixing a thorny wordpress problem for me. For free, bless their hearts. I kept telling them they didn’t have to keep working on it, but they were determined. One of them was Lizz from BlogHer, and the other was the amazing Sarah Lewis from FindableBlogs.com. Her website is VERY worth looking at– it is wonderfully designed and she offers a great service to bloggers. Go check her out!

Check out this post again later today, as I am hoping to update it to add another 20 or so bloggers that I met during the conference. But right now I must go weed the garden– it turned into a jungle while I was away. The corn is taller than I am!

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Updated: More people I met at BlogHer

Serena Rain has a gorgeous smile and she writes at Zip ‘n’ Tizzy. I couldn’t believe how much she looks like Renee Zellweger.

Anne Marie Nichols at the Write Spot helps people market their business online, and currently has a helpful article about blog marketing at the top of her blog.

Crystal writes at Boobs, Injuries and Dr. Pepper, and spoke at a panel on blogging and privacy.

Adrienne from Adrienne’s House is another blogger I met.

Gena Hasket is a videoblogger. She has two of the community keynote readings (in video) at the top of her blog at the moment.

Jennifer writes at The Word Cellar.

Heather writes Desperately Seeking Sanity and Desperately Seeking WordPress.

Jennifer writes at The Realistic Dreamer and is just getting started at blogging.

Gabrielle, aka Design Mom is one of the founders of Kirtsy. I got the chance to meet her on Saturday evening just as hotel security was trying to break up the very noisy cheeseburger party!

Jill blogs at Writes Like She Talks and currently has a video snippet of a VERY interesting session up on her blog. It was the session in which Obama and McCain representatives fielded blogger’s questions. I only got in on the tail end of it, but Shannon and Melanie both really enjoyed it.

Erin is a crafter who blogs at thingsworthmaking.com and at tentativeplans.com.

I got several chances to chat with Michelle of Scribbit
. She’s great and I’m glad to finally know her in person.

I met Gail on the photowalk and was pleased to learn she is a fellow homeschooling mom. She blogs at silvermine.blogspot.com. Wish we could have chatted longer.

Sarah and the Goon Squad traveled across the US with Meagan Francis and Devra (oops, sorry, forgot her blog). Anyway, I was pleased to meet Sarah and super excited to finally meet Meagan in person (half an hour before she headed home!). Over the last couple years Meagan and I have talked via email many times, and we have lots in common.

Arianne was part of our Saturday night trip to the diner. She was a twitter friend of mine before I even read her blog. She blogs at To Think is to Create.

Aurora writes at craft blog at Foxy Art Studio. I met her at a DIY/Craft meetup.

Amy sat at our table at the Dooce keynote address on Saturday night. She blogs at amy-mueller.com

Susan writes at Working Moms Against Guilt and seems like a really nice gal!

Marilyn at Slackermama.com was on the panel on introversion and blogging. (Over the weekend I chatted with so many people that I just about decided I am not an introvert. However my ensuing exhaustion upon homecoming tells the real story.)

And speaking of exhaustion, I really must end this post here. I will conclude my blog-card blogging with one final post in a day or two. (only 21 cards to go!!)