Last night, in the dense humidity, I strolled the Magnificent Mile with a friend. There are some cool things about the promenade — the wacky giant sculpture of the couple in American Gothic, the splendid, almost Venetian water tower, the flower beds, and, of course, the never ending display of humans.
The strapping lad in white pants, a bright green John Deere t-shirt that was a size too small, flip flops, and at his side, an elegant greyhound.… continued…
Tomorrow morning, I’m hitting the highway with two other bloggers — the Kelly half of Travellious and Peter of The Carey Adventures. Our destination? Chicago for BlogHer and The Travelblog Exchange. I’m excited to be doing cool stuff at both events. At BlogHer I’m on a panel with three other bloggers (Roz, Nancy, and Angel); we’ll be talking about how travelblogs can inspire others to travel (among other things). I’m also reading a post from the Nerd’s Eye View archives at the Community Keynote, and no, I won’t tell you which one it is, so please don’t ask until after the conference is over– at that point, you can probably find me stuttering on the YouTube.… continued…
You’d have to be blogging from underneath a rock (or be blissfully disconnected from blognews) to not know that BlogHer was last weekend. If you’re a regular reader of Nerd’s Eye View, you know that I didn’t go. The first reason I didn’t go was because I felt like the offerings were insufficiently enticing for this travel crazy blogger. I later received a shockingly generous offer of sponsorship from Uptake, but by then, it was too late, the conference was sold out.… continued…
This coming weekend is the BlogHer conference, a huge gathering of women (and yes, some guys) with opinions and Internet connectivity. About a month back – I think it was a month back – I’d finally made up my mind not to attend. There are a bunch of small complicated reasons – my dislike of large crowds, a program that doesn’t resonate with me, too much girly girl stuff on the edges. That’s all my point of view, your mileage/interpretation may vary and all that.… continued…
You might find this boring, it’s a bunch of personal nonsense and news. If you want to skip it, I don’t mind one bit, but hey, maybe you’d like to take a short visual trip to Hawaii, instead. I looked at these again the other day and wow, if you can be homesick for a place you don’t live, I think I might be. … continued…
