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Bossy’s Excellent BlogHer Adventure.

Those of you with a life may want to skip to the Reader’s Digest Version posted below. For Bossy’s Friend Bobo the one person left:

It all began Thursday morning when Bossy’s husband dropped her off at the airport. He pushed her out of the Honda without slowing the car was sad to see her go. After clearing the Security Checkpoint Bossy discovered her flight was delayed. Lucky thing it wasn’t the only one.

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Because Bossy had to kill a half-hour an hour eight hours, she checked out the sights in the airport terminal:

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Finally seventeen days later in the air over Ohio Bossy spied the reason for the delay.

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After purgatory a ride in an airless airport van, Bossy checked-in to her Rave Club hotel where she and four friends hosted an evening meet-and-greet and Bossy forgot her travel woes:

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The conference began early Friday morning which is why Bossy was so happy she went to bed early danced until 2. This is a photo of the ballroom where the conference-goers ate their meals, listened to speakers, and received valuable gifts like laptops gel nasal spray. Here Bossy rubs elbows with The founders of BlogHer Lisa Stone, Elisa Camahort, and Jory Des Jardins:

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Then Bossy attended classroom sessions where she saw many interesting presentations.

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Bossy learned tons of stuff about branding and revenue and technology although the technology part was a little beneath Bossy since she clearly operates on an advanced level.

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After a full day’s itinerary the conference-goers retired to a cocktail party featuring free grub delicious canapés and free booze complimentary libations:

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Bossy whored around met so many amazing bloggers!

This is Bossy and her roommate:

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And this is Bossy with Girls Gone Child and Bite My Cookie:

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And this is regal Ree:

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And here’s Bossy and Jen:

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And this is Leah Peah:

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And here Bossy and Mom 101 discuss literary awards:

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And this is Bossy with more Mothahs: Her Bad Mother Motherhood Uncensored and Mother Goose Mouse:

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And this is the always showy Adorable Girlfriend:

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Here Bossy and moosh in indy point chins while Izzymom referees:

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In this one Bossy and her new best friend imitate Kathy Griffin’s mom:

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This is Bossy with Joy Unexpected:

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And here Ruth Dynamite and Bossy pretend they were just pulled over by the police:

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And finally in this one Bossy stalks the one and only Dooce:

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Later that night Bossy and a handful of her pals decide to go out to dinner. Here they are walking along Navy Pier:

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The restaurant was very nice. Very nice. Very very nice with some extra very on the side and a dash of very.

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After the dinner the BlogGirrlz went back to the Rave Club hotel to sit in the lobby and drink themselves silly continue the discussion of Web Standardization:

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Saturday went very much like Friday. As the festivities and learning sessions drew to a close Bossy couldn’t wait to hobnob with Keynote Speaker and first-lady hopeful Elizabeth Edwards:

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After another cocktail party Bossy and thirty blah blahs gathered in so and so’s room and hoop-de-wah.

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On Sunday Bossy said goodbye to her friends and took off across shimmering Chicago to marry John Cusack take some photos.

Four hours later Bossy arrived at the airport and was confronted with this piece of Good News Signage regarding her flight:

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Lucky thing Bossy could sit in the lounge and watch Politician Rock Videos the rebroadcast of YouTube’s Presidential Debate:

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Bossy’s flight was late and long and everyone was doing The Ugly Sleep:

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But because Bossy’s flight didn’t land until after one in the morning Bossy’s husband was able to swoop in and pick her up without any traffic concerns:

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All in all it was an inspiring and empowering time made fun with cool friends and Bossy was sure glad she went.

P.S:

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(Elizabeth was impressed with Bossy’s Mad Stretched Arm Photo-Taking Skillz. She said so herself.)

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  1. I love love love this post! Though I don’t know that AG tag you have photo-ed. It wasn’t me! 🙂

    We were delayed getting home. I feel your pain!! Story at 11 on RoD.

  4. First of all, Ms. BOSSY. You are 100% adorable. So cute, I can’t stand it.

    Secondly — of course OOPS is a GREAT name for a wine. I *love* the label — I’d buy it just for the name and the design.

    Great, great, photo of AG!

    🙂

    Great, great, great photo of you and Mrs. Edwards.

    ….I am so jealous of your weekend…

  5. You so deserve the best blogher round-up award! It took some of the sting out of not being there, but made it hurt more that I didn’t meet you! Amanda told me that you were so cute! Everytime I asked anything about you I got Cute! I love Cute!
    So I hope I meet you next year…or if you’re ever in New York….

  6. I’m jealous. Jealous jealous jealous!
    Bossy has the mostest fun evah.
    Except for the waiting in airport part. That just sucks ass.

  7. Holy hellacious flight delays. I can only imagine how fried you were by the time you arrived home.

    That button-stealing beyotch is right to envy your mad Photoshop skillz. Personally, I’m envying that cute little lime green laptop of yours and your utter gorgeousness. It was wonderful to meet you.

  9. You are TOO funny! I loved your retrospective and of course, the running commentary. It was great to meet you. Hope you can come to the mid-year thing that I’m not-so-secretly planning 🙂

  11. Oh, fer chrissake! That was the best Blogher recap, hands down.

    And I wanted so badly to put you in my pocket and take you home with me, but fer chrissake woman! You’re like seven feet tall. Jay-sus.

    I should have tried, though. I love you that much. Smooches.

  12. FanFUNkintastic summary for us that stupidly did not go to Blogher.

    You are as adorable looking as you are funny!
    Looks like good times … and indeed great arm length for the photo opportunity with Mrs. E.

    ^5, job well done!

  13. I loved you more than I expected too love you and that was already a WHOLE LOT.

    Now, can we talk about that picture of me, you and MY CHINS?

    Also, you were at my party? OR was there another party that got broke up by That Enormous Dude?

    I miss you. xo

  14. Dude, I’m sorry my scrawny head blocked your view of Elizabeth Edwards, but doesn’t my Dooce impression make up for it?

    🙂

    My new philosophy of life is, when a tray of ice cream brownies passes you … grab two.

  16. Great recap! Makes me wish even more that I wished I could’ve joined in the festivities. (I didn’t even think it was possible for me to wish even more.)

  17. For the record all of those wine glasses were not mine. I swear.

    I think my favorite encounter with you was prior to meeting Elizabeth Edwards. That was so kind of you to move that other woman’s stuff out of the way.

  19. Lord woman, did that take you all day or what? Good thing for that airport delay or we might have had to wait until March for this. You rock, lady.

  21. this is my most favorite blogher recap post. I may stop reading all others…as I keep feeling very sad because of all the unpacking, all the time, and all the boxes, everywhere. Hotel sparcity sounding so good right now.

  22. this is my most favorite blogher recap post. I may stop reading all others…as I keep feeling very sad because of all the unpacking, all the time, and all the boxes, everywhere. Hotel sparcity sounding so good right now.

  24. Awesome! Bossy is as cute as Dooce, but we already knew that around here.

    Wish I could have been there.

  26. I love you. Too bad we didn’t go to the same fucking terminal! ARGH! My laptop was on MST and I almost missed my flight. I ROCK! You, my dear, were a delight.

  28. Oh Bossy, you look so NORMAL in your photos … then I read your blog and I think, “no, she can’t be” … I love you and your blog and I can’t stop reading it!! (Wish you coulda seen my husband reading about the Tampax – I was shaking with laughter too much to hold the camera still. He sees tampons in a whole new light now …)

  32. I kid you not….those rocking chairs in that airport have talked me out of distributing death after flights have been delayed.

  35. Hilarious as always, Bossy.

    Too bad you couldn’t stick around until Monday and go to the Cubs game — Mr. Cusack was there last night.

  37. You kill me. I laughed so hard at the not-a-rocker-guy I woke up the stupid dog. And then I actually considered stopping right.there. and coming back later so as not to waste the funny all at once. But I couldn’t resist, and read it all anyway, right then. You are just too funny.

  38. We would have driven you home but, um, you would have gotten lost circling Chicago in a stupid slutmobile eco-van with us for days and then what would you have taken pictures of? Hmm?

  39. It was great meeting you saturday night, Bossy. did you ever know that Jory Des Jardins and I first met because we were sitting next to each other in the audience of a blog conference panel back in 2005 and realized we were the only two people in the room taking notes in a notebook, not on a laptop? We bonded right away.

    So I appreciate your advanced skillz 🙂

  40. I almost bought “Oops” for a friends wedding. I thought they might not appreciate it the way I did.

    Also – OMG the “Ugly Sleep”!! I am the queen of this!

    Will you adopt me?

  41. Bossy, getting to meet you at the party totally made crashing it worthwhile! This post was predictably Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, as is Bossy, 24/7. Hope we get to meet again soon.

  42. Umm, you are my blogHero! My cubemate was probably getting annoyed at the amount of actual Laughing Out Loud that occurred while reading this post. (PS: It was great to meet you!!)

  44. Damn, maybe I can go next year. What a great time! You are the queen of photos. I don’t know how you think to take pics of all of those crazy things!

  46. You got a photo with Mrs. Edwards? Luuuuucky woman! I love her AND her husband.

    I loved your recap, loved the pics.

    p.s. we have the same laptop.

  47. First, I’m your new biggest fan. And OH the Joys is a laff-riot.

    Second, did you know that you have a google ad for “The Keeper,” A MENSTRUAL CUP?

    That’s all.

  48. Well, damn. That sounded and looked like soooooo much fun. And here I am just reading a book and otherwise pissing away three perfectly good days off. I suck!

    🙂

  51. Did Elizabeth demonstrate how she immobilized Ann Coulter in a head lock and repeatedly punched her in the kidneys?

  53. Okay, my blog compared to yours is a sad sad sad story. You inspire me so….
    Guess you get this good by going to Blog conventions, ey??

  56. I spent the entire weekend kicking myself because the festivities were within driving distance. D’oh.

    Love that last photo!

  57. That was great!!! I love your laptop, by the way. I have two of those at home and they never give me any trouble. Always work like a charm each time I open them!

  59. You are cool-funny. Cunny. Funool. It’s a unique mix. Thanks for showing us BlogHer from you’re eyes. It was great. And gosh, Elizabeth Edwards is really pretty.

  60. Bossy, it was great to meet you. I had the same “laptop” as you, but you’re much cooler ’cause you actually met Eliz. Edwards!

  61. It was good to spend my last bleary BlogHer moments with you in the lobby. Your photo is up over at my flickr – username – suebobdavis

  62. Not like you need anymore love, but I am giving it. You are sweet as sugar and I wish like hell you lived down the street.

  65. Thanks for the fabulous recap! I loved meeting you.
    – Signed the girl with the go-anywhere pants
    (still can’t believe styling YOU liked something I wore, I am so not worthy..)

  68. How could we not have gotten a pic together!?!?

    Oh. Right. I’m not famous enough.

    *sad face*

    But you know I like butt snuggles!! Come on…you know you want one.

  69. I love this post, you are brilliant. I would have followed you around the conference trying to get some of your brilliance to rub off on me, and then they would have called security.

  71. I’m glad I got to gush at you in person but here I go again: you are the most original blogger out there and a fucking joy to read. Awesome recap.