Daily affirmations of a word mercenary
I walked in the door from the airport yesterday, put down my bags, changed my pants, and immediately walked back out the door to garden in the front yard. See, with our house going on the market this Friday, there’s really no chance to decompress or process BlogHer. I’m going to slap up my pictures and then I’m going to get back to work on staging my office as a bedroom, taking photos of rooms with a wide angle lens, and focusing on my attention on praying that our house sells quickly.
As for BlogHer, I’ll spit this out: great roommate/pusher, lotsa good folks I didn’t have the social stamina to get to know as well as I should have, swanky hotel, pain in the ass to shuttle from hotel to the conference location and back and forth and back, disappointing vegetarian options, good panels, wish I’d seen more of Helen Jane, hope the conf moves back to California so I can see folks like H. Champ, Mena Trott, danah boyd, etc. Oh and VERY special thanks to Bite My Cookie for the pirate cookie. Conferences would be a better place if more people passed out “not safe for children” chocolate chip cookies. That shit was AWESOME!
And now, I must get back to working on the house …

Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, was published last year.
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lily
July 30th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
as sending you good, happy, selling vibes RIGHT NOW!
Tara Anderson
July 30th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
Ariel, thanks for sharing a bite of your “pirate” with me! I’ll be getting in contact with you soon about where to send that shirt that you’re requesting. It was great meeting you…you rock.
BOSSY
July 31st, 2007 at 12:18 pm
Good luck with your house - it looks great. As for the BlogHer recap, stop by Bossy’s place for the full run-down. A Reader’s Digest Version also available at no charge!
http://iambossy.typepad.com/i_.....ellen.html
Lotta
August 7th, 2007 at 7:11 pm
Def. think she needs to post her Pirate Cookie recipe. As well as a “where to shop” list for special ingrediants.