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Houston Area BlogHer Pre-Conference Meet Up!

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Things that are (at least rumoured to be) improved upon by the act of breaking:

•    Bread
•    Legs
•    Bad
•    Dawn
•    Tameshiwari
•    News
•    Benjamins
•    Vowels
•    Electric Boogaloos*
•    The Ice

There isn’t enough Bengay in the world to make me try to smash concrete bricks with my hands, or to get me to read a Twilight book, but I’ll all about breaking some ice when necessary. And since BlogHer 2010 is just seven weeks away, it’s probably a good time to ask yourself…do you have your exit buddy? Do you have one, friendly and familiar face that you will be able to find in the crowd?

It helps, I swear it does.

So, you are cordially invited to join me at Morton’s the Steakhouse in downtown Houston on July 24th, grab a drink, and get familiar with the community of bloggers right here in Houston before we all head off to New York in August for Blogher '10.

Well, before you do. I don’t actually get to attend the conference this year, which is all the more reason I hope you can come. You’re welcome to bring a spouse, a friend, a groupie or your grandma.

Please RSVP right here so I can get an accurate headcount, and feel free to introduce yourself. I’ll go first.:

My name is Mr Lady, which isn’t really my name at all but even my husband calls me that now, so I’m sticking with it. I’ve been blogging for 5 1/2  years, I tweet as @mrlady, I've attended two BlogHer conferences, and if I could tell you any one thing about BlogHer that you’ve probably heard but I know for a fact to be a big big fake fake lie, it’s that no, you are not ‘not cool enough’ to attend BlogHer.

Gangsta. Yes, it DOES feel good.The Bloggess and me, going for Hottest BloggerMe and the Red Stapler
See? And they asked me to speak. TWICE. You're totally way cooler than I am. So just go and have fun already.

*SO not an improvement. That first movie** was a classic, and got absolutely no respect.
**You probably have no clue what I’m talking about. That’s perfectly okay with me.

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BlessedSalt 5 pts

I would love to be there but my kid thinks she deserves a first birthday party that very night!

Oh and I'm totally lost at twitter. It seriously confuses me. Just FYI to make your day better.

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christinemoers 5 pts

Well, I'm officially out, because there is now a meet-up in Austin. Sorry, Houston. :(

Christine

www.welcometomybrain.net ( http://www.welcometomybrain.net )

texasebeth 6 pts

Christine,

If you do manage to drive down and want to stay the night you are more than welcome at my house. Just let me know so I can clear off the spare bed for you. Right now it's covered in sewing stuff. :)

Elizabeth

@texasebeth ( http://twitter.com/texasebeth )

My Life, such as it is.... ( http://texasebeth.blogspot.com )

christinemoers 5 pts

I'm wondering if I might possibly, perhaps, maybe, might be able to pull this off.

Heck, if the Austin freaks can make the trek, I guess I can't complain. I have an hour head start.

Will try. Put me down as an official "will really, really try."

And I AM going to BlogHer. So, thanks for planning this. Because, really, it's all about me.

Christine

www.welcometomybrain.net ( http://www.welcometomybrain.net )

Nancy France 5 pts

I'd like to come...I'll be new to everyone there..but I'd like to meet you all!

Gardening is patience, rewarded.

shanbrentris 5 pts

I'd cry if it were any other way. :)

elz 5 pts

I'll find a way to be there even though I'm not going to BlogHer this year.

@txelz
www.elzabelz.blogspot.com ( http://www.elzabelz.blogspot.com )

shanbrentris 5 pts

And I'm hosting the dang party, so yep, it's safe to say you are more than welcome to come to this meet-up anyway. We'd be happy to have you, actually!

shanbrentris 5 pts

...is that you can just BRING shoes and then 'oopsie' slip out of them. If anyone's looking at your feet, they're doing it wrong. :)

shanbrentris 5 pts

And I am very happy you're coming!

MomsMaterial 5 pts

Hi Mr. Lady! I was hoping to make it to Blogher but not able to this year. Planning on 2011!

If this is open to those that want to go but aren't, I would love to come and meet everyone. So in 2011, I will definitley be prepared with some "exit buddies"!

I have two blogs - MomsMaterial and CyberSafeFamily and tweet by both those names.

Thanks for putting this together.

Cammie@MomsMaterial

bodaciousboomer 5 pts

I'll be there+1. Since it's at Mortons I'm assuming that I'll actually have to wear shoes, unless you've managed to secure a "no shoes required room" for us. Any such luck?

This will be my first trip to BlogHer. I'm hoping to pick up some pointers on the do's and don'ts from those who have been there before.

Michele
Bodaciousboomer.com

AngieLaa 5 pts

I'm looking forward to going. I won't be going to Blogher so it would be great to make some connections in the area. I'm looking forward to making some blogging friends.

shanbrentris 5 pts

Are you in sunny Houston? HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS?

Woot! I am very excited to finally meet you!

shanbrentris 5 pts

I think it's mandatory that you DO crash it. :)

FoodontheTable 5 pts

Would it be ok if I crash your party? I live in Austin, but would love to meet some folks before New York!

shanbrentris 5 pts

And so is San Antonio. Just sayin'. :)

Knighton 5 pts

I'm going to try to get there for the weekend, too. Austin is a suburb of Houston, after all. ;-)

shanbrentris 5 pts

I can't go either, so you'll be in good company!

Julie Heinrich 5 pts

I think I can...I think I can. Let me see how my schedule turns out for this week. I would love to meet up with some fellow Houston area BlogHers.

www.julieheinrich.com ( http://www.julieheinrich.com )

midlifenatalie 5 pts

oooowheeee...i'll be there. putting it on the calendar right now. unfortunately i can't go to the real blogher conference, but i'm all about practicing up until i get a chance!

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shanbrentris 5 pts

And, to quote a friend, "I'm the guy behind the guy behind the guy behind the guy behind the guy. So yeah, I'm nobody."

mjh90 5 pts

Don't have a blog, but would love to come...count me in! Can't wait to meet the famous ladies that blog in Houston....shite...that sounded stalker-ish...

Allison Zapata 5 pts

I'm totally cabbing it home. Hello, wine!

yay!!

alanaransley 5 pts

If my husband doesn't have anything going on that night, I will totally be there. I rarely get out of "The Bubble" AKA The Woodlands, and I need to meet people who are more like me.

I have been blogging sporadically for five years at http://pedalontheright.blogspot.com, but since Twitter came along, my blog has been neglected, and I can be found at twitter.com/alanaransley on there.

See you then!

shanbrentris 5 pts

It is most certainly about time I met you.

shanbrentris 5 pts

This is precisely why I chose downtown. I more or less live in New Mexico. :)

You'd be welcomed...I hope you can make it!

texasebeth 6 pts

If my hubby isn't working or I can Grandpa to babysit I will try to be there. I'm not going to BlogHer '10 but would love to meet some local area bloggers. I'm in Missouri City (the poor next door neighbor to Sugar Land)on the SW side of town.

Elizabeth

I tweet @texasebeth ( http://twitter.com/TexasEbeth ) , I blog at My Life, such as it is... ( http://texasebeth.blogspot.com/ ) and my Etsy shop, L ( http://www.landrdesigns.etsy.com/ )

shanbrentris 5 pts

My husband found my halfway through my second year. It's amazing I'm still married.

Kathryn1124 5 pts

Excited! I'm Kathryn, I've been blogging sporadically for a couple of years. Trying to decide if I'm going to keep blogging or not, I'm much more active on Twitter these days (@kat1124). Plus my mother found my blog, which can be kind of raw in a "family dysfunction that maybe your mom didn't KNOW about before she read your blog" kind of way, and that has really contributed to my lack of blog recently. Well, that and work and school and kids.

I'm not going to BlogHer either, I don't care. Any excuse to get together with Houston bloggers is a good enough reason for me. See you there!

Pammer 5 pts

I love the Nemo reference. One of my favorite scenes. ;)

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shanbrentris 5 pts

It starts anytime after 7, and ends when they kick us out. :)

zrecsmom 5 pts

I'm hoping to get to Houston - I'm technically in Bryan which is an hour and a half North of Houston but one day we'll be considered a suburb. Just you watch. My husband and I run the blog Z Recommends and we both went to blogher last year but can't make it this year. We blog about consumer advocacy issues, product reviews, unschooling our almost 6 year old daughter, gardening and more. This August, we will have been blogging for 4 years. So, uh, what time will this shindig happen?

shanbrentris 5 pts

But I'd love to see you at the meet-up! Just let me know when you do!

BShallue 5 pts

I would love to join you! I can't make it to BlogHer '10 ($$$$$) but I'm in Austin, my parents live near Houston, and I can see a big MAYBE staring me in the face.
I'll let you know for sure way in advance.

Barbara Shallue writes about her life at http://barbarashallue.typepad.com and is contributing editor of http://jobs4autism.com.

shanbrentris 5 pts

This is NIGHT. Your attendance is mandatory. Ish.

Erica M 5 pts

I think my mom is trying to turn 65 that weekend, and I may be forced to commemorate it at an unbelievably unafforable island restaurant the day of this event.

I'll let you know for sure a few days beforehand. Thanks for the invite!

Erica
freefringes.com

lauriewrites 5 pts

Or at least your comment thread.

For God's sake and your own, people, go and meet this woman. GO GO GO. You have an embarrassment of blogging riches in this town and I for one am extremely jealous.

Also because I don't get to see her in New York. So go. Do it for me. Not that you know who the hell I am. Details, details.

xo. Have a ball.

Laurie
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