FuelMyBlog Party Downtown was a Blast!

DIsclaimer: I am not attending the actual SOBcon. I’ve now been asked 850 times and have come to realize that not attending may have been a mistake.

Friday night I found out through a twitter that @fuelmyblog was having a blogger party at O’Callaghan’s in downtown Chicago. Bloggers plus my favorite pub and I was determined to go. We found a sitter, lost that sitter, found another sitter, dropped off the kids and got to Chicago about quarter to 9pm.

I didn’t realize that there had been a 5pm meetup prior to this, so some of the guests had already been imbibing spirits. I just thought some people were awfully lively *grin*

Here is a list of the people I met, stolen directly from Paul O’Flaherty, thanks for everything Paul!

And Sara from Suburban Oblivion is my new BFF. We’re going to get one of those necklaces and hers will say BE FRI and mine will say ST END and we can put them together and they’ll say BEST FRIEND. Totally. Of course, it was past midnight and all of our Cinderella coaches had turned into pumpkins and our white horses were mice again, but we’d all had an absolutely fabulous time!

Thank you, of course, to both FuelMyBlog and Paul O’Flaherty for hosting such a phenominal event. It was intimate, without being stuffy. Drinky without being TOO drinky, and overall it was nice to socialize with a group of people who understand what I do!

May 2, 2008 | By: Jennifer Gniadecki | Filed Under Blogging, Networking |  

Comments

8 Responses to “FuelMyBlog Party Downtown was a Blast!”

  1. Lisa B @ simply His on May 2nd, 2008 3:52 pm

    Ok, I am so completely jealous! You got to meet some cool bloggers. I have got to stalk — I mean follow you more :) I miss ya!

    Lisa B @ simply His’s last blog post..She Speaks Conference

  2. Michael Martine | Remarkablogger on May 2nd, 2008 9:46 pm

    Yes, it was a mistake for you to not be at SOBCon. ;) But it was very cool to meet you!

    Michael Martine | Remarkablogger’s last blog post..SOBCon 08 Meetups

  3. sylvied on May 2nd, 2008 11:10 pm

    I am with Lisa, jealous it sounds like a great one…next year we will make it!
    Well I will anyway :)

  4. Kevin D on May 3rd, 2008 1:48 am

    So glad you enjoyed it, I promise not to be missing next year :)

    Am glad Paul held the fort so to speak!

  5. Terry Starbucker on May 3rd, 2008 4:17 am

    Hey Jennifer! Thanks for the link love - I really enjoyed meeting you; as I told you at the event, and in the words of Lou Grant to Mary Richards, “you got spunk kid. I like spunk”. We’ll see you at SOBCon09! :-)

    All my best,
    Terry

    Terry Starbucker’s last blog post..E-mail and The Decline of Western Civilization: An Open Letter

  6. Barbara Ling on May 5th, 2008 2:03 am

    Oh I’m jealous - what a great opportunity that must have been to meet so many wonderful people!!

    Maybe I can get to next year’s SOBCON….

    Barbara

    Barbara Ling’s last blog post..How kids can make money on the Internet online - The beginning of the experiment

  7. Suburban Oblivion on May 5th, 2008 6:50 am

    Hey Jen!! Sorry it took so long to get back to you, the weekend was so incredibly overwhelming, in more ways than I can begin to describe! I did get your email though, and I will tell you now it was fabulous meeting you, I had a great time, and I VERY much look forward to seeing you in July at BlogHer! :)
    Suburban Oblivion’s last blog post..Suburban in the City

  8. Paul OFlaherty on May 5th, 2008 10:20 am

    Hey Jen :) Sorry for taking so long to get back to you.. as you can imagine the rest of the weekend was incredibly busy and I’ve only arrived home within the last 20 minutes…

    Thanks to both you and Randy for helping to make the night as much fun as it was..

    Looking forward to seeing you again soon.

    Paul OFlaherty’s last blog post..Feuling Chicago Bloggers

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