What Happens in Vegas Doesn't Always Stay in Vegas

Pssst:  I'm giving away a Flip camera this week.  Be sure to check back tomorrow for more details.

SITScation was so much fun. It was over in the blink of an eye, but worth the quick trip to Vegas. I hope you are up for a quick play-by-play!

Jeff and I were able to get away for the weekend (thanks to my MIL for babysitting) and stay in the fabulous Venetian resort. The hotel really is amazing, with incredible restaurants, great shops, large suites and even gondola rides.

SITScation kicked off with a presentation by the controversial but well loved Jessica Gottlieb and then we were introduced to Spirit Jump. I was thoroughly impressed. Meagan (the founder of the non profit organization) is a cancer survivor and proof that one person can make an incredible difference. BlogWorld and SITScation occured during the same weekend and SpiritJump was at both conventions causing quite the stir. They ended up winning the Charity Smackdown that weekend for being the #1 trending topic on twitter (#beatcancer)! Meaghan has promised to guest post here on 7 Clown Circus and I can't wait. We all have the potential to make a difference!

Now back to my story. After the quick intro session of SITScation came dinner at David Burke. Can we just say best steak ever?

The night was really kicked off with the SITScation dance party and ample opportunity to meet most of the bloggers I wanted to. Can we say AMAZING?

9:00 am Saturday morning marked the beginning of the presentations that lasted through the day.

Sugar Jones talked about "beautiful blogging", which is really positive blogging. LOVED her thoughts on this.

And then, Laurie Turk of Tip Junkie Fame. Laurie talked about creating your own experience through blogging. She even mentioned me (hand held over mouth!).

Let me just tell you that both women are absolutely fabulous and Laurie Turk is even cuter and more enthusiastic and sweet in person than you'd imagine.

Jen Hinton (Keep it Classy Jen) spoke to us about vlogging and Alli Worthington of Blissfully Domestic spoke to us about creating our own personal brand. Next came Renee Ross of Cutie Bootie Cakes about building a blogging community and lastly, the SITS panel, which included moi, Heather and Tiffany of SITS, Mama Kat of Mama's Losin It, Francesca of Mayhem & Moxie, Shannon of Phat Mommy and Lula of Lulaville. The SITS panel was over before you could say SITScation, and then the whole conference was finished. Whew!

Wait. I forgot to mention the swag. Oh the swag........T-shirts, jewerly, edible items.....the list goes on.

Now, you can see from my pictures that I was so exciting about seeing so many bloggers that I love that I kind of only took pictures of people. People, by the way that I adore both through their blog and in real life.

May I present "Who is WHO (or is it WHOM) in Vegas?"

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Vegas........condensed

I have so much to say about Vegas and SITScation.......and so much to share.

I just haven't had time to put everything together for all of our entertainment.

For now though, I'll leave you with my favorite shot from Vegas:

(you might want to double click the picture in order to enlarge and fully appreciate my sentiments.)

This picture was taken during the "SITS Panel" discussion during the conference. See the microphone in my hand? I was trying to wax eloquent about blogging. Not very successfully, I see.

I learned something here. I see now who my real friends are (in case you are unclear, I'm TOTALLy joking). Notice Heather of SITS and Mindless Junque listening to me with a smile on her face? I'd like to think she's gazing at me with an adoring expression on her face because what I'm saying is so profound.

And then there is Lula from Lulaville on my left. Professed friend (hump). Totally hanging on my every word. As you can clearly see.

Disclaimer: I'm only joking. Lula adores me. She really does. I'm pretty sure. And I adore her. You DO still love me don't you, Lula?

P.S. That's her pink phone sitting on the table in front of her.

SITScation

SITScation is finally here!

I'm so excited to meet so many of you.


If you are not going, I can't wait to tell you all about it when I return.


I might even tweet about it while I'm there. Maybe.


I'm taking my FLIP...................

Whrrl.....

SEE BELOW for TUESDAY'S TRIBUTE.

I'm trying to "win" my Las Vegas SITScation trip, compliments of Whrrl. All I had to do to qualify was compose the little Whrrl video below.

Fingers crossed that I'm "lucky".

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If you have time to go see why "I feel lucky", click the "I like it" button. Maybe, just maybe you can help my "luck".

Many Thanks!