We ate deep dish spinach pizza in the heart of Chicago, and talked for the first time face to face.  From New Hampshire, Chicago and San Francisco, we came together and shared our backgrounds, our home staging business stories, and our hopes for the future. And ladies, Craig is much more handsome in person.

Craig Schiller treated Sue Argue and Cindy Lin to a guided tour around Chicago, which was fantastic. If you haven't been to this city in a while, go...it's a friendly, clean and FUN place to visit.

Craig, never wear that hat in Boston, OK? You might get beat up by the Red Sox fans.

Cindy and I tried the local beer, 321 I think it was called, very tasty.

The subject of home staging and Active Rain did come up :)

Craig is well aware that eyes are on his blog and he obviously cares about helping other staging business owners and his own customers.

Active Rain is a fantastic platform and it is working to get home staging's success out there! We're getting referrals from AR.

And we all see this happening: Realtors that team up with home stagers are more successful at selling homes than ones who don't. Same results, coast to coast.

Thank you Craig Schiller for your kindness and hospitality in Chicago. It was a pleasure meeting you both, and I wish us continued success in our businesses :) You can come visit me in NH next time, ski, kayak, hike, lobsters, autumn leaves...

Cheers!