Thanks for all the pictures - its a small glimpse into being there - Congrats on your win too!

Cyndee thanks so much!  It was a lot of fun to meet the friends I'd known online for so long, and also to meet so many folks whose work I've admired forever too. Really, really cool :)

Again, Congratulations, Mary, on the award.  I regret I didn't get to visit with you more but was pleased to see your success.

Wow...what a cool function...I wish I had been invited. I haven't been with active rain long enough to know people and events and project blogger or meme or any of that stuff...hopefully I'll catch on soon and be one of the guys/gals...  =)

Rondel it wasn't by invitation - this event was sponsored by Inman News as part of Inman Connect. This year was the first one that had a day on blogging, Bloggers Connect. Go next year!  It was $99 for the day and well worth it!!

Congratulations Mary...well done on the Project Blogger contest!  Cool pictures.  I was at the event and had a blast meeting so many bloggers - great conversations. The Thirsty Bear meet-up room was absolutely packed and alot of fun.

Mary congratulations on Project Blogger! Thanks for sharing all the photos it's great for those of use who couldn't be there.

Mary - Congratulation to you and Frances on being the winner. I am sure it was well worth spending the time on the project.  Thank you for sharing the pictures from the convention.

Again Congratulations to you and Fran.  Thanks for sharing the photos of the fun.

Very nice to see more of those we reading so much of here. Great to see the photos. We should of come. The good news is we had a significant Buyer for 3 days and put that together. And since being on AR, and as active as possible for a few months, we're getting at least one "up call" a day from our blogs now. Thanks again for sharing this with the rest of us.

Congratulations on your win!  You certainly worked hard to get it!  Thanks for all the photos of the event.  It is so nice to be able to log on and share some of those special moments!

kk 

Congratulations on your win, Mary, It was such fun to witness you getting the prize along with Frances. Sorry our paths did not cross. Thanks for the visual. Any plans to talk about your Project Blogger journey? We didn't get to hear much from you about that. :(

Thanks for sharing the great photos - what a terrific collection of blogging celebrities!

Jeff

Mary, and a Big Congratulations from me as well.  What wonderful, FUN pictures!  Looks like you all had an amazing time and meeting "old/new" friends!

Jan - You are so right - it was crowded but fun. Can't wait for next year and hope it'll also be in SF.

Ashley - Glad you enjoyed the pics! Thanks for the congrats on winning PB!

Jennifer - Thanks for the well-wishes :)  It was worth it (and no slam dunk, the other apprentices and teams all worked very hard and have gorgeous blogs to show for it)

Maureen - Thanks so much for the nice words but also for ALL of the encouragement and sideline help that you gave to all of us in recent weeks. You are a star!

Gary - That is awesome and I'm hoping to follow in your tracks with the leads. I love seeing pics of others. My biggest challenge now is names - I have some great pics and find myself saying, "oh no, is there a biz card with this face on it somewhere???"

KK - Glad we could have you be a part of it via pics!  Thanks for the good wishes :)

Jeff - Thanks. I'd have loved to meet you too - maybe next AR event?? One of the things that some judges penalized us for was "blogging about blogging". I occassionally did a recap of this or that week. I wasn't sure anyone would want something in retrospect about the journey but I will give it some thought thanks to you. I don't want to bore people with it but if you think folks would want to hear more, perhaps I can do it in a concise enough way as to not lose people....  Thanks for asking. I'll probably do it since you asked!

Carole - you are right!  Next time I hope you'll be there in person too!!

Mary... first of all, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN! Second, it's always great to see you. You are a breath of fresh air in this world.

Jeff - you are wayyy kind. It is always good seeing you and I'm hoping to see your fantastic apprentice, Julie Ferenzi, next week when I'm in Chicago (family wedding and checking out colleges, our major pasttime these days). Thanks for being such an upbeat and vocal part of Active Rain. You are a real inspiration as I don't think you've ever said a negative word here (the same can't be said of me but I'm trying....) Thank you again!!!!!!!!!

*** Dear Active Rain Moderators, thank you for featuring this post (I just noticed, I AM a little slow with these things)!****

Mary - Congratulations! It was so nice to meet you and the other Apprentices and the other bloggers. As you know, I went to Los Gatos twice because of your blogs, and found it a most delightful town. Hope we'll have some one-on-one time in the future.

Sharon you are SO sweet. I was absolutely delighted to meet you at Bloggers Connect and if you are in the area again, please let me know and I'll give you the stone-by-stone tour of Los Gatos, from the funstuff to the history to the ghosts of Los Gatos!!

I do hope to see you again and maybe next time we can enjoy lunch together. (Are you going to Sellabration in January in Hawaii???)

With warm regards from Silicon Valley,

Mary Pope-Handy

Congratualtions !! I love all the pictures, thanks for making us feel apart.

Mary, congrats again. Love your writing as well as Los Gatos...the two together are a winning team! It was great to finally meet you.

Gena it was great to finally meet you too (and Rebecca as well). So glad you like LG :)

Mary,

seems that all of you guys had fun :P, who is the best in los gatos ? :)  Mary !

Ray Saenz