Blogfest Locations
Just Running My Brain In Random Cycles
I was talking to Eric the Straight White Guy the other night, and blogmeets came up as a topic of conversation. He mentioned a return to New Orleans as a possible site. Not a bad idea, really. It's a good party town, but I've got kind of a been-there, done-that feel about it. Just visited too many times, I guess. It is close by, however.
From my POV, a blogfest should be about the bloggers, not the town. I'm coming to a blogfest to meet & greet bloggers, and if there's some nice restaurants and bars suitable for socializin', that's just the icing on the cake.
While I ain't been to Helen, GA yet (dammit...), it seems the Jawja crew has a good thing going with that locale. Small town, not too much going on other than mild touristy stuff, so you're not distracted by all the shiny things pointin' at the sky.
I was pleased to see Zonker spike Las Vegas for the 2007 Blodger meetup, 'cause IMHO, there's just too much to do there. Don't get me wrong, I *LOVE* Las Vegas, but when the hotels all have 1000 rooms, and with the lure of the casinos and all the shows, I really think the blogger facetime would suffer greatly.
So, what makes a good blogfest locale?
Close access to airports.
Inexpensive hotels
Some place to gather where we can be noisy and not get arrested
No zombies
Good eatin' & drinkin' places
Cheap bail
Somewhere in the South/Midwest.
Loose Adventurous wimmenfolks
24 hour liquor stores
Free range midgets
Legal fireworks
Etc., etc., etc. (remember to do the Yul Brynner voice...)
Personally, I'd like to see a blogmeet in Memphis or Mobile, maybe Pensacola. Eat some BBQ or seafood whilst blogmeeting! St. Louis or Louisville are a bit far north for most of the Southron Blodgers, I'm thinking. I'm deathly allergic to Nashville. Out of all those towns, though, I'm only really familiar with Memphis.
I'm not an airplane person, so I'm kind of limited to about an 800 mile radius from Houston. That's about all I can do in one hop, and not be completely blown out when I get to the other end.
Where would y'all like to see the next big meet-up?
I was talking to Eric the Straight White Guy the other night, and blogmeets came up as a topic of conversation. He mentioned a return to New Orleans as a possible site. Not a bad idea, really. It's a good party town, but I've got kind of a been-there, done-that feel about it. Just visited too many times, I guess. It is close by, however.
From my POV, a blogfest should be about the bloggers, not the town. I'm coming to a blogfest to meet & greet bloggers, and if there's some nice restaurants and bars suitable for socializin', that's just the icing on the cake.
While I ain't been to Helen, GA yet (dammit...), it seems the Jawja crew has a good thing going with that locale. Small town, not too much going on other than mild touristy stuff, so you're not distracted by all the shiny things pointin' at the sky.
I was pleased to see Zonker spike Las Vegas for the 2007 Blodger meetup, 'cause IMHO, there's just too much to do there. Don't get me wrong, I *LOVE* Las Vegas, but when the hotels all have 1000 rooms, and with the lure of the casinos and all the shows, I really think the blogger facetime would suffer greatly.
So, what makes a good blogfest locale?
Close access to airports.
Inexpensive hotels
Some place to gather where we can be noisy and not get arrested
No zombies
Good eatin' & drinkin' places
Cheap bail
Somewhere in the South/Midwest.
24 hour liquor stores
Free range midgets
Legal fireworks
Etc., etc., etc. (remember to do the Yul Brynner voice...)
Personally, I'd like to see a blogmeet in Memphis or Mobile, maybe Pensacola. Eat some BBQ or seafood whilst blogmeeting! St. Louis or Louisville are a bit far north for most of the Southron Blodgers, I'm thinking. I'm deathly allergic to Nashville. Out of all those towns, though, I'm only really familiar with Memphis.
I'm not an airplane person, so I'm kind of limited to about an 800 mile radius from Houston. That's about all I can do in one hop, and not be completely blown out when I get to the other end.
Where would y'all like to see the next big meet-up?
posted by El Capitan | 5:06 PM
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