I went to BlogHer last year in San Francisco with a few girlfriends. It was only a 2 hour drive from my house, and I only attended Saturday/Saturday night festivities. It was the most surreal/fun/awful experience I've had in a long time. On one hand, we had an amazing time. Loved the swag, loved getting inspired, loved meeting a few great women. However, at the time, I'd never heard of Dooce or Twitter. It was all everyone at the conference could talk about. I felt like I was in these odd alien world where I'd missed a few things that were apparently a really, really big deal. And then there was this awkward mommy blogger vs mommy blogger run down in one of the sessions which totally freaked me out. And everyone was on their iPhones tweeting about the incident AS IT WAS HAPPENING. Women were mobbing Dooce like she was Jennifer Aniston. All I wanted to do was hurry to the after party for free Starbucks drinks and shrimp cocktails. The whole thing was like high school in a very odd way. But, I'll admit, if BlogHer comes back to the West Coast, I will definitely try to go again. This time, I think I might be more prepared.

I hope to see you there one year!