Thanks so very much to everyone who came out to BOLO last night. I had an amazing, time, as always, and that’s completely due to the great blogging community we have here in town. You are all just the nicest, smartest, funniest people I know.
Some special thanks must go out to Tanya, for doing an amazing job live-tweeting the event; Coreen and Brie for working the door; Lee Ann, Tudor, Julie, Kathleen, and Krista for helping select the posts that were read; Marnie for handling emcee duties with aplomb and also for wrangling with the troublesome sound system; and of course, to all the readers who filled the evening with laughter and tears.
I’d like to send a special shoutout to Annie and Rebecca for promoting the event extensively online through Twitter and Facebook, and to Brie and Julie, who along with myself are the only ones to have made it out to all four BOLO events (I’m having badges made for us!).
Always the number one request I get after the event is for links to the posts that were read, so here they are in the order that they stepped up to the mic. Enjoy!
Honesty is Overrated
Andrea Ross of We Can Rebuild Her
Happiness is…
Amy Boughner of Keep Your Head Up
Flutter By
Julie Harrison of Coffee With Julie
Everything’s Amazing
Maranda Carvell of Momicon
I Hate Shopping at Walmart
Megan Graham of Sticks and Stones
I Hate Stairs
Annie of PhD in Parenting
Is Blogging Your Santa Claus?
Melany Gallant of Confessions of a Social Media Junkie
Infertility is a Bitch
Nancy of Travelchick
Comfy Jeans, Practical Shoes, and Other Perils of Life Approaching 40
Grace of Mothermind
Lost and Found
Jordan Kent-Bass of Project: Nest
Jordan’s Easter Confessional Revisited
Nadine Thornhill of Adorkable Undies
5 Tips on How to Talk to Kids About Sex
Ross Brown of The Brown Knowser
That’s Using My Head
Danielle Hoegy of Dish and Dash
Finding Joy in Going Slow
Alison Weatherston of Party of 3
Don’t Go In The Basement
Sasha of Rambling Notebook
Shock Therapy
Kim Samsin of Kimperative
Three in the Kitchen: Event Horizon
Amanda Jetté-Knox of The Maven of Mayhem
Case Of Bad Teenage Moustache
Tariq Piracha of Exit Strategy
What My Father Taught Me About Truth
Patti Murphy of Still Breathing
Leaving it All on the Living Room Floor
Allison of Bibliomama
Absence Makes the Heart Do Too Much Online
Thank you for a lovely evening and for all your work, generosity, and talent that made it happen. I am honoured to have been part of it.
Looking forward to BOLO2013.
A
Awesome job, Lynn. I could only stop in for a little bit, but that was great.
Incredible, really. Nothing else I’ve ever been to is anything like this, it really is great.
But – I didn’t notice any donation box to help defray your costs – and I had money burning a hole in my pocket for you. Not burning so hot that I remembered to flag you down to do it, sorry, but I’d like get some to you somehow! Any suggestions? Got an Amazon wish list or a real-life address i could send a cheque?
This was my first BOLO and I had so much fun. This community is so supportive. Thank you for the opportunity to share a piece of my writing.
Great job Lynn, and everyone involved!