Laptops were everywhere at the “BlogWorld & New Media Expo,” and the fingers were doing their magic everywhere you looked. Leeann and I felt like dinosaurs as we were in the minority, actually taking notes by hand. We are both journalism majors from Cal State Fullerton, so I think the reporter vibe set in.

It was an interesting trip, with inspiring courses and keynote speakers, such as the successful WordPress developer Matt Mullenweg and billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban, and Beauty Chat was smack in the center of it all!

We passionately talked up our “looking good and feeling good” philosophy to numerous bloggers, PR reps, and Internet television crews. Ms. TalkingChic here even made it on TV Thursday evening after the 2007 Weblog Awards. (It felt great promoting Beauty Chat and giving a shout out to PlasticSurgery.com, one of our popular parent Web sites.)

The Weblog Awards were held at “The Joint;” a cool nightclub at the Hard Rock Hotel. I’m not sure what I enjoyed more at this “opening party” though – the lusciously delicious chocolate fondu fountain or seeing bloggers who are well-deserved of such honors get up to the podium to say their thanks.

Overall, the “BlogWorld & New Media Expo“ was a successful event. The city of bright lights was a enjoyable outing, and probably one of the best places to meet and greet.  (Mellori, Denice, Brook, and Jacquie were with us in spirit!)

The 4-hour drive back home?  Well that’s another story….

Want to know more about our day-to-day activities at the Las Vegas Convention Center? Our humorous time spent in a hotel on the strip? Or, how Leeann came up 100 bucks from the 5 cent “Wheel of Fortune” slot machine (or how I helped her out, yet came home with zilch)?

~ Elana

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