{"id":4353,"date":"2013-08-15T02:19:10","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T09:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/add-vodka.com\/?p=4353"},"modified":"2015-06-10T14:09:11","modified_gmt":"2015-06-10T21:09:11","slug":"blogher-13-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/add-vodka.com\/blogher-13-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"BlogHer ’13 Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"
It\u2019s been a couple of weeks since I got back from my little trip to Toronto and Chicago<\/a> (BlogHer) and I\u2019ve been crazy busy so I haven\u2019t had a chance to post a recap until now.<\/p>\n After deciding to go to BlogHer on a whim, I came back to more work than I could have anticipated. My day job has been go-go-go, I\u2019ve been trying to catch up on the blogging stuff that I couldn’t get done when I was away. My family was here last week from Winnipeg as well, which means I\u2019ve had little time to gather my thoughts. Not to mention that there was a mix up with the family I babysit for, so I had to watch the kids on Monday night last minute which meant that I had nothing with me (not even my phone charger) and couldn’t get anything done.<\/p>\n I\u2019m not complaining though. That\u2019s just the way things go when you return from vacation.<\/p>\n I flew in to Toronto, which was the first time I’ve ever been. The next day Marissa<\/a> and I went on a short jaunt to Niagara. I didn’t spend much time in Toronto itself, but I went sight seeing for an entire day (all by myself!) and got to see the views from the CN tower, enjoy the exhibits at the ROM and do a little shopping.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n From Toronto, Marissa and some other awesome Toronto bloggers let me tag along with them to BlogHer. Ford<\/a> graciously lent us a Ford Escape and a Ford F-150 for the (supposedly) seven and a half hour drive from TO to Chicago.<\/p>\n I say supposedly because we got lost, and we ended up going over the wrong border crossing and then re-crossing minutes later after our GPS corrected us.<\/p>\n — Side note \u2013 You\u2019d think that driving a Ford F-150 from Toronto to Chicago would have been a huge gas drain, but they only had to fill up once! I\u2019m so impressed. —<\/em><\/p>\n It was a three hour detour but we were listening to 90s music so it was all good.<\/p>\n The wonderful groups behind Buytopia<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and the Hyatt put us up in the Hyatt – Mccormick Place<\/a>, which was stunning. The room was on the 26th floor so the views were amazing. We had a \u201cparlour\u201d and two conjoining rooms, which was great since there were seven of us, so we could just hang out in the parlour and \u2013 like real bloggers, get some work done.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The restaurants at the hotel were great and we really didn’t have to leave the hotel for anything if we didn’t want to. It’s in a really convenient location, too, so it\u2019s a very cheap cab ride to restaurants and attractions in the city. We used <\/span>Hailo Chicago\u00a0<\/a>to help get us around smoothly, which was really convenient.<\/span><\/p>\nToronto<\/h3>\n
Chicago<\/h3>\n