I'm Dreaming...

If you could go anywhere on vacation, where would you go?

I want to travel the whole globe one day but I would glady start with a trip to London. And Paris. And Venice.

I'm dreaming big here ok?

I would seriously kill for the opportunity to travel "across the pond".

I would go to London first. I want to tour Buckingham Palace, visit the National Gallery, see the Olympic Stadium, tour the Tower of London, go up in the London Eye, shop at Harrod's, take a picutre ae Platform 9 3/4 in King's Cross (Harry Potter fan here), walk through Picadilly Circus....I want to see everything!

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London is so full of history and has sooo many things to do and see I would need at least two weeks there to see everything I wanted to. I said I'm dreaming big right?

The next place I would go on my dream vacation is Paris! It's just a train ride away from London right? Totally do-able in my book.

In Paris I would want to see the Eiffel Tower first. Then I would head over to the Lourve and check out some amazing artwork. I would also want to see the Notre Dame Cathedral, and visit the Pantheon, and tour the Palace of Versailles. And let's be honest. I will be in Paris so lots of wine would be consumed and I probably won't remember much...LOL!

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Next stop on my dream vacation would be Venice. Because Italy is right next to France right? (I'm KIDDING...I know where Italy is!)

But that would be my next logical stop on my dream vacation. London, Paris, and then Venice!

In Venice I would want to see Saint Mark's Basilica, ride in a gondola on the Grande Canal, tour Doge's Palace, take the elevator to the top of the Campanile, and walk through the famous Rialto Market.

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I heard a rumor that you could look at venere.com for a great deal on a hotel in Venice. A little birdy told me so. (Insert winky face here).

I know this post seems humerous but I really do want to travel all over the world one day. I also want to at leat set foot in all 50 states before I die. I have visited 13/50 so I still have a long way to go but it will happen!!

So again I ask you, if you could go anywhere on vacation, where would you go??

BBC Recap Part Two

Sorry for the cliffhanger yesterday!! I just couldn't get all of this into one post!! Again, today promises to be another picture overloaded post!

Saturday morning we woke up super early to get pretty for BBC and then we went to Bojangles for breakfast! I had heard of the infamous Bojangles through Allie and Allison but had never tried it before.  Well ya'll, they took my Boj virginity and I liked it!! If you love chicken and cajun food then The Boj is definitely for you!!

After breakfast we went back to the hotel just in time for registration and Brew Over Ice!!! Brew Over Ice was one of the sponsors for BBC and had a Keurig brewing station set up where we could make our own Iced Coffee, Flavored Snapple Teas, or Lemonade. Ya'll know I went straight for the Iced Coffee first thing!

After I got my coffee we girls goofed off a little taking pics...we are bloggers you know!

Then, the sessions started. Oh, the sessions!!! I learned sooooo much and go to hear so many amazing women speak!! I wish I could share with you every single thing I learned but then that would take the fun out of you attending a conference. I will share with you some of the things I learned but that will come in another post!

When we broke for lunch I got sit with Allie and Allison. Did I mention we had assigned seating during the first half of the conference? It was kind of fun because I met bloggers that I would never have met otherwise.

Lunch...

Being the hungry bad blogger that I am, I forgot to take a pic of my lunch! OOPS!!

It was sponsored by Brew Over Ice and was yummy!

After lunch we got to hear the fabulous duo of Tiffany Romero and Fran Banducci speak. She is a blogging superstar. I can only hope to be like them one day.

During the last speakers Salsarita's sponsored a snack of chips, salsa, guac, and all of the fixings!! It was super yummy and again, I failed to get a pic!! Bad Ricci!!

After the conference was over Mirrasou sponsored a cocktail party!! They seriously had the BEST Moscato I have ever tasted!!

We also got a picture with one of my blogging idols...

Post cocktail party we needed food so we went to a local Salsarita's and used our giftcards we got in our swag bags!! Salsarita's was yummy!!!

After Salsarita's we got ice cream at Chick-fil-a and went back to the hotel to hang out. We stayed up waaaaay too late talking and went to bed. It was kind of bittersweet going to sleep that night knowing we would all be going home the next day.

The next morning we woke up and planned to go to brunch at a pancake place but it had a 45 minute wait and since Rebekah and I were driving 12 hours home that day we chose to goto McDonald's instead. Such a classy bunch we are...

That was our last group pic. Sad day.

We parted ways and Allie and Allison went back to Raleigh and Jenn, Rebekah, and I went to Atlanta to drop Jenn off and then head back to Arkansas.

The drive home went pretty fast considering how far we had to go. We talked blog stuff the whole way home!! Rebekah and I were so inspired by BBC Charlotte we signed up for the 2 day BBC Dallas in November!! I can't wait!!!!

BBC Recap Part One

Yesterday I shared with you the top 10 things I learned at BBC. Today I am sharing my actual experience and the more social aspect of the trip.

It all started last Wednesday when Rebekah came to stay the night with me so we could get up early the next morning and leave. We had yummy Pei Wei for dinner and watched a movie and went to bed early. I was planning on packing that night but that never happened. OOPS!

We woke up at the crack of dawn on Thursday, I packed, we loaded the car up, and we left! First we had to take sweet Sophie to the vet to board for the long weekend. Poor puppy thought she was going on the trip too.

After dropping my sweet puppy off we were off!! We stopped at Chick-fil-a and got chicken minis (YUM) and headed out of town. We got about an hour away from the house when I realized that in my mad dash to pack I had forgotten my business cards!!! Who does that???!! Me apparently...HA! Instead of turning around to go back and get them sweet Allison offered to have them printed locally if I emailed her my design. Now that's a true friend.

We drove for 8 hours on Thursday driving through Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. 

Didn't get a pic of the Arkansas sign since that's where we started!

Once we got to Georgia we met up with Jenn in Atlanta and stayed the night! We went to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner and we met Shaq!! We are awesome....LOL!

Friday morning we got up early and ate an amazing continental breakfast at our hotel and headed to Dry Bar!! None of us had ever been to Dry Bar before but if you like mimosas and getting blowouts while watching Bridesmaids this is you place!

After Dry Bar we were officially on the road to Bloggy Boot Camp!! We went through South Carolina (sorry SC I could not for the life of me get a pic of your sign. I tried twice!) and finally into North Carolina!! It took us 3 hours to reach our hotel from Atlanta and we got there right as Allie and Allison did!!

Yes, we were the screaming mess of girls in the lobby in monogrammed shirts and yoga pants.

After we got settle in our rooms (right across the hall of course) we made a little trip to Target and crazy Siri got us almost there and then told us to "Get out and walk the rest of the way". Um excuse me Siri, are you on crack??

We finally made it back to the hotel and got all gussied up for the Collective Bias cocktail party that night. I think we dress up pretty nice...

We also me up with Emily and Lori at the cocktail party. Sorry Lori I didn't get a pic with you!!

At the party Tiffany Romero greeted us at the door!! I was STARSTRUCK!!! She even hugged me and told me she knew who I was!!! OMG OMG OMG!!!

After the party we went out to eat at Harpers and I had this yummy pasta...

After eating it as super late and we went back to the hotel to crash. We were all super excited because Saturday meant BBC was actually going to happen!!! Not gonna lie, It was hard to go to sleep that night!!

To be continued...