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You had me at Nate…

By on February 26, 2015 in DBC2015, Nate Berkus

As some of you may know, I had a chance to meet Oprah this year…and like REALLY meet her…like with her arm around me and stuff and I hugged her for maybe 2 seconds.  Basically we are super close.  Inner circle type thing.  I really should blog about that whole day.  Is it too late?  Do you want to hear about that?  OprahSo when the Design Bloggers Conference announced that Nate Berkus was going to be a keynote I pretty much booked my plane ticket right there and then.  You see, when I was AT Oprah I had the opportunity to meet Nate.  Well, it might not have been an opportunity as much as it was looking back from our seats to wave at our friend Kristian (who might really be in O’s inner circle) and see that Nate is standing behind him at the control desk.  NATE BERKUS.  My heart was racing…he has always been my design idol…my number absolute favorite.  (Want to come over and watch DVRd Nate episodes?  Why did they cancel my favorite show of all time?!? ) So, here I am and Oprah is about the take the stage but I race back to the control desk to see if I might be able to introduce myself.  I mean, he clearly wants to know his number one fan was there…right?

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So here’s the thing about my voice, it’s kinda high pitched and I don’t think the Boston accent helps either.  And the music was super loud and I was pretty nervous.  The nerves were not so much about meeting Nate but more about getting Kristian in trouble at work.  Oh, and they are announcing that everyone should take their seats.  Like a dog whistle, my voice projected to a level that no one on earth could hear.  So I blew it…I talked to Nate without a voice.  It was OK, I moved on pretty quickly, I mean wouldn’t you if you were sitting here?

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Besides, we ARE in the same industry, there was always a chance I’d see him again someday.

And then there is always this.  unnamed

I know, so weird that I had on the same outfit as when I met Oprah?!?  And the lighting is amazing.

And if I do see him in the lobby of the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Bucksport, GA on a random Wednesday afternoon, I might even ask him if he remembers that awkward conversation we had.  Stranger things have happened!

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Looking forward to hearing you tomorrow as we kick off the Design Bloggers Conference 2015

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Gearing up for Design Bloggers Conference 2015 #DBCAtl #DBC2015

By on February 25, 2015 in Uncategorized

Remember when I went to the Design Bloggers Conference in LA back in 2013?  It was so much fun and I made so many wonderful designer friends that I was so bummed to miss out last year.  But I’m BACK!  And clearly brought the snow and frigid temps with me from Boston…for real.  It snowed here this morning. #longestWintahevah I was hoping for some tropical temps in the 40’s but so far no luck!  So I came down a day early to take part in Tobi Fairly’s Mastermind and it literally blew my mind!  But that’s another post…

Tonight I want to talk about this fun little video I did last spring at High Point Market, and if you are one of the lucky few poeple who actually watched my oscar winning performance, then you’ll know I’m excited about tomorrow’s agenda.

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Please do yourself a favor enjoy the rest of this post while listening

 to the smooth tunes of Peaches & Herb 

So first I’ll be reuniting with my ‘friends’ the Madcap Cottage Boys!

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Sorry your eyes are closed John…but the dogs.  It’s really all about the dogs.  The interweb loves the dogs!  Oh, and it’s also about my shoes…in the rain.

Then the afternoon brings a BFF reunion!  Seriously, me and Alexa are total BFFs.  See, I have it in writing!

IMG_3377And I’m pretty sure she sent this out as her holiday card this year.  How adorable are we?

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Also, I bought her this. I think she’ll love it!

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Source: Zales (nothing but the best for my BFF)

But for real, I’m super excited about all the amazing content starting tomorrow.  The Design Bloggers Conference is such an incredible event, I mean really, I’m going to be sitting listening to the editors of Coastal Living Magazine and Coastal Living.com talk about how to pitch the media?!?  I’ve been trying (unsuccessfully) to pitch my MK Coastal products to them for almost three years. Wouldn’t my products look great in their pages?  Will tomorrow be my lucky day?  Crossies!

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* Ok maybe I did cut some people out of those pictures (Ron & Gretchen) Geez don’t get so mad, you shoulda come to the DBC if you didn’t want to end up on the cutting room floor of my blog.

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