Tammi's World

California Nights

Well, I've had two interesting evenings. One ROCKED, the other? Let's just say, it was everything I thought it wouldn't be.

Let's start with the good. Saturday evening Sean, of Doc in the Box and his lovely wife Heather drove up and we went to dinner. What a delight. I've been reading Sean since, well, since he started blogging. Through his three deployments, his returns, his courtship and marriage.....He's been a part of my day now for a long time. And to get the chance to meet the two of them was fantastic.

I just feel bad that they had to deal with Tired Tammi instead of my normal self. But then again, on a normal day I can be a bit....well, larger than life. This was probably easier to deal with. :-)

We had a wonderful dinner at a quiet little place that gave us a chance to chat and get to know each other. What a wonderful couple. And, in case you want my opinion, perfect for each other. Ahhhh, renews ones faith in love and marriage.

As with so many blogmeets, we talked of blogging and bloggers. Who we've been lucky enough to meet and who is "still on the list". How small this world really is and how great people really are.

We're all planning on attending the MilBlog Conference in May and really looking forward to it.

Sean has a picture up, mine didn't turn out so well. But let me just tell you - it was a wonderful evening....Thank you Sean and Heather. Thank you for making time to meet up and for an evening of great conversation. It is one of the best parts of this trip.

Now let me tell you about Cocktails with Martha.

One Word.

Expected.

It was everything I expected it NOT to be. She wasn't at cocktails. And let me tell you, while I was not suprised, a lot of folks were. Did I mention you had to pay for this priviledge? Yeah, there were a lot of disappointed people.

You'd think with it being marketed as a Martha event they would at least have kick ass appetizers. Not so much. Cubed cheese and french bread. Oh, and really bad wine. Oh, and did I mention there wasn't enough? Yeah, they ran out of food.

Anyway - that is not a reflection on Martha herself. That was more the organizers. So, I'll give her a break.

However, the "keynote speech"? Yeah, it was a 30 minute talk of how wonderfully talented she is and the beautiful cards and candy boxes she makes. Oh, and announcing her new Craft Line. The woman sitting next to me leaned over and said "Doesn't she already HAVE a craft line?" Huh, I guess she does now.

As the talk was winding down another woman sitting by me was looking around saying "This is it? We paid for THIS?" I felt bad for her. There are a lot of small business that wasted good money on this particular event.

Seriously, it was a waste of an evening. No really good stories, no ideas, no inspiriation. Flat. Yeah, that's the best word I can think of.

So anyway - now you're caught up with my wild and crazy nights in California.

Posted by Tammi at January 29, 2007 07:16 AM | TrackBack