AZ Blogger Meetup: So many radiant sunfish!

When the AZ Blogger Meetup committee announced that the next meetup was a Galentine's Day party, I think my brain exploded. I LOVE Galentine's Day.

What’s Galentine’s Day? Oh, it’s only the best day of the year. Every February 13th, we leave our husbands and their boyfriends at home and just kick it breakfast style. Ladies celebrating ladies. It’s like Lilith Fair, minus the angst. Plus, frittatas! (Or waffles, which are better.)

Because I love Parks & Rec, and Leslie Knope, and celebrating all the glamorous, unstoppable freight trains in my life, I was all kinds of on board. Each blogger was assigned another attendee to "stalk" so we could buy her a present. Then last Saturday we got together in downtown Chandler and had a party! We introduced ourselves, shared our gifts with each other, mingled, took pictures, and ate way too much sugar.

It was perfect.

It's not a blogger party without a photo booth, and it's not an AZ Blogger Meetup unless Lydia is manning the official camera.

Mikaela / Mathea / Siri

Between seeing old friends and meeting new ones, I left with my usually cranky heart filled with love and gratitude for all these poetic and noble land mermaids.

Beverly

I love being among women who are writing and exploring and creating and making the world a happier and more beautiful place. It's like a barrel of monkeys...and kindness.

Beverly / Trissa / Melanie

Such good-looking, elegant baby turtles.

Brittany

These beautiful, naive, sophisticated newborn babies? These are my people.

Camille / Kayla

They get me.


Big thanks to Shari's Berries for donating enough chocolate covered strawberries (as big as your fist!) to feed our happy crowd.

Big thanks to Waffle Luv AZ for catering.

Big thanks to Gangplank for letting us take over their venue for a few hours.

And the biggest of thanks to Camille, Kayla, and Chrissy for putting together another great event. You are all beautiful, brilliant musk oxen, and I adore you.

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All photos by Photography Hill