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Rendez-Vous New England
Thursday, September 29, 2011
It's no secret that I don't really have any friends here. So when I read that Alison from Long Distance Loving & Jillian from Cornflake Dreams were hosting a swanky blogger meet-up earlier this month in Boston called Rendez-Vous New England, I decided I'd branch of out my hermit-like comfort zone & join in the fun.
I was nervous, yo. Remember that time I told you about how I have All of The Social Anxiety? It was in full force on Rendez-Vous New England Night. To eliminate the hassle of commuting in & out of the city, I'd booked a room at the unobtrusive-but-still-relatively-posh Charlesmark Hotel in downtown Boston & spent the hour-long lead-up to the evening frantically texting a friend who talked me down from my ridiculously unfounded social phobias. Finally, I headed to the hotel lounge to meet up with the other bloggers, none of whom I'd ever met or, for the most part, read before that night.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR0rz3uXpyuEdUuTauIKDHvJuVcM_YQuMzG-yTsykk3w2u5rKfR0TnyW2Nk8PN1f2fmxjGrpc6WIdZYJPLvnF31mlov09W0x0pJEwPuUVCIDczToBqxGx-6fDs5DofbWLSw4XSWpWkYrZY/s400/301380_250867451617096_202962216407620_612451_853816816_n.jpg)
I also got to check not one but two things off my 101 in 1,001 List: "Go to a blogger meet-up" and "Buy myself a night in a hotel, just because."
Did I mention that there was swag? Because there was swag. Gift bags included earrings from Sheyna Jewelry, chocolate-covered apricots from someplace delicious, antibacterial wipes from Desiree Spinner Events, snacks from Popchips. Yeah, I'm done name-dropping. Except....
Pretty, yes? And I have worn it almost daily since then, yes? If you're interested in owning one of your own or something similar (you can even design your own jewelry), visit Sheyna.com & enter the promo code "kate20" for 20% off. Now excuse me while I go create something splendid.
Photos from: 1, 2, 3, 4
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I was nervous, yo. Remember that time I told you about how I have All of The Social Anxiety? It was in full force on Rendez-Vous New England Night. To eliminate the hassle of commuting in & out of the city, I'd booked a room at the unobtrusive-but-still-relatively-posh Charlesmark Hotel in downtown Boston & spent the hour-long lead-up to the evening frantically texting a friend who talked me down from my ridiculously unfounded social phobias. Finally, I headed to the hotel lounge to meet up with the other bloggers, none of whom I'd ever met or, for the most part, read before that night.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaKqUqB_aO6nMyhh-hsBqcI8QeNWCAWHsk55sq24TYoyFIecm_tWKhAIidIOY0MSpZkin0bOtcaY-aoF9Yn2PA4qE5k0pysEOT4nPpylhX6qbQNsvES8oWT1M7g0QH7ioeuLN5Maxkjs87/s640/302170_250867428283765_202962216407620_612450_186358983_n.jpg)
Guys, it was great. Lesson learned. I was comfortable & normal, & so were all of the other ladies (& one brave dude) in attendance. Once I got past my initial fear of conversing with (very fashionable) strangers, it was just like I'd known them all along. And I drank one of these, guaranteed to induce happiness & ease fears of social settings:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR0rz3uXpyuEdUuTauIKDHvJuVcM_YQuMzG-yTsykk3w2u5rKfR0TnyW2Nk8PN1f2fmxjGrpc6WIdZYJPLvnF31mlov09W0x0pJEwPuUVCIDczToBqxGx-6fDs5DofbWLSw4XSWpWkYrZY/s400/301380_250867451617096_202962216407620_612451_853816816_n.jpg)
I also got to check not one but two things off my 101 in 1,001 List: "Go to a blogger meet-up" and "Buy myself a night in a hotel, just because."
Did I mention that there was swag? Because there was swag. Gift bags included earrings from Sheyna Jewelry, chocolate-covered apricots from someplace delicious, antibacterial wipes from Desiree Spinner Events, snacks from Popchips. Yeah, I'm done name-dropping. Except....
...that I won this really gorgeous necklace valued at $121 from Sheyna Jewelry, one of the event sponsors. Um, check this out:
Pretty, yes? And I have worn it almost daily since then, yes? If you're interested in owning one of your own or something similar (you can even design your own jewelry), visit Sheyna.com & enter the promo code "kate20" for 20% off. Now excuse me while I go create something splendid.
Photos from: 1, 2, 3, 4