Monday, August 22, 2011

AAD {Authors After Dark} Philly 2011 Wrap-Up Post! + Top 11 Reasons I Loved it & 3 Things I Wasn’t Fond of

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Hey Everyone! I know I’m probably the last one to do this, but here is my AAD wrap-up post =)

I wanted to do Vlogs, so it took me a while to get someone to film it (since I lost my tripod). I finally got the BFF to do it last night, so here I am LOL

Picture Time:

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Pics staring from the left: Lara Adrian, Larissa Ione, Me and both of them, Me with Karin Harlow, Me with Jess Haines, Leana Renee Hieber and Lia Habel, Alexandra Ivy, Lea and Jojo, Leanna’s BF and Leanna, My roomies J.A. Saare and Sarah, Binah the bold, Heather from Decadent Pub, Best night ever!, Dakota Cassidy, The Blogger (missing some though), Kat, me and Bells (KLB), Damaris (Good Choice Reading), UK Bloggers (Sarah and Minx) and Philly Cheesesteak! 

For MORE and LARGER Pics check out my Facebook AAD Album!

 

Top 11 reasons I loved AAD Philly 2011!

  • Had my Bday Dinner with Lara Adrian and my roomies!
  • Got to be Larissa Ione’s roommate for a night.
  • The sisterhood of The Werefly!
  • Having Dinner with Larissa Ione on her Bday!
  • Meeting AMAZING Bloggers that were also incredible people: Spaz, Bells, Tigris Eden, Sarah, Minx, Twimom, Jen (Not now, Im reading), Smexi, Dren, Penny, Lush, Marq, Rayna, Damaris…
  • Seeing some of my fave ladies again! – Jojo, Robyn, Jess Haines, Leanna Renee Hieber + meeting Jojo’s mom!
  • Meeting some of the authors I have been talking on twitter for like forever and simply LOVE! – Carolyn Crane, Nancy Holzner, Nicole Peeler, Dakota Cassidy, Jennifer Estep.
  • Getting to know some great authors and people that are new to me, but I can’t wait to read: Karin Harlow, Jessa Slade, Erin Kellison, Anton Strout, Alexandra Ivy, Meljean Brook, Heather, Kristin Painter, Lia Hieber, Mel Schroder, PJ Schnyder, Sahara Kelly and so many more!Airport Adventures with Jen from Not Now I'm reading.
  • Getting soma awesome books signed!
  • Getting Bday gifts from both Lara Adrian and Larissa Ione! WOOT!

3 Things I Wasn’t Fond of

  • The hotel messing around with the convention rooms
  • The Steampunk Sideshow
  • Not getting the meals I thought I was getting

All in all I LOVED it for the most part and will be surely attending AAD in NOLA 2012!

Check out the awesome books I got and some swag and also a bit more about the experience I had on the Vlogs bellow:

 

 

Hope you enjoyed it! and Im sorry if I forgot someone! I love you, but I suck at the same time hehe

 


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16 Responses so far.

  1. I loved meeting you too! Can't wait to see you next year in NOLA!

  2. It was great seeing you again! :)

  3. There are so many reasons for me to be jealous of you right now. I'd kill to have dinner with Lara Adrian on my birthday. I mean, it was nice to have dinner with my best friend but I see her every day :-)


    StephanieG

  4. It was great meeting you and everyone else at AAD too. ;-)

  5. Ali says:

    Hi Larissa :)
    Glad I got to see you and hope to see again next year in NOLA :)

  6. @Kristin

    =) Me neither! NOLA is gonna rock! =D

    @Paranormal Haven

    LOL Exactly my thoughts! hehe and This past weekend I got to celebrate with friends and family, so win-win in my book LOL

    @KB

    Me too! xoxo

    @Jennifer

    Thanks! =D xoxo

    @Ali

    hey! It was awesome seeing you again! NOLA is gonna be awesome! =D

  7. Blodeuedd says:

    Truly jealous over here :D

  8. Robin K says:

    I always lovely seeing you Larissa.

    You did not love the sideshow!? Really? Ok, I did not LOVE it but was a bit fascinated. I could not stop wondering how often they got things wrong in practice O_O

  9. Savannah says:

    Love all the pics! Looks like you had a great time!

  10. @Book Savvy Babe

    It so was! YAY! Hope you can make it! =D

    @Blodeuedd

    =D

    @Robin

    LOL wow, I had NOT thought of that hahahaha Nice!

    @Savannah

    Thanks and I so did! =D

  11. Heather says:

    These pictures are fantastic! It looks like you had so much fun. And I loved the vlogs! Thanks for sharing with us.

  12. Reasons I hate AAD:

    I didn't go.
    I didn't get to meet you, other bloggers and authors.

    Reasons I like AAD:

    You blogged this so I can virtually go.
    Gives me hope that one day we will be at the same place and I can meet you! :)

    Great vlogs!! Great books and swag! Thanks for interpersing the author stories in it! :)

  13. It looks amazing. I too got the pleasure to meet Sarah recently, she's lovely and I love her dress. You look great and I am so glad you had a good time. x

  14. Twimom227 says:

    It was SO GREAT to finally meet you! I had so much fun and can't wait to do it again next year! xoxo Jen

  15. Great recap. I'm so glad I had the opportunity to meet and spend time with you. Airport buddies for life! ;-)

  16. @Heather

    Thanks! I did, it was awesome!

    Glad you enjoyed it! It was my pleasure =D

    @Melissa

    LMAO awww hon!

    YES! you need to go next year so we can hang LOL

    My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it!

    @Susan

    she is So lovely and a great roomie!

    Thanks hon!

    @Jen

    Airport buddie for eva! LOL

    awesome meeting you! xoxo =D

    @Twimom

    A pelasure meeting you hon! Next year is gonna rock hard1 =D

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