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Did you miss me?  I certainly missed you.  As I mentioned once or twice before,  I was in New York City last week for Blogfest 2011<\/a>, a fab event for design bloggers dreamed up by the folks at Kravet<\/a>.   It exceeded my expectations and with the exception of a flu virus that I caught while there, it was a stellar week. <\/p>\n

I arrived the day before the conference began to do a little shopping before checking into the Ace<\/a>, our very cool home away from home. <\/p>\n

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A shopping highlight was the Madeline Weinrib<\/a> sale at ABC Carpet and Home<\/a>. <\/a> <\/p>\n

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Blogfest 2011 Day 1<\/span><\/u><\/b>
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Blogfest\u2019s first event was a kick-off lunch hosted by House Beautiful at the Hearst building. <\/p>\n

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Via  Kate<\/a>. <\/p>\n

It was great to meet bloggers in real life who I have only tweeted with or know through reading their blogs. <\/p>\n

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Newell:  bloggers are like beat reporters of the past; like when bloggers talk about things happening locally; blogs are becoming increasingly influential; edit, edit edit!
Dara:  inspired by travel and books; as a blogger, be true to yourself and have a point of view.
All:  credit photographs using only photos with watermarks or mentioning the source. <\/p>\n

Two other panel discussions were with the Veranda editors and the House Beautiful editors providing an peek into what goes in to producing a successful shelter magazine. As I have been a magazine addict for years (and have about 1000 magazines that I can\u2019t part with \u2013 don\u2019t judge), I found the panel discussions informative and inspiring. <\/p>\n

Next up, we were treated to a champagne reception hosted by Town and Country.  So fascinating to hear  the charismatic Mark Rozzo talk about the magazine\u2019s beginnings.  Who knew a leisure jacket could be so hip? <\/p>\n

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We were then transported to the Elle Decor Modern Life Concept House where 10 \u201cDesigners to Watch\u201d created spaces using leading brands. You can watch a short video of the house here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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A party organized by Amy<\/a> and Jonathan<\/a> of Design TV tweetchat in partnership with Joss & Main<\/a> ended the day. I didn\u2019t take any photos of the event as I was too busy meeting and chatting with the other bloggers.  You can see photos of the event in Amy\u2019s post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Me, Amy and Roslyn<\/a> (Thanks Kimberly<\/a> for sending the photo!) <\/p>\n

I want to thank Geovin<\/a> for sponsoring my blog and making it possible for me to attend Blogfest.  You can read my earlier post on them here.<\/a> <\/p>\n

If you need decorating assistance, please contact me at <\/i><\/span>vanessa@vanessafrancis.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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