Holiday Hosting Party at the Kenmore Bloggers Summit 2013: Day One

 

How cool to be invited as a guest by Kenmore to its Annual Bloggers Summit in the great city of Chicago. 

 

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Here I am departing from NYC…..I’m off to the windy city everyone!!

 

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We were greeted by the awesome Gil Weston at Chicago airport where I got acquainted with fellow bloggers Beeb, Melinda, Cristian  & Kim, on our shuttle to the Hotel Felix  where we were being hosted.

 

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And then the party started! 

The evening began with us mingling with bloggers from all over the country and the ultra cool Kenmore crew – they really are super warm and like family! A huge shout out to the awesome in-house Kenmore Chef Kari Karch – she rocks!

 

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After noshing on appetizers made from recipes sent in by bloggers and many glasses of wine at the bar, we moved on to dinner.

 

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There was a really simple yet elegant spread. All the food was very tasty – my clear favorite was the Calypso Sweet Potato Salad!

 

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The very funny comedian Brandon and his kooky team then entertained us after dinner.

 

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Every good party has to have its share of funny stories and of course “yours truly” was picked to come up and share her humorous holiday disaster story!

 

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Boy after that did I need my share of drink and dessert!

 

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The evening ended with Kenmore offering us this oversized goody bag – however the deal was that we had to carry it home on our bare backs – just kidding!!!!

 

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Doesn’t this look suit me?

I walked back to the hotel amidst the beautiful Chicago night skyline with a whole bunch of new blogger friends! Thank you Kenmore!

 

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