you're looking good tonight

I realize it’s been almost three weeks now since TequilaCon came and went and I still haven’t posted a recap; I can only attribute that to the venue being in my own timezone this year, and only a few hours drive away.  Normally I spend a few hours sitting in an airport, flying home, and then recovering from jet lag, during which most of my post writes itself in the back of my mind, and a few days later I will find myself wide awake in the middle of the night and throw myself at the keyboard, churning out a post.  Clearly that hasn’t happened this year, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t have a great time.

cayly jen

Far from it!  I had a blast as usual, arriving early with Jenny (who graciously put up with me while I suffered through the usual anxiety I have until everyone arrives and the party is going swingingly), Dave (who I run into in all sorts of places but never in Eastern Washington, and he’s never let me forget it), Dustin (who brought me up to date on all the sci-fi I should be reading), and Sarah (who I met for the first time at last year’s event so I guess we’ve come full circle – neat, huh?).   We shortly found Brandon (who was the one who got me into this madness in the first place, and then went on to graciously retire), and it was just like old times.

tequilacon babies

I’ve made the rounds with bloggers in this part of the land before, so I’d met quite a few of the attendees: I’ve had drinks with Kerri and Hans, and with Sizzle and Mr Darcy; Brandon and Death? were familiar faces, too; Angella can’t seem to stay away from Portland, and because of that I’d had a chance to meet Jen;  Shari and I have shared many a beer before, and Sir let me drag him all over the PacNW once.  All the familiar faces made me happy.

sizzle angella

But!  Half the fun in these meet-ups is getting to meet people you’ve long admired from afar, and the stars aligned just right (thanks to Houston’s Problem) and I got to meet Beth, who won the award this year longest distance traveled to join the party and has long been high up on my list of bloggers I want to meet.

posing with tequilaman

And! Vancouver itself seems to have its share of awesome bloggers, like Hillary who brought us all fake mustaches, and Abby and Laura who brought their A-game, and Dayna even flew in all the way from New Zealand just to make everyone’s night.

So yeah, I had a lot of fun with a lot of great people, and to make the evening a slam dunk we ended it with poutine, because how can you go wrong with that?

shari tries poutine

I really don’t think you can.

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