I went to the meetup with my sister (cmgny42). We had so much fun. As soon as we got to the hotel, we ran into chattiesmom. I got my dog Gracie from her so it was great to see her again. We even got to see her dog Emmitt that Gracie grew up with. I know Gracie remembered them both and it was so nice to see the reunion.
Everyone was so friendly at the meetup. I don't post very often but I read what other people write. It's fun to put a face with a name. I loved seeing all the dogs and their outfits. It was always fun to go back to the hotel because there was always at least one yorkietalker in the lobby. We ran into a bunch of them around town too.
What a welcoming place Alexandria is. We went to a few stores and kept asking if it was ok to bring our dogs in. Someone said "you don't have to ask, they are welcome everywhere". It's awesome that you can even eat dinner outside with your dog. It seemed everywhere we went, there was a dog bowl with water outside and a treat for our dogs.
Our dogs were up early in the morning and stayed up until about 11:00 at night without a single nap. They didn't want to miss anything either. It was such a fun bunch of people all with the same interest. Gracie slept the entire drive home yesterday - about 9 hours. She's still tired today.
Thank you to all the meetup planners. I think you did a spectacular job. It's not easy to keep everyone happy. I think the activities were well planned and ran on schedule. I liked looking at the items from the vendors. The people that donated raffle items were very generous. The dinner was delicious. I'm sorry we missed the pajama party, we were pooped by that point. It looked like fun.
I feel like we met a lot of people and made some new friends. I really enjoyed myself. We are already thinking about 2010!
