One of my most favorite memories from last year was the weekend of Blogher 2006. Sarah, Kate, Wendy, Laurie (whom I still insist looks a lot like Jennifer Aniston and I promise I'm not drunk at this moment) and myself, sitting out on Navy Pier, trying not to get massively sunburned, and drinking strawberry daiquiris while boats sailed out into the harbor and music drifted over from somewhere near the bandstand. And then later, Wendy, Sarah and I camped out in my hotel room and watched a Hugh Grant movie, ate Giardano's deep dish pizza and drank a lot of mini-bar vodka. Wait, it almost sounds like BlogHer is about a lot of drinking. It's not. That's just my favorite part. Those intangible little moments that don't quite make it onto the agenda, like talking to Jennette about her $2 bus trip, or laughing with Corinna about tackling the waiter with the mini eggrolls at the cocktail party, or getting to brag that I got Shauna into my bed and she didn't want to leave. Sure, there are celebrity sightings (Amy Sedaris is SO WEE!) and parties and Butterball hot pads, but there are also valuable minutes with people who, up until that point, only exist behind the pixels of the monitor on your laptop. And that, my friends, is a special kind of magic.

So naturally, we're going to do it again this year! I, along with my partner in web crime, Anne, will be attending BlogHer in San Francisco next month. How about you? Are going to to be there? Want to meet us? We won't bite! We invite you to have lunch with us on Friday! Are you in? Chime in on the comments!