{ the one about meeting more people from the internet... }

Apparently meeting people from The Internet is my new hobby because on Thursday I met yet another person.... from The Internet.

If you follow Michelle from Hot Pink Combat Boots, you already know that she's spending a few post-Germany days in Seattle, so when she emailed me and asked if I wanted to meet up, I had very few hesitations.

Backstory: I used to read Michelle's blog back in 2008. She was Shasta's bff and I loved following her dating adventures. Except then she disappeared off the face of the Internet, which was a bummer, but you know, that happens in the blogging world. Fast forward 3 years - I was reading some random blog and clicked on some random link in the comments, and as I was scrolling through the entries of said random blog, I was all like holy-shitballs-that's-Michelle-from-3-years-ago! I emailed her and told her I was her reader from way-back-when and we've been blogger friends ever since. The End.

(Except, not The End, because duh, you want to hear about our meetup!)

We decided to meet up for drinks at The Pink Door in Seattle. I was nervous and excited and going through the usual array of emotions one goes through when meeting someone for the first time. I recognized Michelle instantly, even if she did text me her OOTD earlier.  Michelle was exactly how I pictured her - gorgeous, super friendly, a total riot, with fabulous, FABULOUS hair. We got along great and spent hours chatting away, like old friends. I guess that's the beauty of the blogging world - you already feel like you know so much about someone that it never feels like you're just meeting for the first time.

Hours flew by at The Pink Door, but we weren't ready to call it a night, so we embarked on a mission to find a different bar, except if you live in Seattle, you know what an impossible task that can be on a Thursday night. After a few failed attempts (Il Bistro, Maximilien, Cutters), we finally settled on Barollo, which doesn't seem to close EVER. We grabbed a table in the bar area and it didn't take us long to make friends the people (and their wine) next to us. I guess the whole "we met on the internet" story was very interesting to people. I won't go into details of the rest of the night, because like I told Michelle - what happens at blogger meet-ups, stays at blogger meet-ups.

Here's a super-crappy iphone camera photo to prove that the meetup actually did happen. It was really dark inside, so that's the only photo that sort of turned out.

To sum up, I had a ridiculously fun night.  Thanks, Michelle for being such a blast!!! Let's do it again next time you're in town!

You can read about Michelle's recap here.

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