So Cal Personal Finance Bloggers
Last Saturday afternoon, a diverse group of bloggers met at the Dave & Busters in Irvine. This was the first meeting of the So Cal Personal Finance bloggers, organized by Len Penzo. The turn-out was good for our first meeting and some of the people travelled quite a distance. I’ve read most of their blogs for years and I looked forward to meeting everyone in person. It was difficult to chat with everyone, because of the seating. But, I had a really nice time.
Attendees
Front Row
- Bret – Hope to Prosper
- Zuli – Go Banking Rates
- Kay Lynn – Bucksome Boomer
- Suba – Wealth Informatics
Middle Row
- Len – Len Penzo.com
- Erica – Erica.biz
- Money Funk – Money Funk.net
- Danielle – Go Banking Rates
Back Row
- Henry – Go Banking Rates
- Briana – Go Banking Rates
- David – Money Ning
- Ninja – Punch Debt in the Face
- Matt – Bruce Bucks
Sponsors
I wanted to extend a special thanks to Go Banking Rates for sponsoring this event. I didn’t expect anyone to buy me a beer and some appetizers and I appreciated their generosity. I also enjoyed chatting with Briana, Henry, Danielle and Zuli.
The Bottom Line
The bottom line is that blogging is a social media. Commenting and interacting with others is a big part of the fun. You feel like you know some people, even though you’ve never met. Meeting these people in person was truly special.
“Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great.”
Mark Twain – American Author
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Thanks for the mention! The meet looks like fun, I didn’t realize how many PF bloggers are concentrated in that area.
Bret, it was great to meet you in person. It felt very comfortable meeting everyone after reading their blogs for the past year.
See you next month!
I’m glad I got to sit across from you. I felt bad I didn’t get to talk with some of the other bloggers.
That is really cool that you were able to meet your fellow bloggers in person, and it’s also interesting to put some faces to the names!
Kevin,
Len had the idea for this, after meeting with a smilar group in D.C. I really enjoyed it and look forward to next month.
It’s great to put so many Yakezie faces to names. Out on the east coast its hard to picture what you west coasters look like!
If you ever get out to the Left Coast, you can meet some of us in person. Typical of most Californians, we are a pretty laid-back group.
It was great meeting all of you! I do hope we can sit at a roundtable for a great discussion amongst all of us at the same time. 🙂 looking forward to next month! Til then.