I Had to Take a T-Shirt Break (#altsummit)

{The stunning ALT welcome box.}

Utah in January is becoming a bit of a thing for us.  Well…last year and this year, but still – two visits to the same town with the same friends in a year? IT’S A THING.

{Those are Cariann’s shoes, but I might steal them.}

Anyway – As I write this, I’m sitting alone in the beautiful Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, missing out on a session on how not to look like an asshole while blogging, which I could probably use, but instead I’m sitting in my hotel room in my favorite T-Shirt, with a bottle of nail polish (OPI Glitzerland) and a Starbucks, enjoying the most luxurious activity of all…having time to sit and write in silence.

There are 500 women in this hotel…all of them gorgeous.  All of them stylish.  All of them smart, and talented, and just…well…enviable.  And then there’s me with my leaky eye corners and my unwaxed eyebrows.  {But red lipstick makes me feel saucy even if my attempt at a smokey eye leaves me looking like a hungover tranny, so I’m doing pretty good.}  It’s actually not as intimidating as it sounds, because everyone is also incredibly interested in meeting one another, and loving on each others blogs and books and brands and whatnots and there’s an incredible feeling of all boats rising together here.

{The coolest look book ever, via Epiphanie Bags}

One of my favorite parts of ALT are the non-bloggers who make their way to the Grand America to meet and collaborate with those of us who spill our minds out through our fingertips on the daily.  Here with me?  Paul and Cariann of Cargoh who are two of my favorite people on this planet, and Jamie from BO.LT – creator of my fastest growing internet addiction.

{Uh, also: The Grand America houses one of the most insane toy stores I’ve ever seen.}

If you’re on Instagram, hopefully you saw the amazing loot my Cargoh buddies gave out to all the attendees at lunch today, because it was a labor of love and just freaking awesome of them – and their sellers –  to do, and also awesome to see everyone admiring the hard work of the little marketplace that could.

Ahhh…and I miss my baby Dee so badly.  Being away for four days is an emotional horror show, but always a much needed break.  And ALT is like a super-powered recharge for my creative-ness before diving in to a new year.  And then there’s the 24 hours we’ll spend at The Sundance Film Festival, which we swore never to do again after last years cluster-cuss, but alas, I was born a screenwriter and I love movies, so even my own memory of frozen toes and nearly having to cut a bitch for a spot in line can’t keep me away.

Anyway friends and lurkers, I hope you’re having an awesome week.  Scott and I are more relaxed than we’ve been since…oh…september?  So, thank you, Utah, for that.

Oh, and lastly: Cool or Crazy?

{Shirt and vest by Leyendecker Los Angeles}