One Of The Blog Gang

Listed in my blog roll are the blogs I read and visit on a regular basis. Blogography.com is one of them. In fact, it’s one of the first I started reading [for well over 3 years now] when I discovered all of the blogging goodness that was out there. I mean, who doesn’t love Little Dave and Bad Monkey.

The First Meetup
Rio Grande

Back in April, Dave came to Salt Lake City for a visit, where my wife [then fiance] and I met up with him at the Rio Grande Cafe. At the time, Dave was all hopped on pain killers, even though that didn’t affect his ability to share stories and make us laugh.

 
 
Dave Lake City 2
HRC SLC
Hard Rock Cafe – Salt Lake City, UT

When I heard he was coming back into town recently, I thought of all the other blogger events that have recently happened: Davecago, Dave Diego… and the hoards of people walking around with buttons and lanyards. At that point, I had to admit it. I had lanyard envy. I wanted to live in a city with tons of bloggers where a meetup was like a house party, walking around with their names hung around their necks.

So when Dave walked into the Hard Rock Cafe last night, what did he have with him?

Lanyards
OMG!! LANYARDS! OMG!! BUTTONS!

Elated as can be, I proudly put on the lanyard. Unfortunately, my wife wasn’t able to attend. But Dave did not disappoint. As you can see above, he had brought her a lanyard as well. [she says "That was very nice of Dave to do that"]

 
Small, But Cool

So even though there was only two of us, Dave Lake City 2 was a blast. We had dinner, drinks and even dessert. [sorry, no pics of the sorbet and ice cream sundae we consumed]

 
Marty and Dave
Marty and Dave at Dave Lake City 2, Hard Rock Cafe, SLC, UT
 
Next time

And that ends another Dave Lake City blogger event. Can’t wait for Dave Lake City 3. Click here for Dave’s post on Dave Lake City 2.

19 Comments

  1. Bec says:

    It’s a personal one on one meeting with Dave… Do you know how many people out there are now ridiculously jealous of you? Sigh…

  2. Tori says:

    what Bec said…

  3. martymankins says:

    bec – Yeah, the one-on-one meeting was cool. I could see how people would be jealous. I could ask him whatever I wanted (well, within reason)

    tori – Ditto.

  4. Avitable says:

    Are there no other bloggers in SLC?

  5. martymankins says:

    avitable – There are, but not ones that I personally know. Dooce is here, but I wouldn’t know Heather Armstrong if I saw her on the street. Besides, I doubt she would even respond to me if I even asked her the time, the elitist blogger she appears to be. I certainly wouldn’t mind meeting up with some other bloggers from here.

  6. Dave2 says:

    OMG! I would kill to have a one-on-one event with Dave! You lucky bastard!

    (thanks for showing up so I didn’t have to eat alone!)

  7. martymankins says:

    dave2 – I am a lucky bastard. And anytime you are in town, let me know and we’ll make it another Dave Lake City.

  8. Hilly says:

    The best times I’ve had with Dave have been one on one…so yay you! You both look very handsome, btw.

  9. Winter says:

    Yeah, what Hilly said about the handsome! I’m just jealous that Dave got to meet YOU, Marty!

  10. martymankins says:

    hilly – Handsome, huh? Why thank you.

    winter – Double Thank you’s are in order. Someday, Winter… someday. I still visit the OC every so often. I will keep you and Hilly up to date on when my next visit will be.

  11. You are both so adorable. I can’t believe you got to be with just Dave. And I can’t believe he got to hang out with just you. I’m jealous of both of you!

  12. martymankins says:

    tori – *blush* why thank you.

  13. kapgar says:

    Dave’s a fun guy to meet up with, isn’t he?

    What’s the accordion card on the table?

  14. whall says:

    I’m already thinking up photo poses for Dave and me in Davestin.

    Wait, Dave2 isn’t subscribed to these comments, is he?

  15. martymankins says:

    kapgar – He is fun to hang out with. The accordion card is a list of the various items they have for sale at the HRC store.

    whall – Well, strike a nice pose then. Dave’s worth it. And I think he lurks here on occasion. ;-)

  16. Penelope says:

    I do hope you had a Bombay and Tonic, just for me? ;o)
    Fab pics! What fun!!

  17. martymankins says:

    penelope – Oh you know I did. Had 3 of them, one of which was for you.

  18. Catherine says:

    That is such a nice picture!

  19. martymankins says:

    catherine – Why thank you. It was a good picture, with Dave smiling more than I did. Blame it on the gin and tonics.

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