Lacy, NGIP Mascot, Makes her Las Vegas Debut

Hello! And welcome to the scrollfest that is the rundown on my (er, Lacy’s) trip to Vegas for SITScation, a blogger’s conference last weekend. While the rest of the world was at Blog World Expo, seventy-five or so of us descended on a smaller, more intimate, less overwhelming blogging conference.

If there’s one piece of advice I can give you about going to such an event, it’s that you should bring a mascot. People love mascots, and pink-pantied Lacy was no exception. At the risk of allowing her to become more famous than I, I brought her to The Venetian in Vegas with me, and she rocked it.

Here she is delivering her keynote speech at SITScation in the Venetian conference center:

Lacy was accosted by fans all day long and it felt like being bombarded by the paparazzi (because I totally know what that feels like, me and Paris Hilton, yo.)

Anyway, people screamed and cried and begged to have their picture taken with Lacy, such as:

Bobbi (Bobbi in LaLaLand) and Connie (The Young and Relentless).

Bobbi and Connie are sisters, in case you didn’t know. You may notice that Connie is wearing her pink and zebra print to go with the SITS theme of pink and leopard print, which is so funny because I was THIS close to wearing my pink and goat print outfit.

Also tripping over themselves to get a picture with Lacy were:

Kerri (Damn You Little Rock) and Amy (The Bee Dot)…two fabulous ladies from Arkansas. Is that tug-of-war they’re playing?

Also? The infamous Jessica Gottleib. Lacy practically broke her neck, craning to give her a kiss.

And no star-studded photo album would be complete without a picture of SITScation’s fearless leaders:

Tiffany (R Family Diaries) and Heather (Mindless Junque), the co-founders of SITS. I cannot recommend enough that you find a way to get to know these friendly, generous women, if you ever have the opportunity.

A big party transpired that night, complete with red carpet and step-and-repeat backdrop photographs. You probably already saw them in People magazine or something, since I’m a week late getting this report out.

Here’s Tonya (This and That) posing for the photog on the red carpet.

And then it was Lacy’s turn. Sadly, nobody asked her who she was wearing.

You may or may not recognize the arm assistance of Lara (Chicken Nuggets of Wisdom).

Two people we actually got to spend some time with during this whirlwhind of an event were two bloggers from Los Angeles. This is my favorite part of any conference: The connecting to people IRL (in real life).

Dale (Stroke of Living), Lacy and me

Kim (House of Prince) and Lacy

Then there was the after-party with many celebrities in their hotel rooms. This is the closest I could get to showing you the after-party, as the bodyguards slash bouncers just inside this door confiscated our cameras upon entry to ensure no leaks to TMZ.com.

We also had to sign a confidentiality agreement that said we would not divulge the party attendees. So I can’t tell you who all I saw. What I can tell you, however, is that Kim Kardashian and Justin Timberlake were at the Venetian that weekend, but I cannot confirm or deny that they were in Suite 12-101. Because that would be wrong.

Lacy stayed only as long as was fashionable before she expressed a desire to hit the slots.

After a few speakers the next morning, Lacy lunched with fellow bloggers.

During dessert, she Twittered about the weekend’s events. And since she has about 48 badrillion followers, pretty much everyone knew what we were doing.

After the final Blog and Nosh session, Lacy dragged me all over the Venetian for some more photo ops she’d promised some of her fans, most of whom I did not know. Like this blue guy.

On our way to another photo-op, we walked past this Venetian statue that lost its composure and screamed “OMG! Lacy! LACY! Can I get a picture with you? OMG, David will be soooo jealous!” Lacy rolled her eyes, but agreed. I mean, she does have her public to consider. And after all, she wouldn’t be where she is without her fans, blue or white as they may be.

But it was Lacy who groveled at this next guy’s feet when she stumbled upon him as we were on our way to some VIP goat blog event. Come on, I tried to tell her, the guy’s a troll! But she couldn’t help herself. It was embarrassing, really.

I don’t know what she saw in him, when clearly Humpty Dumpty could provide so much better for her. And adore her like no other. Why are girls so attracted to the bad boys?

Granted, Humpty can be fragile at times, but doesn’t that mean he’s the real sensitive type?

I ducked into a bathroom just to catch my breath and escape all the testosterone, but when I snuck into a stall my eyes fell upon this necklace hanging from the stall door!

And speaking of penises, have I even mentioned all the swag from SITScation?

Even though it was an all-female conference, we were bedecked with male/double-entendre swag, like these little devices called “pokens“…

and vibrators…

Oops! That not a vibrator. I think.

But this is:

courtesy of Edens Fantasys

Lacy and I were exhausted and she insisted on returning to our room, where she sprawled on our tiny tiny hotel room couch. In the sunken living room.

And then it was back to the craps tables. Personally, I think she has a gambling problem.

This is my favorite picture from the weekend:

Venetian Statue Guy

I don’t know if you’ve heard, whether it was on CNN, or the AP Newswire, but Nanny Goats in Panties is now available on Amazon’s Kindle. Tell your Kindle-havin’ friends. And you know what would really be cool? At least for me? If you went to the NGIP Kindle page and wrote a nice little review. You don’t have to if you don’t want to, or don’t have an Amazon profile, or whatever, but I’ve heard it doesn’t hurt to ask people for things. I think it was Renee J Ross (Cutie Booty Cakes) who said those very words when she spoke to us at SITScation.

Do I expect many Kindle subscribers? Heck no. But every little outlet helps. And now I can say I have published work available on Amazon.com – woo-hoo!