Self-portrait

Here I am on my first full day in Las Vegas.  Looking out the window I thought I was on Mars.  There was this strange martian looking building in front of my window and beyond were snow-capped mountains. I have to say it was really nice to be somewhere exciting and new.  Las Vegas gets a pretty bad rap but for me,  the hotels as outlandish and tacky as some were, were actually quite amazing.  Some of the lobbies had incredible displays.  They had light  from outside coming through the ceiling which made the displays so pretty.  The MGM was so big downstairs that it took me a day and half before I didn’t get lost walking around.  Friday and Saturday the hotel became packed because of it being presidents weekend as well as it being Valentine’s Day.  The workshop I attended was incredibly useful.  I have described it a little on my Boudoir Uncensored blog.  Marissa and Kim really know what they are doing and were extremely generous with their time and advice.  They are both absolutely gorgeous and stylish as well.  I think the most interesting part of the workshop were all the little tidbits of advice that were going around whether it was from the Diva’s themselves or other attendees.  For example, which company people use to do prints, which one is the best for promotional cards, which albums are best for starting out etc.  Sorry for my bad grammar.  In any case I have a little journal I carried around the whole workshop where I noted these things down.

On another note to my great surprise the first day in town as I was buying a $9 tube of toothpaste I ran into Rachel from Tamara Lackey Studio with whom I have worked on weddings.  She was in town for the big convention with another colleague named Courtney.  It was great seeing them and we all enjoyed going out to a  Mexican restaurant on Friday night.  We also took a trip to Bellagio to see the Fountain show which was amazing.  Anyway, it was a great trip and I can’t wait to visit that town again.

Ciao

Anna