Portland

Last week I was in Portland for my annual marketing accounting conference and I had a great trip. I had never spent time in Portland before and I absolutely fell in love with it. Honestly, the EXTREME liberal beliefs of the Portland community are completely far from what I believe in, but once I put that aside I absolutely LOVED it!  And, when they say "Keep Portland Weird" boy do they mean it. I definitely witnessed some weird stuff there, but it's what makes the City. Instead of being weirded out by it, I embraced it and found it very unique and fun.

One of my favorite things about arriving in Portland was that my good friend, Pam, picked me up at the airport and we went to a Cider House where I got to experience my first cider flight. This was on my to-do list for the week and Pam checked it off my list first thing.


Even though I only saw Pam for a few hours it was GREAT to see her. I wish I could have spent more time with her. It just means that I need to make another trip to the PNW for a visit!

Then onto my conference where I brought home another Accounting Marketing Award for my firm. My department did a social media campaign around the Elf on the Shelf back in December and we won an award for it. The comments the judges said where that "it's very creative for the accounting industry; we spent no money on a unique idea; and we had a nice ROI." I am more than proud of my team for another award!


Besides the award I have made some really good marketing friends over the past 12 years. Even though I only see these friends once a year, we are all pretty close and it's nice to call these ladies my friends.


It was time to head home and see my two favorite people in the whole wide world. Of course I had a great time, but it's always nice to head home and get greeted at the door (or in the garage before I got out of my car) by a very excited little boy.