First Post!

Here it is, March 30. Spring is supposed to be here. Yet, earlier today we got another couple inches of snow to add to the 4 or more we got yesterday!

I spent 8 days in Vegas earlier this month, and while I was gone it rained in Spokane and melted ALL of the snow we had accumulated since, oh, December? I really thought it was over...

So about Vegas. (In case you can't tell--that's me at the Venetian eating gelato.) No one in their right mind spends that much time there, but I did have good reason. In October, my sister and I heard that Bette Midler had signed a multi-year contract at Caesar's, and decided for our birthdays we'd get tickets and go. So we did. More on Bette later.

I piggybacked the concert with the annual conference I have been regularly attending each spring for the last several years. I think that WPPI (Wedding and Portrait Photographers International) has become the largest gathering of photographers in the US. I could be wrong. But it's big. Last year I know the attendance topped 10,000. It's a 6 day event of connecting with friends, attending classes, learning about the latest technology, and keeping up on the portrait photography industry. And just a tiny bit of fun and gambling.

More later about the cool stuff I saw and the new products I found that I'll be offering in studio!

Now its back to reality, back to the snow.