Lovesick Expo 2015

Posted February 24, 2015 at 8:00 am in Lovesick Expo 2015

Lovesick Expo 2015! Woohoo! First, please excuse this whole blog, my brain is still not thinking straight after chatting to all you lovely people yesterday and I’m still trying to squeeze out thoughts here for this post! I’m not sure I’m going to sound very sensible.

Anyway, and hopefully a familiar sight to those of you that came, here I am, Zojirushi coffee mug in hand and in my favorite rabbit t-shirt that my friend Gloria gifted me just because a couple years ago. This is my “I woke up at 6 am to get all my shit done (daily journaling, meditation, baking a lot of bacon, making 3 cups of coffee in my involved coffee making process) before this show” face. Even if you don’t see yourselves here, I also had 6 albums out, PLUS 15 extra photos taped to my table, so please know that I love allllll of you. 🙂

Location for Lovesick Expo 2015: Rock Wall Wine Company in Alameda, and much like any venue on the water, the views might be abandoned concrete, but the city skyline in the distance is to die for. I did, however, witness a literal tumbleweed blowing across the parking lot. California drought, please!

Also, I casually polled the couples that came up to my booth with wine in hand and the verdict is that it was delicious! In case you needed a recommendation.

Now, because I’m a major introvert, and I was already trying to chat up every person that came my way, I didn’t do a lot of socializing, but I did manage to get these photos. First up, Circus of Smiles who were at Lovesick Expo to advertise their child care services. Need entertainment for guests and kiddies, they want to be your friends! I can definitely say they were natural entertainers, and I do want to note that the guy in the clown nose here is not one of them, but my boyfriend James. 🙂 Hi honey! He spent a good chunk of time over at their booth trying to learn some plate balancing and juggling tricks, so I’m really grateful to them for entertaining him! They were also really good sports, whenever I pointed my camera in their direction, they immediately noticed and hammed it up. I can’t really ask for much more.

The other unique vendor near me was this (pictured: James…again…) Billion Jelly Bloom. All you really have to do is look at these photos, visit their website and read the words, “THE ORIGINAL CROWD-SURFING, DANCE PARTNER-SIZED, BURNING MAN-IFESTED, LUMINOUS JELLYFISH BLOOM” and I feel like you’ve got the awesome picture. If you’re worried your friends aren’t going to dance, this could be your ticket to a busy dance floor. Or, even, maybe you’ve got an underwater/ocean wedding. Plus, as you can see from James’ expression, these things are pretty fun to jiggle, too. Although they have blooms all over the US, they are local to the Bay Area and do flash mob-esque jelly blooms in the area and are always looking for participants!

Not pictured here are my photography compatriots, Liza Head at Juniper Spring Photography, Jenny and Geo at Jenny Dee Photography, and, close to photography but not quite, videographers Denise and Enrico at Stand Up Films. They were totally awesome because they spent part of their set up time hanging a cloth over the back of my wall! I had planned ahead and knew I would have to put a cloth over the back (or screw over their display, which I would never do!), but they got finished setting up first and did my work for me! Thanks guys! You rock! Sorry the back of my photo wall is so hideous! I can’t help but mention All Ears DJ as well, who I’ve been next to twice now for all your DJ-ing needs.

I also wanted to give a shout out to Saint Harridan, Masculine Clothing and Accessories for Women and Transmen. I know a lot of masculine/male-identifying/trans people struggle to find wedding appropriate apparel. I’ve even heard at least one upsetting story about a woman being literally unable to find a suit that was cut right, which is absolutely ridiculous in this day and age in the Bay Area. I didn’t know about Saint Harridan then, but I know I’ll be totally making that recommendation in the future!

By far the best part of the day was getting out on the dance floor and working off all that talking adrenaline! Thanks to everyone who stopped by, I’m pulling all those entries out of the birdcage today, and I’ll be sending everyone I can read e-mails or texts! I really loved meeting every single one of you, and that’s the best thing about Lovesick. I wasn’t sure what to expect, it’s my first year making the bridal show circuit, but Lovesick’s crowd was just amazing. I felt like we all had a lot of common topics we could talk about (ADVENTURE TIME! Self-driving cars! Knitting! and of course, most importantly, bunny rabbits), and that’s honestly what I’m always hoping for in my couples. Anyway, nerd/geek/dork/otaku love foreveeeer <3 'til next year!