Portland Girl Meets SMX East

Kim Toomey — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:01:56 +0000

So I leave on Friday night for New York City. I haven’t been since high school when my grandmother passed away. I’m going this weekend 1. because it is my grandpa’s 80th birthday and my whole family will be there and 2. to go to SMX East in New York next week. For all non-internet marketing professionals, you can call it geek fest. Look, they even give you a badge to put on my site (which I try to keep as non-geeky as possible.)

Anyway, while I have been excited to go to this I was also facing a huge dilemma. You see, at the company I work for, there is hardly a dress code. People are lucky that I shower in the morning and show up to work with my hair dry. In jeans and a t-shirt. A sweater when it gets cold. And I’m going to business functions in New York City. I also watch too much Mad Men and have probably overly glamorized the whole thing.

But nevertheless, I went shopping yesterday for some “NYC appropriate” clothing. I think my biggest problem will be shoes. At 5’1, flats don’t really do it for me. But I’m envisioning serious pain after trekking through NYC, on subways and at a conference all day in 3 inch heels. Sex in the City is real, I know people do this, right?

Also, are peep toe shoes and colored tights still in style because that is what I’m planning for these, and I know the west coast is a little behind on our fashion. If so I’ll just pack my rain boots and north face and be the laughing stock of the whole thing.

Also, I have lots of adventure stories that I’m way behind posting to this blog, so I’l try and get that done tonight.

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Portland Girl Meets SMX East