You’ll love Portland Grace, if you haven’t been before. I’m from Seattle/Tacoma area and every time I visit there I fall a little more in love with the city. So glad to see it on the list!

kelly

Oh, man… only one location on the East Coast?? And the survey wouldn’t even let me vote….

Too bad. I live in Richmond, VA and could have made it to Baltimore, DC or Norfolk. :(

melissa

the survey closed this morning at 8 am, i announced that on friday. it was open for two weeks prior to that.

norfolk/va. beach was on the list (as well as several other east coast cities) but they didn’t win the vote, sorry.

d*s

Woohoo, I look forward to your trip to San Francisco. :)

I can’t wait! Yay for Seattle!

Grace,
Do you have a link to the overview/description of what the biz ladies night is all about? I want to send it to my LUCKY friend who lives near Philadelphia.
Thanks!

Grace –

No hard feelings — I tried a couple of times while the survey was open, but since I used a work computer, I think our firewall screwed something up.

And who knows… I have some relatives near Philly :)

Yay, Philly!

melissa

i don’t think i have a formal description anywhere but basically the intended purpose is to connect local women running their own design-based businesses. my goal is to have them leave with a few connections they can use to form a smaller group that will meet regularly for support, ideas, collaboration. etc.

we normally have a little chatting time and then time to either listen to speakers or share advice, tips.

d*s

Hurray Portland, Oregon! Looking forward to it.

thank you so much for adding la! looking forward to the event : )

yay seattle and portland!

yay for los angeles!!

Hooray for San Francisco!

so excited about SF… hope to meet you then! ;)

can’t wait for the sf meeting! thanks for organizing these grace. camilla

I nearly had a fit when I saw that Los Angeles didn’t make the list. Thank you for making the honorary trip!

Yay, Chicago, go Midwest! I’m so happy there’s going to be one just a few short hours away…

LA us ready and excited!

Weeeeeee!!

yay chicago!

I am excited about the san francisco event….when will it be??

Also, I would love to check out Portland too.

we will host SF at RD!!

Holy Smokes…i saw the five winners and just about fell over, I got scared you weren’t going to make to LA…woo hoo for LA.
Billie and I will be there for sure.
Thanks Grace

at first when I didn’t see LA on the top 5 I thought,
oh….who do I pay a visit to ? SF or Portland?
But lucky for me LA made the list so I’ll be seeing you local. Yah!

Yay! You’ll love Philly!

-el

very excited about you coming to chi-town! lots of girl-talent here. please post time and place when you know them.

Yippee Skippee for Philly!

Another great part about living in SF, eventually everyone comes here.

Again, thanks for coming to LA! We are so looking forward to it~

Good job voting Chicago ladies! :)

Can’t wait to see you/meet you here.

So glad you added LA! I meant to vote — and missed the window — oops. Looking forward to it.

Seattle & Portland! I’ll be at both!

Does a graphic design home business count or is this more for retail / interiors?

laura

of course :)

d*s

are poor marketing ppl like me working in the design industry welcome?…….. :-P?

anon

if you’re planning on starting your own design-related business you’re more than welcome. i try to keep it to people actually making products or creating artwork/design, rather than in the promotion end. only because the advice available from experts is most beneficial to people in that area.

d*s

oh my gosh!
i’m so excited- portland!
i am thrilled to hear that we made it!

Wonderful! I would love to meet you and the others behind the scenes.

I’m so excited! Count me in.

YAY for Portland and Seattle. Deeply devoted Portland NATIVE here who just moved to Seattle. You will love P-town, rain or shine, its such a sweet, cozy, friendly city. I wish I could list some favorite haunts for you, but I am sure you will be quite busy. Still getting to know seattle myself, but the skyline at night is really something special and inspiring….my grandpa used to call it his jewel box!! Lucky you that you get to visit the gorgeous pacific NW!!!

yay! this is great for LA design women. i hope i’m not late to the party — when and where? i’ll move mountains to be there.

HURRAY for seattle! :) I’m from around here, can’t wait to hear of the dates! You’ll love it, but don’t bring an umbrella…you’ll look like a tourist! ;) Unless the umbrella is from pare * umbrella!

Cheers,
jewels

I am counting the days until…when is it? Yea, LA I will be there!