Life is so (p)interesting

Earlier this spring, Pinterest emailed me to ask if I was interested in speaking at their annual employee summit called Knit Con. They specifically asked me to share how my team uses Pinterest to plan the dinners. Obviously, it was an easy yes and a few weeks later, I was on a plane headed to the West Coast!

On that first day, I had my very first sip of Blue Bottle’s New Orleans-style Iced Coffee, walked nearly five miles around the Bay, and enjoyed a very tasty meal at Mister Jiu’s. That next morning, I was up early for breakfast and then in an Uber headed towards Pinterest HQ. Like most of life’s most memorable moments, the rest went by in a beautiful flash.

I’d timed my “speech” so that there was a bit of room for questions, but they ended up asking many more than I thought they would. They were genuinely curious about the ways we used the site and even had some suggestions for how we could use it in the future. Once it was done, I asked my guide to take a ton of pictures of me in the lobby (#formymom) and then I was on my way. It was one of those mornings where everything felt simple and good, you know what I mean?

The highlight of my trip was sailing on a literal sailboat. If you’re ever in the Bay Area, you have to go sailing with this company. The captain was seriously named Chad and it was only $40 for ninety minutes. Sailing isn’t an activity that I partake in often as a Midwesterner, but I can firmly say that I’m now pro-sailing.

Also a lesson I learned: exploring a city solo is fun for, like, two hours and then it’s sort of a bummer. It’s difficult to experience something incredible and not have anyone there to witness it. For the majority of the trip, I felt sort of sad and I hadn’t expected that. It was a great trip, but I never got use to the fact that no one was there to enjoy it with me. Still, it was one of the most interesting experiences of my whole damn life. Truly, I can’t believe it actually happened!

This post will help remember that, yes, it actually happened.