Yesterday morning I decided to meet Boi From Troy, who, with the help of Chris Safer, organized the DC GayBloggers meetup event held at Trio’s Fox and Hounds.

I have been meaning to meet BFT for quite some time now; ever since I designed his blog this February I have wanted to thank him in person for the opportunity he gave me to flex my aesthetic muscles. Since then I have designed for a few other blogs. Without the chance to get the ball rolling that I got from him I perhaps would not have started doing designs for my friends. As an added surprise, I also found out that Dave Tepper was going; we have acquainted ourselves with each other over AIM through another network of bloggy friends, and I was more than eager to meet Dave too.

Around seventeen people attended the meetup altogether, and it was fun meeting new people. After brunch at Trio’s (which was at least a two-hour affair) everyone who hasn’t left at that point proceeded to Sweetlicks for ice cream before we all decided to go our own ways.

Meeting BFT, Dave, and everyone else was a very refreshing experience; meeting bloggers in the flesh is something I look forward to.

(Some foreshadowing for y’all. I gotts me a road trip I have planned to meet in real life quite a few people I have met online through blogging. It will be a while before it happens but it’s in the planning stages.)