Saturday started off a little nicer, with Victoria and I sleeping in until about 8:00am. Then we rushed to get dressed, made it over to the Hilton in time for breakfast and a brief stint of socializing with bloggers, before regrouping and heading over to Personal: Where’s the Line or the Lie: Storytelling, Memoir and Poetic License, a panel all about authenticity and great story-telling and writing in blogging. The lovely Jory Des Jardins (also a BlogHer co-founder!) headed the panel, and co-moderation was provided by Julie Marsh and our very own Jenny Lawson aka The Bloggess. As expected, the panel was interesting, insightful, heartwarming, and provided its share of laughs and echoes of “Oh, I’ve been there/said that/done that!”.

After the panel concluded, Victoria and I made our way back to the food trough, where hundreds of other bloggers were already swarming for lunch. We weren’t really hungry, but we were curious to see what would be dished up, and mealtimes are always great times for meeting new people – especially since BlogHer is such a big event and attracts so many bloggers that it’s nearly impossible to find an empty table to sit at! As expected, we table-crashed once again, this time meeting up with Erin, whose lovely roommate was Ree Drummond aka The Pioneer Woman! We were on our way out and she was on her way in, only she was stopped by a door guard for not having a pass (c’mon now, The Pioneer Woman so does not need a pass!). Both Victoria and I were all, “Dude, don’t you know who this IS?”, and then begged her for a photo. She complimented Victoria’s hair, mentioned that she reads SexIs, and took our business cards!

The rest of the afternoon passed by in a blur of taxis and food and cupcakes and decorations, as Victoria and I hustled to get the food and last minute decorations prepared for our dildo decorating party, which started at 6:00pm. By 5:00pm Anne West-Church of AIDS Service Center NYC showed up with tons of supplies for condom decorating, as well as white-, milk- and dark-chocolate pops molded and colored to represent penises, vaginas and breasts (complete with nipples!) (to Anne and everyone at ASCnyc.org – thank you so much for your contribution!).

The next two hours flew by! We had a steady stream of women (and the occasional man, including Techy Dad) coming into our hotel suite, and both the dildo decorating table and the condom decorating table were a hit. Colorful dildos and condom earrings mingled with cupcakes, cheese on crackers and a variety of mixed drinks (courtesy of Victoria, our informal bartender). We had several demo products on hand, including our signature Kissas, which our guests were delighted to find in their swag bags. We talked, we chatted, we passed around the demo products, and talked non-stop about sex toys, better sex, and of course, BlogHer and NYC.

At 8:30pm, after the final guests had trickled out, Victoria and I freshened up, threw out whatever trash that was within reach, then headed over to The Volstead, which is a sophisticated restaurant and lounge located on East 54th Street. There we saw The Bloggess again, enjoyed a few drinks and some chit-chat, before we all decided that our time would be much better spent at one of the most highly anticipated BlogHer events, Sparklecorn. Sparklecorn, as the name suggests, is an event that is all about glitter and unicorns. We heard rumors of a unicorn cake, and weren’t disappointed at what Charm City Cakes produced for the event.

Sparklecorn was exactly what we expected: loud, energetic, hip, and sparkly. Very sparkly. I was sporting glittery nail polish, glittery makeup, a shimmery shirt and sparkly headbands, and for good measure I threw up a handful of loose glitter and let it rain down on my hair, face and body prior to leaving the hotel room, so I fit right in. Glow sticks and miniature Microsoft swag bags accentuated all of the glittery goodness, and loud music from the 80s and 90s got people up and moving on the dance floor.

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And believe it or not, we ran into The Pioneer Woman again! She was just as sweet as the first time around, despite looking a bit tired from having such a long day.

As Sparklecorn began to wind down, so did we. It wasn’t even midnight, but it suddenly exhaustion hit us, and so Victoria and I made the rounds to say goodbye to people we recognized and even those we didn’t, and then made our way back to the hotel. On the way in, we ran into our favorite doorman, William, who had been nothing but sweet and gracious to us since we first arrived, and on a whim we tipped him with an EdenFantasys swag bag that was overstuffed with extra goodies.

Finally back in our hotel room, the two of us collapsed in front of the television for a little while, and then began the process of throwing out trash, cleaning up after the party, putting supplies away, and packing. The conclusion of Sparklecorn basically concluded our stay for BlogHer, so it was now time for us to get ready to go home!