Okay, just for the record, I hate summer colds. Other than running a couple of errands, I’ve been pretty useless today. I’ve basically read e-mail, watched Olympic coverage and read some more of Breaking Dawn. Please, no spoilers! I’m not done yet.
Now on to more pleasant things — more pictures from my trip! And today, we’re featuring the Romance Bandits (aka my Banditas). We had a wonderful dinner at Annabel’s across the street from the hotel on Tuesday night before all the craziness of the conference really got under way.
Here we have (from front to back) Caren Crane, Donna MacMeans, Joan Kayse, Suzanne Welsh and Jo Lewis-Robertson.
On the opposite side of the table (also front to back) were Cassondra Murray, Jeanne Adams, Christine Wells, Kirsten Scott, Susan Seyfarth, and Nancy Northcott.
Two of my tablemates, Beth Andrews and Tawny Weber. I missed a few Banditas who were up taking photos of their own.
Wednesday night was the huge Literacy Book Signing held each year. Totally fun to see the Bandita balloons flying above our six signing Banditas.
Here’s Beth Andrews…
And Jeanne Adams…
And Anna Campbell…
And Donna MacMeans, being visited by fellow Bandita Anna Sugden…
And Christine Wells and Tawny Weber, who through the miracle of alphabetical seating were sitting next to each other.
After the signing, we hosted a crazy, fun party called the Bandita Bash. Even the Golden Rooster made an appearance, probably eying the ginormous cake we hand on hand. The top of the cake said, “Have you spent the night with the Golden Rooster?” 
I have more Bandita pictures, but they will come under different posts because they are related to other conference week events. So stay tuned!
August 9th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Trish, what fun pictures. Clearly something was amusing me mightily when you took that shot! Good thing I had a decent bra on
Lovely to see you as ever, my friend!
August 9th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Ahhh, I miss everyone so much already!! This was such a fab conference. Dinner was amazing, what a wonderful restaurant! I feel so blessed to have such an amazing group of buddies!!
August 10th, 2008 at 6:51 am
Trish, great pictures!
We did have fun, didn’t we. (What Cassondra DIDN’T know was that Jeanne and the GR were contemplating mischief, LOL)
I hated not getting to see as much of you as I’d like
and I never got to tell you but you were absolutely stunning at the awards!
August 10th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Great pictures, what fun you had! And a wonderful cake, I hope GR didn’t eat too much.
August 10th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
I saw some pics of the GR. I hope he behaved himself.
August 10th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Great pics. Looks like you had a blast. I’m loving the Olympics too! Except, I wish they were covering softball and soccer a bit more.
August 10th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Thanks for the pictures of the Banditas. I love chatting there with those crazy “girls.” You can count on them to be the friendliest, nicest, and wildest bunch on the web!
August 12th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Fabulous pictures, Trish!! I’m SO sad to have missed the signing!
August 12th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Great pictures, Trish! I loved hanging out with my fellow Banditas! Conference was so much fun and I’m already anxious for next year when I can see everyone again