That’s fantastic, Cathy! Thank you. It’s great to formally document the national and international YLF gatherings on the blog post itself.

The only tricky part is that we need really good picture quality for the blog. It’s the YLF show piece. Anyone have an SLR camera? Take MANY pictures, load them onto photobucket, and then we’ll choose the best options. Does that sound like a plan? Sorry I'm a slave driver.

So glad Lori will make it :0)

I am really bummed I can't make this ....since this is where I grew up,went to high school and spent every day at Santa Cruz...I used to know every inch of S.J and Los Gatos I live so far away now...About 3 hrs. away , and rarely get back.

ENJOY each other ....and we will be looking forward to the photo's

And here is the long chain... and I have a digital SLR to boot! Have a wonderful time!!!

Taylor, Chris, and rosebudrmm--sorry you can't make it! We'll hold the second Bay Area gathering up closer to where you are (and me too, since I'm on the Peninsula).

I have an old digital SLR; I'll bring that along. Gotta make sure to charge the batteries!

Great, Cathy! May I suggest that someone else brings a camera along and takes great pictures too? Marianna? Lori?

I'll take pictures as well, no problems. My camera is always in my purse. I don't have an SLR but it's a nice 8MP.

Yeah, definitely. The more photos, the better! I only know how to put the SLR in dummy mode to shoot

are we meeting at this gap? just want to double check...

old town center
35 university ave.
los gatos, ca 95030

http://www.gap.com/customerService/storeLocator.do

Yes, that's the one!

Just wanted to confirm that we're still on for today at 1:00?! I'll be there. (Like Cathy I'll have to leave at least by 4:00 because I'm flying back to Chicago tomorrow and have a lot to do, but looking forward to hanging out for a few hours!)

Hope you all have a wonderful time! I can't wait to hear about the meet up.

Yup, I will be there! See you soon

Just got back from meeting some wonderful YLF ladies! We had a great time shopping and then had tea and dessert. Cathy and I took pictures and will share soon!

Yay! I'm so excited! Can't wait to hear all about it :0)

Don't post the pictures on the forum - send them to me to prep for the blog post. No letting the cat out of the bag yet!

Yes, it was a lot of fun

Angie -- if people want their faces blurred, do you want me to do it or is that something you can do? Also, do you want Marianna and me to email all the photos directly to you?

Ooh, can't wait to see the report on this on the forum!

It was such a blast meeting you all! Such a sweet, fabulous group of women! Can't wait to see how the pictures came out... Thanks everyone, for a really great day!

Yes, Cathy! Please send the pictures directly to me. Marianna has already done so. We’ll blur the faces of the pictures if necessary. Of course, I’m NOT encouraging the blurring of faces because it ruins the aesthetic of the blog post – which is YLF’s show piece. So if you you’d prefer to have your face blurred, chances are high we won’t use the picture.

But of course it’s up to you! We would never show your face on YLF under duress!

It was fun! Thanks, Cathy, for organizing this! And thanks, girls for being so patient when i tried on all those clothes! My husband loves them!

thanks cathy for organizing, cathy & marianna for their photojournalist roles, and everyone for a fun sunday afternoon it was a pleasure getting to know all of you.
hope to see you (and others) again soon!