ALA New Orleans

So the end of June was the awesomeness of ALA New Orleans! Johnathan, Amy, Lee Anne, Angel and I all drove ~ 13 hours to New Orleans in my car, which Ed Young said was, "stone-cold crazy" of us, and then we proceeded to spend the next 5 days in pure AMAZINGNESS!!! I decided to do whatever I wanted, as this would probably be the only ALA where I would get to have fun and do what I wanted, since the next ones I will probably be presenting at.
The fun stuff included getting 133 books (most of them as ARCs) and paying almost nothing for them except for the shipping. I met a TON of great people and made many connections with others in the field.
We also ate some incredible food! I completely recommend Mother's and The House of Blues.
I do not recommend driving that long with that many people in one car and a ton of stuff in the back...not that it was a bad trip, just not a ton of room. :P
All-in-all it was an amazing trip!