Saturday, May 22, 2010

During the Effect

So perhaps you figured out that we were slammed after the Oprah Show featured our beautiful Laga handbags? Well, you were right! And that is the reason why I haven't posted anything on this blog since then.

Lots of changes have been happening at Laga Central and, although we are thrilled with all the wonderful attention we've been getting, we're pretty exhausted!

It's so ironic that, at the exact time Laga was being featured on Oprah, I was in the air on a flight headed to Chicago for a pre-scheduled show. And I was away for two weeks while all the excitement was happening at home! But my dear friend, Louise Bauwin, and I had a bit of excitement on the road as well!

Our dear Chicago friends, Juan "Pooky #2" and Michelle Quintero, were wonderful hosts as always. Here we dined at a favorite Mexican restaurant with Michelle's father and aunt.




And here is the amazing food I had there! Yumm!





The International Quilt show in Chicago went well...
Here is the only picture I took of our booth...







After Chicago, we rented a car and drove down to Paducah, Kentucky, a first for us. We had a really nice time there. The town is adorable, we met so many really friendly people and stayed in a beautiful bed & breakfast









...owned by Chad Wilson who was a wonderful host. He even played the piano for us!

Thank you, Chad, for showing us your amazing southern hospitality!


I took pictures all over town...










And we met some amazing people at the AQS Paducah show as well









Here are the McCuan's... thank you so much for your support!


Our trip back to Chicago was so beautiful... we were blessed with fields of yellow flowers on our way...









...and gorgeous weather!

And of course we ate well! ("Chinese or Mexican???")














Last but not least, thank you, TL, for sharing this memorable trip with me!