On Tuesday last week I bit the bullet and drove all the way across the city to the monthly Mommy Owned Business networking event at Arcadia Floors. It's a long drive for me, and I wold have liked to carpool. But I wanted to see the showroom, and have been kinda aching to do some "networking." Even though I haven't yet emailed any of the fabulous women I met, I figured I'd still write up a little blurb about my experience there. As an architect who once worked in an office shared by an interior design firm, I've always been fascinated by samples of flooring and such. Arcadia has LOTS of samples to look at, and I found myself shopping for a good portion of my visit there. I took several pictures of hardwood plank floor samples for my family room. And I found the quartz kitchen counter top samples to be overwhelming. Then I took a photo of some hardware that I would like for my bathrooms. I am in the market for all these things, so of course I couldn't help myself. It would be better to schedule one of their in-home visits, though. I've only been to one other MOB event, and that was back in September with a friend, and when I was recognizable to a couple other of the MOBsters. So this event was a departure because I only saw one friend there who recognized me. (The other acquaintance I had there did not recognize me, and she was too busy to interrupt in my opinion, though I did sit next to her and try.) Luckily the food from Etc. Eatery (I'm guessing at the name) was really great! So I kinda just stuffed my face for a few minutes until someone came and talked to me in the corner. lol! The coolest thing about the MOB events is the breakout groups where we each get to speak a little to a small subset of the attendees randomly chosen at the door via font color on our name tags. In my group I found two amazingly appropriate networking partners to go talk to. I gave those two ladies my embarrassing business card - embarrassing because it's so old I had to hand write updates on the front of it. (I really should just get new ones.) And I got to learn a little bit about them. This makes me want to return to this event next month, which is awesome. Maybe next time I can carpool! There were cider tastings from Ace Craft Cider I think. I tried the pear and pineapple ciders, and they were really super good. I grabbed one of their coasters to bring home as a reminder to tell my husband. There was also a bar featuring One Hope Wines, a company that donates some of its profits to charity I believe. They didn't have the sparkling pomegranate, but the zinfandel was really good! They, lastly, did awesome door prizes - and I won one! I'm very much looking forward to my photo shoot with Images From Amy. I think there were 15 or 20 door prizes in all. It was so nice to see the joy on everyone's faces. Just awesome. I'm looking forward to visiting Arcadia again, and more MOB events in the future.
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Hollie Holcombe is a trained architect, LEED accredited professional, and certified permaculture designer trying to find her way in the world, well, PDX at least. Archives
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