Aaron: America has some benefits

25 August 2010
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I don’t know if it was because I was staying the San Francisco area (hippie, organic food and greenie central of the US) but contrary to what I had expected in my head, I totally LOVED San Francisco and the wider bay area in general. Not to say that I thought I would hate it, I just didn’t expect to love it as much as I did. Good weather, fantastic food from jalapeno poppers at a diner style restaurant/cafe place to mexican, ethiopian, burmese and white miso ice cream, good people no disasters all made it a fantastic 7 days in the states.

There are many people and experiences I will remember from our week there which I could list…

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By Aaron on 25 August 2010 at 9.00 am
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Good sorts, and great chats.

24 August 2010
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Well I’m pleased to say that the third DYNZ conference was another brilliant one! I set off in the rain on Friday afternoon, and four hours later (having had the windscreen wipers on the WHOLE WAY) I turned up at the Heritage in Rotorua for the conference. The hotel was a typical kitsch sort of Rotorua feel, but it was pretty impressive. Lovely rooms, good food and an amazing outdoor heated pool and spa pools (neither of which I sampled seeing as I didn’t think to take my togs with me – duh). The main room where we held the conference was a huge auditorium which had a multi-level stage with fake rocks around it and artificial NZ fauna (tacky,…

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By Nic on 24 August 2010 at 10.39 am
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Welcome new readers!

23 August 2010
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A big warm welcome going out to those of you who went to conference and have come along to this blog to check it out!

If you’re looking for the book I referenced, you can click the image on the right, or buy it from either of these websites:

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Amazon – US $28.73

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More about the conference in tomorrow’s post. Have a great week!

Nic

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By Nic on 23 August 2010 at 6.20 am
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Rotorua, I’m a ‘comin.

20 August 2010
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As you read this, I’ll be on my way to Rotovegas for the Diabetes Youth New Zealand Conference 2010.  As opening speaker and MC, I’ve got my work cut out for me. I’m hoping it comes pretty naturally as have had so many things going on in the last few weeks I’ve not had nearly as much time for prep as I’d hoped!

Anyway, I’m looking forward to all of the speakers, and particularly the session on Sunday morning which comprises a panel discussion and interactive sessions about the daily challenges of life with the big D. It will be a bit like this blog, but in real life

I will…

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By Nic on 20 August 2010 at 12.33 pm
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Stunned.

20 August 2010
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In a total David vs Goliath scenario last night, this little website beat all of its competitors to take out the Netguide Best Lifestyle Site award!! I found out last night by text message (I had been offered free tickets at the last minute but opted instead to come home and pack my bags and get ready for the DYNZ conference) and many hours later I am still shocked!

To put this into perspective, the winners of the other categories are the likes of TVNZ , Telstra Clear, The Warehouse, Mighty Ape, Stuff.co.nz and Google. Does the song “one of these things is not like the other ones” spring to mind?

Overall, the out-take from this is that you lot…

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By Nic on 20 August 2010 at 8.39 am
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