#STLFW: Getting Techy with Canopi & Bonfyre

Happy Monday!  I hope you all had a great weekend.  I wanted to pop by and tell you about some great new techy things I learned about during St. Louis Fashion Week! 

First up is Canopi.  We all know Google Reader is dying (le sigh...) and this lovely site is popping up just in time!  Canopi takes the work out of finding great blogs so you can get to discovering, reading and sharing the content you love. Think of it as Spotify, but for blogs. You create "blog lists" and can share your lists with other people. So say you are very good at reading fashion blogs but you're best friend has a great list of interior design blogs, you can share the lists and get inspired. 

Even though you don't have to be a blogger to sign up, it's great way for bloggers to get discovered.  As a blogger when you sign up with Canopi your blog posts feed directly into the site allowing readers to get all the content on the single site.  Also, even though it feeds all your content from your blog to their site you don't have to worry about SEO issues. On the back-end they have told Google that it is not a duplicate post (don't ask me how, it's probably pretty technical and mind blowing programming stuff that I don't understand).

I encourage you to check out their website, tell your friends, make some lists and sharing! 

 

I also wanted to tell you about Bonfyre!  Bonfyre is an app to create a targeted, event-based experience for users.  It's an experience network targeted to the friends and events you care about so you can filter all the other social media noise associated with other platforms.  We used the Bonfyre app during the St. Louis VIP Getaway trip and it was amazing.  All of the bloggers and sponsors could meet each other beforehand, share information and post pictures.  Read more about the app on their website!

 

 

Disclaimer: All opinions expressed are my own.  I did not recieve compensation for this post.  Thank you for the amazing transportation & dinner Canopi and a stellar brunch Bonfyre!

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#STLFW: A Total Recap

I'm still editing photos of outfits and the big show, but I wanted to share a full recap (adventures and mis-adventures included!) of my weekend in St. Louis as told through mostly iPhone photos (because this girl didn't charge her camera batteries for the weekend and it died during night one... #whomp). 



We arrived and immediately went to our hotel, the Chase Park Plaza, where some goodie bags and a king size suite was waiting (for each of us..!).  We had a little time to freshen up and get ready for the first night so  Jackie and I took outfit photos before we jetted off to Belle Style's studio.  Heather at Belle Style was such a gracious host and it was so great to learn about all the collections straight from the designer.  Next it was off to Clr-Mnstr and Blue Bird Apparel for some shopping, music and drinks.  I picked up a really cute sequin skirt and wishbone ring at Clr-Mnstr and had a near wardrobe disaster when my button popped off my pants in the fitting room.  Luckily Jackie found me safety pins or it could have made for an interesting situation the rest of the night.  Stay tuned for how I style my Clr-Mnstr skirt - it's going to be perfect through summer too!  We ended the night with a St. Louis must at Pi for some amazing deep dish pizza.


Day two was non-stop!  We were escorted around all day by Best Transportation and Canopi (more about Canopi soon!).  Talk about awesome limo/party bus status.  We kicked the morning off with a light brunch with Bonfyre, a new app focused on privately sharing experiences with the people that matter (more on this later!).  Then headed to Saks Fifth Avenue Plaza Frontenac for lunch (in a private room!) and some time with Tania, the STL Saks Marketing Director.  The food was amazing and the opportunity to chat with the fabulous Tania about blogging and our favorite designers was a definite highlight of my trip.  Then we had a little walking tour around the newly remodeled Saks.  During our break, Jackie, Rachel and I lounged at the hotel and took some outfit pictures (typical).  Then it was off to happy hour and dinner at Robust Wine Bar hosted by Canopi and Hazel2Blue.  We then headed to the GLOW VIP party, show and after party.  Pictures from the show to come!  I can't wait to show you my favorite designs!

Photo in top right by Erin of RealityChicBlog on IG

Sunday it was a blizzard ALL DAY.  We met Lindsay and Katherine at the Cheshire Inn and ate a quick bite at The Market (one of their restaurant/cafe) and I have to say, my carrot cake muffin was amazing.  We ventured around the Loop and ate toasted raviolis (seriously, you have to try these if you go to St. Louis) at Blueberry Hill and went to see Michael Drummond's trunk show at Ziezo.  Katherine's flight got cancelled and mine and Jackie's was delayed by almost two hours.  Once we finally made it out of STL, it was back to real life in the city...

Photo on the right by Jackie Giardina of Living After Midnite on IG

Disclaimer: All opinions expressed are my own. I did not recieve compensation for this post but did recieve meals, hotel rooms and transportation thanks to our many sponsors.

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