How I met Ruth
During the three years that I’ve had this here blog, I’ve met some wonderful people; many of those I consider my friends. But all those meetings had been virtual and I had yet to know a fellow blogger in “the real world”.
That changed last Tuesday. My dear friend and blogger extraordinaire Ruth Maramis from FlixChatter came over to neighbor city San Diego for Thanksgiving, so I knew we had to meet up for a cup of coffee and a chat.
She was available on Tuesday, and I was going to SD that day anyway for a Michael Bublé concert, so the timing was perfect, but leave it to the wildly unpredictable border crossing to almost ruin the whole thing!
I braved the long lines, the traffic and was a bit (ok, a lot) late to Café Terrace at Fashion Valley Mall, but Ruth was so nice and comprehensive.
She treated me to a pumpkin spice latte and we stepped outside, where we sat and talked for a short while, before she had to go meet her friend for dinner and I had to leave for the concert.
We talked about our jobs, learning other languages, the holidays and, of course, movies! We even made a promise to organize a joint Christmas blogathon, so we’ll let you know about that once we figure out exactly what we’d like to do.
It was great meeting Ruth. She is so nice and I could’ve stayed hours there talking with her, which I’m sure we’ll do someday. We closed the night with a (poorly-lit, sorry) photo.
Hope to meet more of you guys in the near future. Maybe we should organize a gathering or something!
Have you ever met a fellow blogger “in real life”?
That was awesome, Fernando.
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It was! Thanks, Mike.
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That’s insane! I want to meet both of you :).
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Wann meet you too, buddy!
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Oh man, this is just so cool. Hope you guys had a nice time. 😀 Keep it up, Fernando and Ruth@!!! Love both your pages in equal doses.
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It was really cool! We had a great time, albeit short. Thanks, Tom! That means a lot. I love DSB too!
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Awwww!!! What a sweet post, thank you so much Fernando! It was such a treat meeting you, I really appreciate you taking the time to see me. It was fated that you had a concert that day. I’m sure you enjoyed Michael Buble! I wish we had more time, so next time I’m in the area (or whenever you come to Minnesota), we have to schedule a proper lunch or dinner 😀
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Likewise, Ruth! Loved that you took the time as well 🙂 I did enjoy the concert. It was one hell of a show, and JT the next day was even more amazing!
And yeah, we definitely need to do this again sometime!
Now, let’s get thinking about that blogathon!
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Nice one guys. It’s great to hear that these friendships online can become the real deal.
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Thanks, Mark! It was a great night.
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This is very cool. Though I can’t help but be a little disappointed that Ruth didn’t end up being a vampire and the day ended with a car chase through San Diego.
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It was cool! And is the vampire thing a movie reference? ‘Cause I don’t get it! haha
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Not a specific movie reference. Just would have been an exhilarating end to your meeting.
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It totally would’ve!
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I met my best friend through blogging in 2006. We eventually met face to face in 2008 when she visited me in the UK from Australia… and then I visited her in 2009. Eventually she moved to London and now she actually works for me… all from one blog comment 7 years ago!
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That is so cool!
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Thats totally awesome! I met one blogger this summer on vacation 🙂 It’d be awesome to meet other bloggers, makes it all so much more real. Looking forward to hear about the blogathon!
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Really awesome! Glad you got to meet someone too!
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I’m so happy you joined us!!! Snow globes are so Christmassy!!!
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I think you meant to comment on my last post but yeah, I’m so glad I joined too!
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While I debate with myself about my busy schedule and my inability to find the time for blogging and wondering if I’ll ever return here, I (re)share with all of you who haven’t forgotten me a special Throwback Thursday post. One year ago yesterday, on November 26th, 2013, I had the pleasure of meeting the lovely Ruth (From FlixChatter) in San Diego. Here’s how it went.
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Awww, this is really nice to hear about Fernando! I guess we all have our perceptions of our online friends so it’s always great to actually meet face-to-face. Back when I used to do chatrooms in 2001-02 I met up with some friends for a weekend in Canada and really enjoyed getting to know them in person. I hope one day me and Ali will make it across the pond and get down to Tijuana to see you, I’d love to go to Mexico!
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Very cool! And I would love that. It’d be so awesome. I’d like to visit the UK as well, of course.
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Fernando and Ruth–I am teased by “real” people that I invest much time to the blogsphere and “virtual” people. I like the friendships that come out of it–I think it’s wonderful that you two met.
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The friendships are the best thing about it! I look forward to meeting many more of my virtual friends 🙂
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What a nice opportunity, glad you two had a nice visit. I’ve met a couple of other bloggers and enjoyed it immensely also. Friendship based on our love of movies can bring diverse people together and create a rewarding relationship.
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I completely agree. Thanks, Richard!
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That’s really nice to see the two of you in one photo! it would be really interesting to meet some fellow bloggers one day.
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Thanks! It was a nice moment. Definitely looking forward to meeting more bloggers.
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