As many of you have heard by now, the 2nd Annual North America Photobloggers Meet-up was held April 27-29 in Chicago, USA. Photobloggers from coast to coast gathered in the Windy City for a weekend full of fun, food, friends and, of course, Photos! The events of the weekend included an evening of cocktails at the historic restaurant, 17 West at the Berghoff, followed by a night walk around the city. The next morning we gathered again for a group photo at The Bean in Millennium Park:

After an hour or so of clicks and giggles, we broke off into groups for various walking tours of Chicago, including a history lesson around the Loop led by photoblogger Devyn Caldwell, and a trip out to an abandonded candy factory led by photobloggers Michael Chu and Thomas Marlowe.

Later that evening we went to the Apple store on Michigan Ave for a presentation, slide show, prize give-aways, and we announced the winners for the 2007 Photobloggies! Two winners were even there to accept their awards: Kathleen Connally, of A Walk Through Durham Township, winner of the Best American Photoblog, and Andy Adams of Flak Photo, winner of Best Kept Secret. All winners received a Lensbaby 2.0 and a one year subscription to JPG Magazine.

Sunday Morning, for one last hurrah, we all had brunch together at Puck's at the Museum of Contemporary Art. The food was excellent and the company was even better...a fantastic end to a spectacular weekend! New friendships were made, and old friendships were reinforced and lots of fun was had by all.

Many thanks to all of our sponsors:
Apple, Lensbabies, Photoblogs.org, Vazaar, Expressions, JPG Magazine, Picture Code, and Midwest Photo Exchange. Your support made a great weekend even better!

Take a moment to check out the many photos taken over the weekend on Flickr.