Kenmore Blogger Summit Day 2

Confession: I had an even better time than I thought I would.

I know my day 1 recap was a little on the jokey-jokey side, but I'm all about short and sweet when it comes to these things, so I'm not going to deviate too much from what I did after Day 1.
For me, Day 2 went pretty much like this:

I met a bunch of people. Okay, I met a bunch of awesome people.
A bunch of stuff happened.
And then I won THIS:

And really, I could just end this post right there. But in all seriousness (yes, I do that every once in a blue moon)...

Day 2 of Kenmore Blogger Summit took us down to the Kenmore Live Studio in beautiful Chicago. There we were treated to such wonderful things as a cooking demo with The Spicy Chef, Chef Suzy Singh of Master Chef. And then there was the whole oven winning thing.

A real live "Chopped" style, slow cooker competition amongst all of us bloggers. Congrats Fox Force Five for the big win. I'd like to say The Cool Kids (my team) was robbed, but after tasting them all, I had to admit that what they made was really good.
And then there was the whole oven winning thing.

We got a smoothie demo from The Green Grocer Chicago. We had a yummy lunch courtesy of Truffleberry Market Caterers, which curse them for being in Chicago and not New Jersey because I really wanted to marry that salad! And then of course the whole oven winning thing.

I got Jessica Gottlieb to make me an alien hat so we could film a vacuum cleaner commercial. And I am pretty sure I'm now committed to making a large turkey, possibly 2, for both Backpacking Dad and Redneck Mommy. I'm not going to mention the oven thing here. But let's just say I won something big and it rhymes with lovin'.

We heard from some execs at Kenmore who provided us with a host of information about the Kenmore brand, ideas, innovations, products, and technology. My personal fave was Kenmore's Marketing Director, Samuel Monnie. His clear passion for the brand and for seeing it continue to evolve was inspiring. Plus, totally dig the cool British accent, so, bonus. We were also treated to an excellent keynote from Wired Magazine's Editor-in-Chief, Evan Hansen. And then of course, there was the whole oven thing.

Seriously though, I have to tell you that if it was Kenmore's goal to get a group of people to use their reach to sing the praises of Kenmore's new and innovative appliance line, I would have to say: mission accomplished. I mean, I tend to think that bloggers, for the most part, are not the easiest group of people to impress. So when a man opens up a refrigerator door and 40 people squeal like giddy school girls (including the guys), you know something good is going on. I can honestly say that Kenmore impressed me this weekend. A lot. And they impressed a whole lot of other blogger's as well. And I'd say that even if it weren't for the oven. But let's not overlook the oven.

Oh and how could I forget, we got a real treat from Mark Beier of Chicago Fit Club, who, along with Rookie Mom Whitney and Tanis from Redneck Mommy performed what was supposed to be an example of how we can combine simple house cleaning tasks like vacuuming with fitness, but I think it might have actually been fodder for one of those Showtime After Dark movies.

Lastly... the winning idea for the oven! We were asked by Kenmore to write down on their white board throughout the day any ideas or innovations we might have for Kenmore appliances. The folks at Kenmore picked 10 that the loved, and then we the bloggers voted via text or tweet for our faves. My idea: having the front panel of the door on the side by side fridge be a dry erase board (and/or a chalkboard). So tell me, what are some of your ideas for innovations with Kenmore appliances?