My friends and I packed up and headed to Chicago for a few days!
At the end of March, Kayla, Shelly, Danielle and I all took a trip to Windy City! The four of us met through the convention circuit and since we met, we’ve attended as many events together as we can. Our most recent convention was Epic Cons Chicago at Navy Pier.
The Convention
The con was hosted by Epic Cons and if you’re a fan of Roswell New Mexico, Twilight, Teen Wolf, Vampire Diaries, Pretty Little Liars, One Tree Hill, John Tucker Must Die, or Arrow, this was the place for you!
Throughout the weekend, there were opportunities to get photo ops, selfies, autographs, and meet and greets with the actors and actresses and almost all of the celebrities sat on at least one panel as well where fans could ask questions.
There were also a handful of vendors selling fandom-related merch. Two of my favorites were my friends Kayla and Shelly at Superstar Designs and my friends Bob and Dena with Somerhalder Productions. Some of the guests – like Michael Vlamis, Riley Voelkel, Michael Trevino, Kayla Ewell, Tanner Novlan, Madison McLaughlin, Dylan Sprayberry, and Carina MacKenzie – also worked with Merch by Blank Clo to create some unique designs for the event.
One of my all time favorite shows is Roswell New Mexico, and on Saturday, Kayla and I got a photo with a ton of people from the Roswell cast!
I also was able to talk one on one with each of them during other parts of the weekend, everyone except for Madison (which means I just have to make sure I meet her again next time!). Here are some of the photos:
Another highlight of the event was getting to go to a Tyler Posey concert. Posey played the lead on MTV’s drama Teen Wolf and Danielle is a HUGE fan of his music and convinced all of us to get VIP tickets to his concert.
With the VIP, we were able to sit in on soundcheck, get a photo with Tyler and his wife Phem who opened the concert, and were able to get right in the front for the show.
Unfortunately, at the time, I didn’t know any of Tyler’s (or Phem’s music) but now, I can’t stop listening! I LOVE the songs Runnin‘, Sober, and Happy.
On Saturday, we also met tons of people from the Teen Wolf cast including Keahu Kahuanui, Colton Haynes, JR Bourne, Shelly Hennig, and Orny Adams.
Kayla and I also got a photo with Keegan Allen, Troian Bellisario, Ashely Benson, and Torrey DeVitto from Pretty Little Liars.
I got to meet Ashley Greene from Twilight as well, and the highlight of the day was reuniting with Kat Graham from Vampire Diaries.
The only time we had the entire weekend to leave Navy Pier was dinner Saturday night, so we tried to make the most of our time.
Neither Danielle or I had ever been to Chicago, so we went to Pizzeria Due for dinner so we could try deep dish pizza. I personally didn’t love it and ordered pasta instead, but they all LOVED it. Check out what one of their pizzas looked like.
Then we took a walk through the city (in the bitter cold!) and I was surprised when the city reminded me a lot of Manhattan.
Then we grabbed Cheesecake to-go from Cheesecake Factory and headed back to the hotel to hang out for the night.
On Sunday, we were back at the Convention and got to meet some more of the Twilight cast members. Meeting Nikki Reed was absolutely surreal and we got to meet Jackson Rathbone and Kellan Lutz too.
The Pretty Little Liars cast was also there on Sunday, so we got to meet Ashely Benson and Tyler Blackburn.
One of the other highlights of the weekend was getting to reunite with Kayla Ewell and to get an EPIC photo with Kat Graham and Ian Somerhalder.
The last two people we met were Sophia Bush and Linden Ashby from One Tree Hill and Teen Wolf.
I’ve attended tons of conventions over the years and this one was by far one of the best ones I’ve been to. It was so well organized, I loved the venue, and the cast members they had in attendance were absolutely incredible. Being able to see so much of the Roswell cast together as amazing and I grew up on Twilight and never expected to be able to meet the cast.
On Monday, before Danielle and I flew home, we did some sight seeing on Navy Pier and grabbed a quick lunch at Margaritaville before heading to the airport.
I loved the convention, but I also can’t wait to go back to Chicago and spend some time in the city and exploring what else Chicago has to offer!
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