I just got back from my very first BlogHer Food Conference and loved every minute of it! (Well except for the flight haha) I also got to visit Miami for the first time and I do believe that I fell in love with the Beach and the food there!
I’m going to write a few blog posts about the trip later and go into more details about the places we ate but I wanted to just take a moment today and share some photos with you!
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| Top Photo: Girls Day at the Beach! — Bottom Left Photo: Crystal (Mrs. HappyHomemaker) and I Middle Photo: Cathy (Noble Pig) and I at the Beach — Bottom Right: Kim (Cravings of a Lunatic) and I |
I was so, so happy to be able to spend tons of time with some amazing friends (old and new) down in Miami!
We went to a fantastic Southern Style restaurant called Swine Southern Table & Bar on Friday for lunch and I thought that it was just amazing! We tried a few different entrees and I adored these Homemade Oreos with Bourbon-Spiked Milk!
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| Homemade Oreos with Bourbon-Spiked Milk from Swine Southern Table & Bar |
Saturday we had a “girls day” for a bit of the afternoon after Brunch at Morgan’s and hopped on over to Miami Beach for a little sand and sun.
We also strolled down to Joe’s TakeAway to give the stone crabs and key lime pie a try! After getting there I just had to try the chocolate chip pecan pie (and they threw in a slice of their apple pie as well!)
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| Left Photo: Stone Crab Joe’s Take Away — Right Top: Burnt Ends from Swine Southern Table & Bar — Middle Right: Fried Green Tomatoes from Swine Southern Table & Bar — Bottom Right: Eggs Benedict from The Morgan’s Restaurant |
Speaking of food….there was a TON of food happening this past weekend! Those little strawberry cheesecake shot glasses were heaven!
Then there was the swag! SWAG = Lots of goodies that companies give to bloggers that are attending the conference! So many neat things were given to us at this conference; things like this adorable cookie mix from Farmville! I had so much stuff to bring home that my suitcase was over flowing! I know a lot of family and friends that are going to get a few bags of goodies this week! (Plus I’m totally going to make some of those cookie mix jars!!)
Oh and the Parties! Parties were happening everywhere during this trip! I got an invitation to attend an ALDI wine pairing party and just loved being able to hang out and try some of the wines! Do you have an ALDI where you live? I love shopping there! It’s my favorite place for chocolate and cheese!
Oh.. wait… Parties… I almost forgot to tell you about the Closing Party!! Saturday night we had a BlogHER closing party and look who I got to see!
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| Jaden , Me, Ree and Elise |
I know and love Jaden (Steamy Kitchen) already, but I also got to meet Ree (The Pioneer Woman) and Elise (Simply Recipe) this past weekend! After the closing party, I went down with Cathy (Noble Pig) sat in the lobby and got to chat with Elise and Ree as well as enjoy more of the Noble Pig Wine that Cathy had brought! It was a fantastic end to a fantastic trip! Those three ladies in that photo with me are just amazing!
I wish that each and every one of you could have been there with me! Everything was just wonderful! (Well except for the flight the first day but I’ll get into that in another post haha)
I’ll have some more posts up soon that will go into detail about some parts of the trip but until then I’ll leave you with this photo of the beautiful blue waters of Miami Beach! HUGS!!
OOooh! I so wanted to go to this. Thanks for sharing your photos. It looks like it was an amazing event. How were the workshops?
I’m so glad you got to go to BHF! Sad I had to miss it but didn’t want to risk Ryder getting sick with all the people around. I sat downstairs in the lobby with Cathy and Elise sipping Cathy’s wine… So good and so much fun and great memories made. Isn’t Ree just the sweetest?
What an event. One of my friends who blogs up here in Boston went to this and I was super jealous!
You look like you had a blast! I know you were super busy because I only saw you for a brief moment, but I loved living vicariously through your Instagram photos. 🙂
I loved checking out all the pics on instagram of the convention. It looked like so much fun!! Thanks for sharing!
A fantastic time and so happy we met, no pics of us, next time! Love all your photos too!
SUCH FUN! I’m so jealousss
I’m so sad I kept missing you – I really wanted to meet you!
I totally regret not going this year. I live in South Florida and would have really enjoyed this! I have been dying to visit Swine Southern Table & Bar. Their food looks amazing!
I also really wanted to go! I mean, blogging friends AND Miami? Score! Glad you had a blast!
What an absolute blast! I love this stuff and maybe someday I can go. Your post shows it all so well.
I would gain ALL the pounds at that conference. I’ve been following along via instagram!
What a great place to hold Blogher Food. I’d love to go. Yay for meeting The Pioneer Woman, my daughter loves to watch her cook.
I LOVED meeting and hanging out with you!! You are such a sweetheart! Let’s do it again sometime soon! Love all these pics of Miami!
That looks like a great tasting workshop =)
You sure made the most of the weekend! I goofed and booked my return Saturday so I missed the whole Ree party. Bummer!
How awesome! I never know what to do when I get invited to those kinds of conferences. #IntrovertProblems
Looks like you had a great time! I was sorry to miss this year but it was son’s birthday.
Oooh this look like so much fun! How neat that you got to meet The Pioneer Woman!
Wow . this looks like an awesome event. Thanks for sharing.
Gotta love Miami! I wanted to go to this so bad, and I am only two hours away! Dang it. I saw everyone met Ree on Instagram and I was so jealous. Can’t wait to see more!
I had so much fun at this conference. It was so great getting to see you again. Such a crazy, hectic weekend. I’m still not recovered. I may sleep for a week. Ha.
I loved meeting you! Your pictures are wonderful too 🙂
I follow you on IG saw your amazing pics! It looked like such a fun event and I would love to go next year. I love Miami!
Looks like you had a great time! The food looks yummy!
It looks like it was such a great conference! I want to go next time.
It looks like it was an amazing event. I love Miami. I am frrom Florida and we have pretty awesome beaches.
Some of my friends were there. I heard it was awesome! I’d love to go next year.
Looks fun, I so wish I could go one year! And a side note: I love Aldi!
Sounds like you had a great time! Those chocolate strawberries look delicious! – Jenn @ The Rebel Chick
I heard a lot of great things about this event from friends who atteneded. Thanks for sharing your photos of the event.
This looks like so much fun! And check out the amazing food
I am sorry, did you say spiked milk? I really need to get out more. We frequent the same restaurants all the time. I need to get more adventourous when it comes to food!
Glad you had so much fun in Miami! In loves it as well!
Wait…there was a great beach, good company, and fantastic food? That sounds like a good time to me!
It does look like a fantastic get together. Miami is one of my favorite places to be too. 🙂
I’d heard about this and wondered how it would be. Glad you had a god time!
Wow, Angie, it looks like you had a blast there and enjoyed some amazing company and glorious food. I hope that I’ll be able to get to a conference one of these years. I’d love to meet a bunch of the cool blogger friends I’ve made.
i’d love to go to this. i would definitely need to kick up my food blogging though
What an incredible event! The food sounds wonderful – especially those homemade Oreo cookies. Yum! I can’t wait to hear more about BlogHer Food!
This looks like such a wonderful time! I hope to attend one day *fingers crossed*
Ugh, I want to go back!!! 🙁
I want to go back!!!! Miss you already!
You look like you had an awesome time! I really should have went….
I was following along via instagram. Was so jealous of the wonderful food!
Now THIS is my kind of trip! Just look at all that delicious looking food as far as the eye can see! It really sounds and looks like you not only had scrumptious things to dine on but it really looks like you had a great time 🙂
Looks like a wonderful time.
It looks like you all had a fantastic time! I love the idea of the ALDI party! We love ALDI’s. 🙂 I hope to be able to go to a Blogher Food conference sometime!
That looks like a great conference! I’m looking forward to BlogHer in San Jose in July!
Sounds so fun! I am so jealous of all the yummy eats!
Hmmm..maybe I should be a food blogger? This looks like so much fun!
The food looks amazing. I really am interested in the home made oreo’s.
Oh my gawd I want to be back on that beach!
So much fun! I am glad we got to hang out and share some delicious eats!