Somewhat similar to that of my wedding day, I remember talking to people, and eating, and drinking but when I go to recollect it is all a blur. The 2nd annual International Food Bloggers Conference came to an end today. Sad and relieved all at once as my pillow is not only calling my name at this point, it’s downright screaming it. If you followed me on Twitter this weekend at all you know I consumed what one may consider to be a large amount of beer (though really that’s subjective ;) ) with others whom I won’t rat out but I think that might be contributing to my overtired self as well. :D I went the conference with two goals in mind. To meet and greet people that I had been On-line friends with, and to hopefully get inspired to be a good blogger again. As anyone who runs a blog knows the motivation wall often pops up, mine lately being the size of the Great Wall of China. I am happy to report that both things happened. And more importantly, I made new friends as well. By far … [Read more...]
Oh the pressure….
First off I want to say hi to all the Food Bloggers out there who are coming into Seattle for the IFBC this weekend! So excited to meet all of you…as I am sure you are excited to meet me (insert sarcastic tone here). I promise not to wear the green sweatpants. ;) Second, sorry haven’t been around much, life is getting in the way. Apparently it has no idea who I am. If it did, it wouldn’t be messing with me so! I was on CNN darn it all. :P I was at a BBQ the other night and a friend of mine introduced me as Peabody, then followed with she makes the most amazing desserts and is like the funniest person ever (I actually get introduced like this a lot). Yikes. Not only should my baked goods better be awesome, I somehow have to make sure I am funny. Now I know it’s a compliment, don’t get me wrong. It just means the pressure is on. Let me start off by saying that I don’t think I’m funny. I think I say things that other people are thinking and don’t have to … [Read more...]
You catch more flies with honey (or baked goods)….
As with most government, my city has done an outstanding job of doing road construction at every possible way out of my subdivision. Now, I'm all for better roads and people having jobs, but is it really necessary to do it all at the same time? Spread the love...or pavement as it may be in this case. It's provided some headaches of course but it has definitely added some amusement. While sitting there the other day with my window down I got to hear a daughter shout to her mom (she was the worker holding the stop sign) from across the street that she was pregnant. Lots of key words were exchanged and it ended with, “be glad there are people around or else I'd come hit you with this sign”. Sadly I don't know if she ever did as I the sign moved from STOP to SLOW and I had to move on. The other guy that works there just always looks bored to tears. About a week ago I brought him cookies. I asked if that was against the rules. He told me he didn't care it if was, those cookies … [Read more...]
The Big O…
Kindly remove your mind from the gutter. Not that O. I meant the O in Orama. As in Peach-Orama. Apparently my local grocery store is having one. Which of course I am a marketers dream and fall victim every time for things like that. Seriously. You put Orama, Fest, or Extravaganza at the end of something and I will be drawn in. This worked especially well for my mother growing up. I can't tell you how many times I fell for helping out at Laundry-Fest. Which, FYI, there is nothing festive about folding laundry. Sigh. Now a days I call them Laundry parties but my husband is too cleaver and catches on before I can sucker him into it. Tom Sawyer I am not. So falling into the trap of Peach-Orama I ended up with a lot of peaches. Which just like all other fruit for some reason doesn't want to sit around on my counter and in the fridge for 3 weeks while I leisurely get to it. I went with a simple biscuit topped peach-raspberry cobbler (somehow ended up with a half flat of those … [Read more...]
