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Healthy Living Summit Cocktail Party

August 20, 2011 | Uncategorized

 

Good afternoon! We are on lunch break so I thought I would try to get a post up real quick. Hope you are all having an amazing day! I am having a great time but am so tired. Ready to be in my own bed!

Ok so last night we had a super great time at the cocktail party. The planning committee did a great job of picking a place, and everyone had a blast! The food was good, the photo booth was insanely fun, and the company was the best ever.

 

 

I loved making new friends and getting to chat with some of my favorite bloggers.

Diana, Stephanie, and Andrea

Kelly, Erin, and me

me and Allison

Look how cute these boards are!

Can you spot me?

The party was in the cool and funky Reading Terminal Market.

 

Bloggers taking pictures of the sign. Everyone kept trying to figure out what we were doing.

Roomies!

We wrapped up at 10:00, my feet were killing me, I was so happy to get to sit down finally. Luckily, I was not the only one sharing this sentiment. I can’t wait to show you guys the insanely funny photo booth pictures we took, what a great idea and a great souvenir.

It was SO NICE to finally put a name with a face to some blogs I read/people on twitter. I can’t wait to go home and add to my Google reader! Better get back downstairs, don’t want to miss anything! Don’t forget to follow #HLS on Twitter!

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  1. Kerrie says

    August 20, 2011 at 12:22 pm

    Wow! What a great time! Looks like you are having a blast!

  2. Rach says

    August 20, 2011 at 4:02 pm

    Oh goodness, so much fun!! I’m so glad you are enjoying it all. And I bet it is great to hang out with so many people who are all taking photos of everything too, haha! 🙂

    Also, so glad I got to meet you earlier this week! 🙂

    • Heather says

      August 23, 2011 at 11:17 am

      SO nice to meet you! I will get our picture up soon on my blog!

  3. Karolina says

    August 20, 2011 at 4:09 pm

    It sounds like you’re having a great time so far, and I’m loving reading everyones’ posts and tweets about HLS. Wish I was there!

  4. Brittany says

    August 20, 2011 at 4:41 pm

    The cocktail party looked like so much fun! Glad you’re having a great time 🙂

    • Heather says

      August 23, 2011 at 11:16 am

      thanks! we did!

  5. Jordan @ food, sweat, and beers says

    August 22, 2011 at 1:40 pm

    LOVED the cocktail party, mostly because of running around and getting to meet everyone in such a relaxed atmosphere. The tasty foods/drinks certainly didn’t hurt, either.

    And even though I did a lousy job of doing this IRL: I loved your dress, you looked fantastic!

    • Heather says

      August 23, 2011 at 11:20 am

      this comment was in my spam folder! gah!
      thanks for the sweet compliment! I wanted to wear something stretchy so I could eat whatever I wanted! lol!

  6. janetha says

    August 22, 2011 at 3:48 pm

    It was great to meet you! I just read your recaps and I love your writing voice.

    • Heather says

      August 23, 2011 at 11:12 am

      hi sweet girl, so nice to meet you, too! Thanks for the compliment!
      I loved your panel at HLS, and I LOVED how you said you hate running. I feel like too many readers and bloggers feel like they have to run to be healthy, so not the case!

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