BlogCrush Meetup – and some amazing people

Me and Suzanne(emphasisisallmine.com)

Last night, I attended the first blogcrush meetup at the Veggie Grill in the Irvine Spectrum. First, the food was a huge shock. For those of you who have never heard of it/been there, it is a Vegan restaurant. I am not a vegan, far from it, in fact I wouldn’t survive if I could never have meat again. But, their food was pretty darn good! I would definitely recommend them to anyone – whether Vegan or not!

So, onto the event itself. It was absolutely wonderful! I got to meet some incredible women and learned a lot about the world of OC Blogging. I got to see my favorite photographers, Dana and Jeff Sipper: http://sipperphotography.com/blog/, who were the geniuses behind my photo shoot! I finally got to meet 2 Suzanne’s I have been conversing with through blogging and twitter for over 4 months, Suzanne of Twenty Four at Heart: http://www.TwentyFourAtHeart.com and the host, Suzanne of Alive in Wonderland: http://www.emphasisallmine.com. Both women were even sweeter in person than they are in their blogging/tweeting and I was so happy to finally get to talk with them. I think I convinced Suzanne/Twentyfouratheart to finally switch to wordpress from typepad…if you talk with her, help me out, she’s worried about transferring all the old blod posts. The group mingled for a while, and I got to chat briefly with Kara of Eli’s Lids: http://elislids.blogspot.com/ and Debbie from Peace Love and Momminess: http://peaceloveandmomminess.com. Both ladies are extremely interesting, and had great thoughts on where blogging was going, and why it is such an important creative outlet. When we finally stopped chatting, and decided to grab food, I was seated at a table with:

1. Julie of Angry Julie Monday: http://www.angryjuliemonday.com/
2. Marcy of The Glamorous Life: http://marcywrites.com/
3. Kristin from Meringue Bake Shop: http://meringuebakeshop.blogspot.com/
4. Stacey of OC Food Mommy: http://ocfoodiemommy.blogspot.com/
5. Roxanne of Me and My Monster: http://themomblog.freedomblogging.com/author/rhack/
6. Jeff from OC Metroblogging: http://oc.metblogs.com/
7. Martha from Melody Gibbons: http://melodygibbons.com/
8. Lorna from Califlorna: http://califlorna.com/

Our table was the best in the house (sorry to the other one, but we were)! We covered everything from what got us into blogging and what we feel creativity means to our favorite shows on TV (Criminal Minds, Chuck, House, American Idol, Lost, just to name a few). I am always impressed at the creativity of the individual and learned a lot from listening to this group talk about their lives, their blogging struggles and their experiences. Who knows, some of those tips/questions/concerns may show up in another post

Anyway, I just wanted to send a special thanks to a great group of people that are all worth checking out!

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