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You are here: Home / Restaurants / 100 Friends

August 14, 2009

100 Friends

Six months in the planning and it’s here!!!!!

The cocktail party was a huge success!!!! We promise our color palate was not coordinated at all!

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The event was held at Rustic Kitchen, an Italian-style bistro and wood-fired pizza restaurant next to the Radisson. They have been awesome to work with, and the night was a blast.

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We arrived around 6:45 to get the party started!

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And soon enough we had over 100 blog enthusiasts packed into the atrium!

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Thanks to Hangry Mark for being our bouncer!

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The menu that Tina and I, the Social Committee

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,  planned included a selection of wood-fired pizzas, grilled veggies, a mixed greens salad, plus Wild Mushroom + Goat Cheese Bruschetta, Fried Risotto balls, and Beef Tenderloin crostini.

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Rustic went above and beyond pumping out hot pizza after hot pizza, and they all tasted amazing. My favorite was the Fig Preserve Pizza!

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I started the night with a club soda. I wasn’t really in a drinking mood – butterflies!!

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After an hour, I decided to order and drink and realized I hadn’t had anything to eat yet! I attacked the pizzas.

MANHATTAN  = the best sipping drink of all time

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Stack-O-pizza varietals plus some veggies and a risotto ball

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I ate dinner with these new friends!!!! I got to talk to tons of totally awesome, intelligent, kind readers (coming from as far as L.A. and Texas!), but there were so many people I didn’t even get to say hello to. Tomorrow! Come say hi!!

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I had a fun conversation with these middle ladies (also drinking Manhattans!), who hail from the NYC publishing business, about the relationship between blogs and magazines. I told them I would LOVE a column in a women’s magazine – any editors who read, fo’ real!

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My drink was strong, so I went back to club soda for a final drink

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And had a final piece of fig pizza!

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I had SO.MUCH fun tonight my voice is hoarse.

Why am I blogging at 10:24 when I should still be out partying? Because I am determined to get a good night’s rest tonight before today, which is a huge, very long, exciting day!! I’m exhausted from last night’s insomnia. So happy that I my stomach isn’t full and I’m clear-headed going to bed tonight 🙂 Eye mask + ear plugs + blackout curtains + water + no wine = rest.

SEE YOU FOR THE 2009 HEALTHY LIVING SUMMIT!!!

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  1. Runeatrepeat says

    August 14, 2009 at 9:40 pm

    Good luck tomorrow 🙂

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  2. Cait (Cait's Plate) says

    August 14, 2009 at 9:47 pm

    Aw, so fun. Have a blast tomorrow!

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  3. Food Vigilante says

    August 14, 2009 at 9:48 pm

    Fig preserves?! I can wait till my figs are ripe!

    FV

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  4. Leianna says

    August 14, 2009 at 9:56 pm

    That pizza looks amazing. Love your dress! Have a great, fun-filled day tomorrow!

    Reply
  5. Lizzy says

    August 14, 2009 at 9:56 pm

    aww good luck tomorrow! the spread looks amazing! yummmm

    Reply
  6. kay (eating machine) says

    August 14, 2009 at 10:03 pm

    I love the matching-on-accident dresses! so cute!

    Reply
  7. Pam says

    August 14, 2009 at 10:06 pm

    Glad you are having a SUPERB time!

    Great looking food!

    www.alovefornewrecipes.blogspot.com

    Reply
  8. Foodie (Fab and Delicious Food) says

    August 14, 2009 at 10:29 pm

    Looks like a grand time!

    The food looks amazing!

    Reply
  9. Jenn (www. j3nn.net ) says

    August 14, 2009 at 10:41 pm

    Wow, unique pizza combos! Looks awesome.

    Good luck tomorrow! 😀

    Jenn

    Reply
  10. Andrea@WellnessNotes says

    August 14, 2009 at 10:49 pm

    Looks like sooo much fun!

    I hope you get some good rest, and good luck tomorrow! 🙂

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  11. Shannon The Healthy Beach Bum says

    August 14, 2009 at 10:53 pm

    Wish I could be there 🙂 The menu looks OUTSTANDING. The fig pizza sounds so so good. Never heard of anything like that before! Get some nice rest <3

    Reply
  12. Angela (Run, Study, Eat) says

    August 15, 2009 at 12:01 am

    neato! neato! everything seems to be going great! Can;t wait to scope out the HLS live stream!

    Reply
  13. Whitney says

    August 15, 2009 at 12:03 am

    Great job with the summit? Why am I commenting at 1 am when I should be resting up for tomorrow? I guess I just wanted to let you guys know what a wonderful job you did. fo’ real.

    Reply
  14. Emily says

    August 15, 2009 at 2:16 am

    Hope you get your good night’s sleep 🙂 The venue you guys chose looks perfect. I wish I could be there!

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  15. Madelin @ What is for breakfast? says

    August 15, 2009 at 4:58 am

    That food looks so good! Well done for being a restrained drinker, you’ll be thankful in the morning 🙂

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  16. Christie @ Quit Your Diet says

    August 15, 2009 at 4:58 am

    Looks like a fun night! I can’t wait to see what you guys have in store for the rest of the weekend!

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  17. Susan says

    August 15, 2009 at 5:34 am

    Okay, first, that fig pizza looks awesome. But so do all you ladies 😉 Good call on getting rested up. Can’t wait to hear about today’s events!!

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  18. KatieF says

    August 15, 2009 at 5:57 am

    That looks like such a fun time! Good luck today!

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  19. Nicole says

    August 15, 2009 at 6:22 am

    Kath, it was so nice to see you again and catching up with you. You ladies did a fantastic job last night. I had a blast! Can’t wait for what you have in stored for us today. See you soon.

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  20. Sarah (Running to Slow Things Down) says

    August 15, 2009 at 6:58 am

    Good idea for catching up on sleep so you can feel good and refreshed tomorrow! 😀 I can’t get over what a fun weekend this must be…keep having FUN! 😀

    I’m enjoying all the recaps! 😀

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  21. Niki says

    August 15, 2009 at 7:04 am

    Looks like a great time! Good luck tomorrow!

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  22. Andee (Runtolive) says

    August 15, 2009 at 7:15 am

    The pizzas look amazing! Looked like a fun event!

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  23. Biz319 says

    August 15, 2009 at 7:33 am

    You all look beautiful! What a great night – the pizzas look amazing!

    Reply
  24. Lara says

    August 15, 2009 at 8:30 am

    Love figs on pizza. The food looks great. That lunch too. Is there going to be a “detox” theme next week from all the HLS folks? 🙂

    Reply
  25. nicole Hoskens says

    August 15, 2009 at 9:49 am

    wow all that food looks so yummy! that fig pizza sounds amazing!

    Reply
  26. lynn (The Actors Diet) says

    August 15, 2009 at 12:07 pm

    that fig pizza looks AMAZING! glad you’re having such a grand time!

    Reply
  27. Meghan@traveleatlove says

    August 15, 2009 at 6:07 pm

    Thanks for all of your hard work! It was awesome!

    Reply
  28. Adventures of Alice says

    August 16, 2009 at 1:41 pm

    I’m just catching up on blog reading after being in the States for a bit—the summit looks amazing! Way to Go! That fig pizza also looks great–what kind of cheese did it have on it? Glad y’all had such a great time!

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  29. Amelia says

    August 20, 2009 at 9:46 am

    Kath-
    Thanks for the sweet comment on my blog! It was so nice to meet you too. I really enjoyed the whole weekend. 🙂
    That fig pizza was out of this world good. Excellent choice!

    Reply

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