Woke up wishing I’d had a real dinner last night instead of liquids and cookies. But that didn’t keep me from hitting the hotel gym.
A little fluid exchange, if you will. Out with the old and in with the new!! I drank 2 bottles of water while elliptically for 40 minutes and felt better.
Back in my room, I had a spa party!
EOS put some shave gel in the swag bags, and Suave gave me a full size mousse from their booth. And the Sheraton’s Bliss products are A.mazing!! LOVE the Mandarin Mint and I am totally hoarding them 🙂
I got a text from Eating Bender that there was oatmeal in the lobby and raced down!
I put together a bowl of oats topped with tons of fresh berries, a little brown sugar, some raisins, a little bit of granola.
I also got a milk for protein (which I actually went to exchange for a 2% for some filling fat) and a Tazo Awake tea
And a banana for later if needed!
Over breakfast I met Jena Wellness and the Traveling Mom over breakfast (who got us on “the list” for a cool party tonight!)
I also got this cute bracelet from posi+ivi+y for the National Positivity Movement.
Attitude is a Choice and Positivity is Contagious!
The opening keynote today featured a talk on “Traditional Media Chops Meet A New Media Calling.” Speakers included Tina Brown, Donna Byrd and Ilene Chaiken.
After the keynote, I headed over to Business Of You: Advanced Social Media, Syndication and Stats.
All things social media!
Twitter. Facebook. Kirtsy. BlogHer. Stumble Upon. Friend Feed.
And all things stats!
Google Analytics. Feedburner. Yahoo Pipeline. Google Alerts.
If you have 15 minutes and want to build your blog traffic:
- Tweet.
- Post on a few blogs.
- Visit Kirtsy.
- Visit Stumble Upon.
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s a momentous day in Twitter Land!!! 1026 followers!!!
And then I went for a scheduled 10 minute shoulder massage in the Microsoft Lounge!!
After my massage I found some veggies and hummus! I had a few veggies with a few pita chips
LUNCHTIME!!! There was a huge spread of Mexican!
We managed to find a table outside!! It was great to get out of the dark conference space.
I made a big taco salad topped with just a tiny bit of each: refried beans, chicken, beef, guac, sour cream and jalepenos.
Plus this awesome cornmeal and shredded beef corn husk tamale. I ate most of the corn meal and not much beef 🙂
This lunch tasted so good because I was starving. But now I feel a little greasy on the insides.
Jenn and I split desserts again! Tres Leches and a Chocolate Silken Coconut Cake.
The chocolate was my favorite 🙂
Just a few more sessions, a keynote and a handful of parties and BlogHer 09 is over.
Megan (The Runner's Kitchen) says
A sweaty gym session, lots of water, and fruit + oatmeal sounds like a great way to recover from your party-filled night. A good workout always makes me feel awesome. Sounds like you’re learning so much! Building traffic and studying stats is one of the most interesting aspects of having a blog, I think.
Kristen says
Aw, I know just what you mean about greasy insides!
Thanks for the tips about getting more blog readers! More lovely readers would be amazing.
Enjoy the rest of Blogher!!
Daria (Summer of the CSAs) says
Oh man I looove tamales. And that chocolate silk pie looks heavenly!
Linda says
I attend several large-scale conferences for work, but this BlogHer event looks like it’s a lot more fun.
Heather @ Health, Happiness, and Hope says
What great shower products! Sound fabulous!
That is such a gorgeous bracelet and love how well you are eating! The perfect bowl of oats to start out the day healthy. 🙂
Meredith (Pursuing Balance) says
Love the positivity bracelet! Attitude is so important and powerful.
Katharina says
Wow! I Feel like I’m on this trip with you. Everything looks to die for. You must be having the time of your life 😀 Take care, Kath!!! and most importantly – ENJOY! hehee
Pam says
WOW! Once again….great food!
www.alovefornewrecipes.blogspot.com
Rachel says
I love that mandarin mint stuff! I hoarded it last time I was at a Sheraton, too (which was like, a couple weeks ago).
Thank you for giving us such great recaps of your experience!
Shane says
Whoa, if that is Ilene Chaiken of “The L Word” fame, ignore everything she says. That woman has symptoms of Teh Crazy.
Michelle Hisae says
Day 2 food looks great. I love tamales – my aunt used to own a tamale company, and they were soooo delicious.
Cait (Cait's Plate) says
YAY for 1026 followers! Haha. That’s so exciting!
I’m LOVING the positivity bracelet – I need one of those ASAP!
So jealous of the offerings of food you’re getting there and the “All Things Social Media” seminar! That’s so awesome.
Leianna says
The food spread looks Amazing, especially dessert. Sometimes I wish I could just eat dessert:)
lynn (The Actors Diet) says
i love tamales!!! man that dessert looks good. congrats on the followers.
Jen Papaya (PapayaFish.com!) says
ummm chocolate silken coconut cake? ARE YOU KIDDING? that sounds like the most delicious thing in the WORLD
Angharad says
Way to sweat out the hangover and then eat a rocking breakfast – best thing for it!!
It sounds like you’re having a super interesting time. I’m pumped to hear your thoughts once it’s all over on how much you learned/how much new information there was and how worth it you think it was.
Also, that cake looks amazing!!
[email protected] RunningAroundNormal says
Omg so much to comment on! Sounds like you dealt with your ‘night before’ in a great way! I love the ‘exchange of fluids’ hehe. It sounds like you guys are having such an awesome time. Thanks for the tips!
Mara @ What's for Dinner? says
How fun! thanks for the info on Kirtsy, it seems cool
mikey says
looks like a great day! hooray for gym time and oats 🙂 enjoy the party.
Rebecca says
Oh wow! That’s a lot of twitter followers. I think I have like 17 but I don’t use it that often. The desserts looks really good. Yum!!
Katie says
Yum. Those desserts look fabulous. I love sharing desserts…it gives you the taste of decadence without too much indulgence. Perfect.
Susan says
I need to get on Twitter…it intimidates me!!
Deva says
Chocolate silk is always my favorite. I have never had a tamale before, though, are they good?
Biz319 says
1026!! Lucky number!!
Glad you are having a good time – that tamale looks great!
Jessica says
looks like youre having a blast! im jealous! lol 🙂
those are great networking tips – thanks!
-muffy
caloriesdonthavefangs says
Kath, I love your blog! You are incredibly genuine and down-to-earth about everything. Thanks for sharing!
Krissy (Single Serving) says
Sounds like the sessions are pretty informative and that there is plenty of time for networking. Good to know.
Glad to see you’re enjoying it!
Erica says
Beautiful pictures! The bowl of oats with the various berries looks especially appealing – the colors just scream, “I am delicious and good for you!” Thanks also for the tip about increasing blog traffic in 15 minutes. This is very helpful, as I just started my own food blog yesterday. 😀
Continue to have an awesome time.
Ruby Red says
Hey Kath! I just wanted to let you know that I really liked listening to your Pepsico interview that was posted online! It is so fun to hear you talk about your journey when I have been reading along with you for such a long time now. Thanks for everything you do and letting us take a peek into your life. It has also been great fun reading about your BlogHer conference adventures…and all the FOOD!
Joelle (The Pancake Girl) says
Haha i love that fluid exchange line you wrote– that happens to be my hangover cure! I always (welll, almost always, let’s be serious) push my butt to the gym after a cocktail filled night or else I am even more of a mess all day.
Nina says
kath!! I love your coverage of BlogHer. It looks like you’re having a blast!
nicole- chasing blue says
The positive bracelet is so stinkin’ cute! What a great way to remind yourself to think and act in a positive way!
Courtney Worthington says
This is just too much ~ I’m dying here in my computer chair, you’re having so much fun with so many cool experiences! I had never heard of BlogHer ~ maybe I’d just never noticed it? I love that you’re sharing the whole experience with us!
Congrats on Twitter – it’s an addicting little tool. I’m now following you, too. ;D
-Courtney
Jenn (www. j3nn.net ) says
Oooh the Mexican food + desserts look excellent!
Jenn
Beth Lang says
I am so glad you are enjoying your posi+ivi+y bracelet! I own Alexa’s Angels and personally designed the posi+ivi+y bracelets to help remind people of the importance of being positive. Your blog came up on our Google Alerts and I just wanted to say thank you for wearing and supporting our Positivity Movement! And, I LOVE oatmeal! I love like-minded people! Thanks again –