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When I meet my Internet friends..

April 21, 2011 by Amy 4 Comments

I know this isn’t like my usual recipe posts for this blog, but since this trip was so food heavy, I just HAD to post on here! I hope you don’t mind, and I certainly hope you aren’t too hungry.

Back in the wedding planning days, I blogged for an awesome site called WeddingBee. My moniker was Ballet Flat, which is perfect for this flats-wearing gal. I really just thought this was another blog, but little did I know that these women I blogged with would become really good friends of mine.

Every year, these ladies plan a meet-up. Last year, it was in Vegas and this year, it was in NOLA. I had no excuse–I had to do this! It isn’t very often that I meet my Internet friends. I’m pretty shy in real life, so I’m always pretty nervous about shutting down and being super quiet. And before you laugh at me, it has happened before. I actually remember sort of shutting down and not talking to anyone (with the exception of the friend I went with) at a local blogger meet-up. Fail.

For this meet-up, I got to work with the fabulous Serena of Big Apple Nosh to plan all of the foodie events for the trip. Serena and I had a blast introducing everyone to some fabulous NOLA fare. 🙂

You might notice that quite a few pictures of food are missing. I totally forgot to take pictures most of the time, because I was probably talking my mouth off. This gal did NOT show her shy side over the weekend…thank goodness. 😉

Thursday evening, we started with some great (CHEAP) food from Cafe Maspero’s. It was such a fun place to meet everyone for the first time, and heck, where else can you get a draft beer and HUGE sandwich with fries for about $10?

On Friday morning, we attended a cooking class, where we learned about gumbo, etouffee, pralines and bread pudding. It was a fun, interactive class, but I found that the instructors made the dishes pretty mild. I guess they want to gradually ease in the tourists to some Louisiana flavors? Boo…

Gumbo

You know this is a blogger trip when everyone is snapping pictures at the food.

Busted, Big Apple Nosh!

Big Apple Nosh doing her thing!

On Saturday, we organized a mini food tour for everyone. We made sure that we let everyone try some real gumbo (not the bland stuff from class) from Coop’s Place, yummy muffalettas from Central Grocery and of course, beignets from Cafe du Monde!

Beignets

That evening, we had a dinner at Oceana Grill in the French Quarter. We surprised everyone with some king cake, since Haydel’s Bakery makes them year-round! And of course, there had to be a prize for whoever got the baby! 🙂

Sigh…Sunday. This was the end of the trip for everyone, and we knew we had to offer everyone a brunch to remember. The Ruby Slipper fit the bill. Bananas Foster Pain Perdu anyone? I think I’ll only make french toast with french bread from now on!

Bananas Foster Pain Perdu

I’m still super bummed that the weekend flew by. It was so fabulous to meet these amazing ladies, and I can’t WAIT for the next meet-up with everyone! 🙂

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  1. Nellie says

    April 21, 2011 at 8:39 am

    You weren’t kidding when you said we shouldn’t be hungry. These look delish! I wish I could have been there.

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  2. kelsey says

    April 21, 2011 at 9:24 am

    Aww, it was so much fun!! Thanks for organizing the food tour! It was delicious!

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  3. serena @bigapplenosh says

    April 21, 2011 at 9:30 pm

    Thanks for the shoutout! It was so fun planning with you and finally getting to meet you in person! I hope we meet again soon! 🙂

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  4. Katie says

    April 26, 2011 at 9:11 am

    Ohhh my goodness. Drool drool drool. I am SO so sad that I wasn’t able to make it to NOLA this year…sob. But: it looks like you guys had an amazing time!!!

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