I feel like I’ve been MIA all day! But blogging conferences are very overwhelming so I really focused on being present and enjoying it today.
I especially was present (read: pushed to the front of the line) for lunch!
This was the best conference lunch I’ve had yet! I got a big salad and roasted vegetable sandwich. The tofu was out by the time I got there or I would have been all over that.
But the best part was the quinoa and chickpeas! LOVE love love chickpeas.
Dessert was a dough ball made by Katie.
A little after lunch I did my Blogger Safety presentation. I was very nervous.
You can see everyone looking towards the back of the room, planning their escape.
But, it went okay! No one cried except me and there were some really good questions at the end!
If you figured I was going to be boring and skipped it. Or if you weren’t able to attend HLS here is my Blogger Safety Presentation.
I will also be doing a live webinar and going over the whole thing, plus questions soon!
Let me know if you have any questions.
Then it was the usual conference stuff…‘
Instead of throwing tomatoes at me, Evan chucked a brownie at my head. Luckily, I caught it.
Gretchen was mad she didn’t get one and expressed her anger. “Use your words Gretchen, use your words.”
After the conference was done we made a beeline to Happy Hour!!!
First stop was the Vintage Wine Bar
But Anne and I had to ditch out to meet up with our dinner dates 
Annelies from Attune invited me to join Heather, Meghann, Anne and herself for drinks.
We shared everything
And I enjoyed a sangria 
After a lot of talking about everything under the Philly sun I headed back to meet up with the group.
While everyone headed to dinner Katy and I headed to fro-yo.
Sweet Ending? Don’t mind if I do.
I piled it high since I was hungry. I love going to fro-yo hungry – fill ‘er up!
I’m crashing. See you in the morning.
Great tips in your presentation! Thanks for sharing it.
I’ve noticed that some running blogs blur out the the numbers on their race bibs and some don’t. What’s your advice on that regarding privacy/safety? With the number you can find out so much on the race website such as first and last name, age, and city.
If privacy is important to you I would definitely blur the race bib numbers. But, people can often look up your information on the race site with first and last name – so if you share that it won’t help much.
If you are concerned I would err on the side of being more cautious.
I’m so glad you posted your presentation. Yours was the one I was most excited about, and I’m so bummed I had to miss it 🙁
The HLS looks like a real blast! I am really enjoying reading all the different posts popping up today! So many perspectives, it’s great!! Can’t wait to view your webinar on Blogger Safety!! Thanks for sharing all the great pictures.
that wine bar looks so fun!
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It looks like you went to food heaven! Not to mention some great company!!!
Great presentation and a lot of useful tips for us newbies. Can’t wait to see the webinar!
The presentation was great!! Thanks for including it for us less fortunate souls that didn’t get to come!
Thanks for sharing your presentation! I’d love to attend HLS in the future 🙂
P.S. Fro-yo looks fab- there’s always room [in some corner] in my stomach for it!
I wish I could have gone, but this is always as good as going!
Thank you for sharing your presentation with us for those that couldn’t go! Glad your panel went well! You are awesome!
Thanks for the doughball shout out! Hope they were a worthy dessert. 🙂
It’d be interesting to hear everything those conferences have to offer- especially the blogger safety I could imagine!
How do I find out about blogging conferences. Also- do you have your presentation online somewhere so I can look at your tips? Thanks!!
Vintage Wine Bar looks like my kind of spot… I’ll have to check it out next time I’m in town.
I met Annelies at Fitbloggin – what a sweetheart!
There’s a ton of great info in that presentation. And you get bonus points for the use of the word “creeper”. Thank you for sharing it with us who didn’t attend HLS.
Looks like the HLS is a blast! 🙂
Thanks for sharing your presentation!
Super fun day today! You did awesome with the presentation! Thanks for sharing the slides! 😀
great privacy tips! I’ll def. keep this page bookmarked for future references. 🙂
Looks like you’re having a great time!! 🙂
Sounds like you are having a great time!!
LOVE the presentation :-). I NEED to sit down and establish what MY personal policies are. You have given me a lot of things to think about!
Is Evan seriously wearing jean shorts??? What decade does he think we are in???
Umm I’m bringing them that, along with sexy. Get with the program.
Really good info in your presentation! I had never heard of Zabasearch, but you better believe I’ve been on it now! Thanks!!