The best kind of vacation...

... is an active vacation!

As you may have heard, I traveled to San Francisco this weekend to attend the 2nd Annual Foodbuzz Blogger Festival. It was 3 jam-packed days of food, booze, bloggers and information. Today, I am back at work, but feeling remarkably renewed and refreshed. I am thinking that though this weekend was indulgent (copious amounts of gourmet food, wine, beer and spirits), at the same time it was a very active trip. All of the walking, San Francisco hills and a great bike tour tired me out and helped burn off some of the excess caloric energy.

So, about that bike tour! On Friday morning, I headed to breakfast with the roomies (Heather, Raya and Kaitlin). We walked around and perused our options for a moment, deciding on the Cable Car Cafe.

(image, courtesy of Kaitlin)

San Francisco-licious

WOW - what a weekend it's been.


I have been attending the Foodbuzz Blogger Festival in San Francisco, and it's been swell. A quick shout out to all of the awesome bloggers who are also here this weekend! I've enjoyed meeting every single one of you.


Check it out:

These are my lovely roommates for the weekend: Heather, Raya and Kaitlin. 


A brief overview of activities thus far in this fair city:


- A flight in common and taxi ride alongside blogging greats Gina, Kath, Emily (hidden) and Ashley! Is that a great way to kick off a foodie vacation, or what?

- My first ever blogger dinner meet-up, organized by Diana! We dined at Millenium, a gourmet vegetarian restaurant.

- Biked along the Bay, across the Golden Gate Bridge and into Sausalito. Breathtaking, both in the beauty of the surroundings and in the fact I was getting schooled, cardio-wise.

- Ate approximately one million Mission Minis cupcakes (my fair share) while at the Foodbuzz Welcome Reception & Street Food Fare event at Fort Mason. Cameras from Food Network abound.

- Hung out at Tacolicious, an awesome restaurant / lounge in the Marina district (aka B-Weezy's 'hood). Photos later.


- Met Tina from Carrots 'N Cake (finally!) - she's super nice!

I don't really care for this photo (I look creepy), but I'd hate myself if I didn't post it :-)


As I write this, it's 12AM on my last night here and I am in bed. I'd love to go out, and maybe catch some live music or go dancing, but I'm just not feeling it. Which is highly uncharacteristic of me... when I visit new places, I love to experience the local hotspots. Could my attitude have to do with just having walking 1.4 miles in 5-inch high heels? 


Yes. Goodnight, San Francisco!

Traveling Wilburys

Friends, I'm in a travelin' mood today. 

Well it's all right, riding around in the breeze
Well it's all right, if you live the life you please
Well it's all right, doing the best you can
Well it's all right, as long as you lend a hand

You can sit around and wait for the phone to ring (End of the Line)
Waiting for someone to tell you everything (End of the Line)
Sit around and wonder what tomorrow will bring (End of the Line)
Maybe a diamond ring


Fact: Up until a couple years ago, I thought this song was by the Allman Brothers. You know, because the lyrics say "Well it's all right." Not so much. 


For whatever reason, I've got this song stuck in my head today. I am currently at the Denver Airport, and just successfully (knock on wood) wrestled with the WiFi enough to get a post going. In a few minutes, I will meet up with Kath from KERF, Gina aka The Fitnessista, Ashley from Edible Perspective and Emily from The Front Burner. We're all on the same flight to San Francisco! Talk about being among great company. 


The flight to Denver was pretty normal. My stomach has been in knots all morning, but I tamed it with some Diet Dr. Pepper and candy. 

I believe the phrase is, "Yum-o?"

If you fly Frontier Airlines, you seriously have to try their "Deep in the Red" candy mix. It used to be called "Foxy's Passion" with a hilarious image of a sugar-buzzed fox on the label. I am not quite sure what happened, but the candy is still pretty tasty with licorice, Swedish Fish, Juju coins among other sugary treats.

Once I arrived in Denver, I hit up Caribou Coffee for a fruit cup and an iced latte. 

Fruitalicious.

While I enjoyed these, I gazed longingly at the lounge. 

I didn't really want a drink right then, but the idea was nice. I feel like having a glass of wine at an airport is so cosmopolitan and sophisticated. Perhaps I will indulge myself on the journey home?


Time to meet up with the ladies. See ya in San Francisco!