Laziest BlogHer Recap Ever – My, what big ears you have!
The better to hear you with, my dear readers. <3
And therefore, I heard your whining.
I heard all fussing about how there are soooo many BlogHer11 recaps and you’re sick of hearing about it.
I heard all the procrastinating from the others saying “I’ve been home for a week and still haven’t posted about it!”
And the only reason this post is happening at all is because I most definitely heard your whining of “When are you going to post your recap??”
But I don’t waaaannnnaaaa. It’s a food blog. I post about food. And while there were a few quirky food items at BlogHer, those were far from the highlights. I’ve been slowly trying to upload pictures but there are so, so many, and most of the things I *would* post here, are going to get their own special posts.
So here’s your recap. Collage style. Not even edited….you see those pictures that need rotated? Oh yeah, tilt your head, pfft.
Really, I *will* get to sharing more of what I experienced. If we’re not Facebook friends, make it so…..tags there are showing pictures of my time there faster than I am. And if you only want food stuff, just like here.
Short answers to some questions I got about it from BlogHer non-attendees (and well, attendees, too, actually, but they already got the answers).
Did you wear ears the whole time you were there?? Yup, sure did. Most fun ever. <3
Weren’t you wearing different colored ears earlier? Yep, probably.
How many ears do you have?? Um, I took 4 pairs with me. Blue, yellow, white, pink (which are white with pink middles really)
Why are you wearing ears? Why not? It’s fun! (And the longer answer being that it goes with the rest of my bunny display pictures and people wouldn’t recognize me if I weren’t wearing them…duh. :P )
*insert another question about ears….and then maybe another* People loved the ears. I love the ears. I knew they would draw some attention….wearing bunny ears to a professional conference and all….but I really had no idea I would have my picture taken *quite* that much. And not like the posed ones up top. There were times where random BlogHer photographers would snap a picture of me before I could even smile…or sit down…or turn to face them…or even notice them. The flash often preceded the photographer, yikes, lol.
In all seriousness (or not?), it was so much fun and I met so many great people. I’ve kept up with BlogHer stuff the last several years as everyone took off to the various conferences, so I knew what it was all about….but at the same time, as prepared as I thought I would be from that, nothing could describe what I actually ended up experiencing. It was incredible….and trying to say anything beyond that would still be a flat understatement.
So many, many thanks to the people who made it possible in the first place (even if that falls on deaf ears….I cannot express how appreciative I am)….and to all the people I met at the conference who made it a spectacular time (especially Sarah from nerdyapplebottom who became an instant friend and balcony escape buddy)….and to my friends who came out before and made the pre-conference days special in San Diego….and to my mom and sister who flew across the country to meet me after where we continued the whirlwind of activities at Coronado, Seaport, and the huge SD zoo in under 48 hours.
And yes, I’m wearing ears while I write this.
I wish they had speakers. Ooo, or maybe spy cameras so I could record people’s excitement, confusion, and giggles when they do double takes at my ears. Remind me of that if I go to BlogHer next year….
Breakfast food music videos – Pork, waffles, toast, poptarts, or muffins?
Pork (Meat of Kings) Lyrics
It’s the meat of kings!
It’s made from pig,
try it with onion rings!
Pork sure goes with everything,
’cause it’s made from swine,
that’s why it sure tastes fine!
Just bring some to the picnic baby,
you know you wanna stuff it in my hamper,
Put these puddings in some tupperware,
’cause I don’t want to be a porky chancer
Lets talk about pork… converse about meat,
Veggies need wedgies ‘cause we can’t be beat!
Ham and Bacon, you should taste them,
I know it so pricy, but it’s so appetizing!!!
Waffles Lyrics
Do you like Waffles?
Yeah, we like waffles!
Do you like pancakes?
Yeah, we like pancakes!
Do you french toast?
Yeah, we like french toast!
Di bi di bi di, get an waffles!
Waffles!
Waffles!
Waffles!
Wa- Di bi di bi di, can’t wait to get a mouthful!
Do you like Waffles?
Yeah, we like waffles!
Do you like pancakes?
Yeah, we like pancakes!
Do you french toasts?
Yeah, we like french toasts!
Wa- Di bi di bi di, can’t wait to get a mouthful!
All around the country coast to coast,
people always say what do you like most,
I don’t wanna brag i don’t wanna boast,
I always tell ’em I like toast.
yeah TOAST yeah TOAST
i get up in the mornin’ bout six AM,
have a little jelly have a little jam,
take a piece of bread put it in the slot,
push down the lever and the wires gets hot,
i get toast.
yeah TOAST yeah TOAST
now there’s no secret to toasting perfection,
there’s a dial on the side and you make your selection,
push to the dark or the light and then,
if it pops too soon press down again,
make toast.
yeah TOAST yeah TOAST
when the first caveman drove in from the drags,
didn’t know what would go with the bacon and the eggs,
must have been a genius got it in his head,
plug the toaster in the wall,
buy a bag of bread,
make toast.
yeah TOAST yeah TOAST
oui monsieur bonjour coquette,
uh huh croissante vous a ver,
maurice chevalier effeil tower,
oh oui maria bagette bon soir,
FRENCH TOAST FRENCH TOAST
in chicago around the Bob and Tom show
YEAH TOAST
Newsboys Breakfast Song Lyrics
Hold the milk, put back the sugar
They are powerless to console
We’ve gathered here to sprinkle ashes
From our late friend’s cereal bowl.
Breakfast Clubbers, say the motto
That he taught us to repeat:
"You will lose it in your gym class
If you wait ’til noon to eat."
Back when the Chess Club said our eggs were soft
Every Monday he’d say grace and hold our juice aloft
Oh, none of us knew his checkout time would come so soon
But before his brain stopped waving, he composed this tune:
[Chorus]
WHEN THE TOAST IS BURNED
AND ALL THE MILK HAS TURNED
AND CAPTAIN CRUNCH IS WAVING FAREWELL
WHEN THE BIG ONE FINDS YOU
MAY THIS SONG REMIND YOU
THAT THEY DON’T SERVE BREAKFAST IN HELL
Breakfast clubbers, drop the hankies.
Though to some our friend was odd,
That day he bought those pine pajamas
His check was good with God.
Those here without the Lord,
How do you cope?
For this morning we don’t mourn
Like those who have no hope
Oh, rise up, Fruit Loop lovers –
Sing out sweet & low
With spoons held high
We bid our brother, "Cheerio!"
[Chorus]
Muffin of Love Lyrics
(Muffin, muffin, muffin…. & Muff, muff, muffin of love playing in background entire time)
Yeah!
I need to plan a lesson or two
but not before I say to you
that you are my muffin
My muffin of love!
I’ve got to write a letter or three
but first there’s one thing that I need
That’s my muffin! Whoah
My muffin of love.
Some folks like biscuits.
Some folks like cakes.
but I like the jiggles that my muffin makes.
Some folks like pudding
tricks and the treats
But I can’t disguise the way my heart beats.
I’d have to live a lifetime or four
to find a woman
that I want more than my muffin
My muffin of love!
(Chorus again)
Nyan cat lyrics
Nyan, nyan, nyan, nyan, nyan, nyan, nyan, nyan, nyan, nyan…………
(And if you want to kill me for posting that last video, check out this link which is an awesome video of kids’ reactions to Nyan cat)
Kodak Photobook + BlogHer ‘11 = One heck of a scrapbook
A couple weeks ago, Foodbuzz Tastemaker Program sent me an email saying that I had been selected by Kodak Gallery to receive a free photobook. Awesome, right?
Except I had no idea what to do the book on and the email came just days before I left for BlogHer….with a two week deadline for a review. Yikes! At first, I figured I would do pictures of my food from here, but really, my photos aren’t that high of quality and do I really need a full book of them when I have a blog for that? Not really.
But riding the high from BlogHer, I saw the opportunity to put together a memory book of sorts from BlogHer….an event I will never forget.
At first glance, Kodak Gallery website is super easy. Select the book you want to make, hit “quickstart,” and you’re ready to upload photos either from your computer or directly from Facebook. The hardest part of this process is deciding which photos you want to use!
Now I did run into a few issues. The cover concept is great in that your cover photo is actually on the first page of the book and you view it through a hole in the cover. This is great to feature a large photo with the cover showing just a snippet of it.
For me, though, I didn’t realize this initially and spent quite a while putting together a collage that I thought represented “Quirky Cookery”….and then spent a much longer amount of time, tweaking the pixel size so that it would actually fit and show correctly through the cover viewfinder. Oy. With a larger picture, you can zoom in, but there’s no option to zoom out beyond the picture to make it smaller or anything.
(Slight variations of the same picture as I edited in PhotoShop repeatedly to get it just right. )
I uploaded and uploaded, rearranged, moved, added, saved, uploaded some more, and finally reached a point where I was sick of looking at my own pictures, ha. I didn’t even take the time to edit each photo as I probably should’ve, nor did I add captions as I would with future books. I was actually expecting a more elaborate editor directly in Kodak Gallery book section, but instead, I could really only do things like zoom or make it black and white or sepia. Not even crop really or adjust location beyond it automatically centering.
But for a quickstart option, this worked really well. It did most of the work for me and I just had to tell it where I wanted the photos.
When I decided to check out finally, my code didn’t work. Wah. It claimed it had already been redeemed, which it obviously hadn’t been because I’d been gone entirely and not even played with the site yet, much less created an account and tried to check out.
Customer service live chat was really quick, though, and after a few troubleshooting ideas, it finally went through correctly. While I would rather flawless execution on something like that, I’m kinda glad mine briefly glitched out so I had the opportunity to try out their customer support. Fransisco was super nice and even when he had to be silent while he looked into the matter, he checked back a couple times to apologize for delay and thank me for my patience, hehe.
Ultimately, it went rather smoothly and while it was kind of annoying not having a few more editing options, for a quickstart book, it was awesome.
And now it’s your turn. Until August 31, the medium and large books are 40% off. Before my code worked correctly, that showed my 20 page medium *hardback* book costing only $13. That’s cheaper than most books in general so for a personalized, customized book of your own with full glossy inside paper and Kodak quality printing, you certainly can’t complain.
(In case you missed the disclosure, reread the first line of this post. I did receive a book free from Foodbuzz Tastemaker and Kodak Gallery in exchange for an honest review. )
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