07 June 2012

Things I'm Doing - BlogHer Food in Seattle

I got an email a couple of days ago from a concerned reader (okay, it was my aunt) about whether I might have fallen off the edge of the earth. No, not the edge of the earth.

I'm in Seattle!



Hey, no one's more surprised than me. It feels like it snuck up on me, even though this trip's been in the works for ages. My intrepid blogging pal, Karen, set us up to work with Chevrolet Canada again, and here we are, at BlogHer Food.

I talk more about food on twitter than I do here on my blog, although I've posted a few recipes now and then. I'm playing with the idea of creating a dairy-free recipe section here on Wave the Stick, or starting another blog just to keep track of all the non-dairy recipes I attempt, adapt, and concoct.

(Because I need another place to not post to regularly, clearly.)


Karen and I left Vancouver this morning, crossed the border without incident, and made our way to Seattle. We checked into our hotel room at the Fairmont Pacific, where I approvingly noted the presence of fluffy robes, and less happily glanced at the slightly judgmental scale in the bathroom.

Fluffy robes = gooood.

Stop judging me, scale-that-I'm-attributing-human-qualities-to.
At a food blogging conference? That's just cruel.

We parked our stuff and headed out for a walk around the neighbourhood. (It's what we do, Karen and I, when we end up in strange cities together.) I used to come to Seattle frequently, back in my childless husbandless feckless youth. (That would be the 90s, for anyone who's counting on their fingers at home.)

Ah, the 90s. Memories, I have them. My tattered Doc Martens, not so much.

We made our way to Pike Place and the Market, because, duh. Wandered in to DeLaurenti for a sandwich, had a good look at all the things, and carried out a reconnaissance mission to Sur La Table. On our way back to the hotel, we stopped at the Chocolate Box, because, duh.

This seemed a little extreme. I settled for a non-violent salted almond in dark chocolate instead.

Then we wandered into Paper Hammer, where, by the power of Visa, I barely restrained myself from buying everything in the store all at once so lovely omg. I am a sucker for typography and am utterly powerless against the siren call of a blank hand-bound notebook with an exclamation mark on the cover.

Exclamation mark!

Next up: a late dinner at Matt's in the Market. Will report back. After not stepping on the scale.


For play by play commentary on our misadventures, follow #cruze2seattle on twitter.


Full disclosure:
Chevrolet Canada loaned us a Cruze to drive to Seattle, and is reimbursing us for our BlogHer Food tickets, hotel, and fuel expenses. In exchange we've agreed to put their logo on our blogs, write blog posts, and tweet about our trip. I take full responsibility for any inanity/insanity that results from being away from my family for THREE WHOLE DAYS.

7 comments:

  1. Super fun!!!! Have a great time and enjoy the food! XoXo*S

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  2. I need to visit that Doc store. Need. Trip. To. Seattle.

    Oh and ladies don't forget the blogger road trip rules. Although I suspect "are we there yet" isn't likely on the short drive to Seattle.

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  3. A scale in a hotel room? what the hell are they thinking? I totally would not have stepped on it either. Love reading about your adventures. One of my favourite stops at pike place is piroshky bakery. yummy.

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  4. @Tracey: Girl, we didn't even need to stop to pee. But the "no unflattering pictures allowed" rule will ALWAYS apply. :)

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  5. What a fun post! Great pics too.
    Rosemary

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  6. I recommend Lola's. Amazing donuts and alamata olive and fig spread. I only go to Lola's when in Seattle. So much so I wind up only staying at the hotel andra right above for that reason. Their bakery Delilah (I think lol) is right across the street and you can buy these things for home. I hate to say it but their cauliflower and anchovy spread is amazing too. Yum!!! Jen Hungerford

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  7. Great recap, and nice to meet you at BlogHer Food this weekend!

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