DC Coffee & HLS Cocktail Party

Katie and I could have rushed from DC to Philly, but after our 7 hour drive yesterday, we decided to take our time a bit.

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First things first, we had to spend some QT with Amber’s adorable cat, Tassie. Love!

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And then we headed out for coffee and breakfast. We walked through a gorgeous area of Georgetown. There were flowers everywhere!

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We hit up Baked and Wired.

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The inside was super cute and filled with delicious baked goodness. Cupcakes galore.

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“Hippie Crack” (granola)

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The quiche caught my attention. I ordered the spinach feta. Nom!

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Katie and Amber

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Beautiful latte! It tasted just as good as it looked. (large vanilla latte)

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Quick and a latte made for a great leisurely breakfast.

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This wall of notes caught my attention.

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I had to leave an Operation Beautiful note. Smile

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After our late breakfast, we decided to hit the road for Philly. We were pretty intent on getting there, so we pit stopped and had a mini picnic in lieu of lunch. (plus we had lots of my homemade goodies to snack on)

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We made it to Philly around 4pm with just enough time to check in, grab our swag bags, paint my nails (coral on my toes and hot-hot pink on my fingers), and get ready for the HLS cocktail party.

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The cocktail party was at the Reading Terminal.

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There were lots of eats – pretzel crusted chicken.

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Philly cheesesteak empanada.

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And there were bloggers galore!

Gabriela, moi, Brittany, Julie, Courtney, Tanya

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Stephanie and me

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Me & Annelies

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More eats

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And I couldn’t leave without hitting up the photo booth.

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Or finding my photo on the blogger photo board.

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Me and Freya (my food sharing buddy from the last HLS)

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And me and Tina.

I had SO much fun meeting so many new bloggers and seeing so many familiar faces! Smile

I think our long road trip is catching up with me, so I’m off to bed. Catch you from the HLS main day tomorrow! G’night!

16 thoughts on “DC Coffee & HLS Cocktail Party”

  1. What a fun road trip to Philly. Now I want some Hippie Crack!

    It was great catching up with you on Friday night! If it’s okay, I am going to use the group shot photo you took at the cocktail party. 🙂

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