by Eating Bird Food on August 19, 2011
Hi from Philadelphia!
My train ride was a breeze and I made it here in time for lunch with a group of bloggers at Pumpkin Market, a cute little cafe that serves local and seasonal foods.
I haven’t had a fresh juice in a while so I decided to get a Citrus and Ginger juice to start the meal off.
Spicy, sweet and refreshing. Every time i drink fresh juice I’m reminded that I need to dust off my juicer at home. It’s so good!
For my entree l I got the special – a black bean burger with avocado served over greens.
The burger was made with a mix of beans and had a great flavor. I cleaned my plate!
After lunch we walked back to the hotel and it was registration time, a.k.a name badge and swag bag pick up.
Hello- awesome swag!!
After relaxing in the room and catching up with my roomie, we headed down to the cocktail party at Reading Terminal Market.
Drinks!!
Quite the spread of food!!
And friends…
During the cocktail party I was able to meet so many bloggers I’d never met before and see some old friends as well.
I was bad about getting photos, but I did get one with Allison. She and I have been online buddies for a while now so it was great to finally meet her in person!
And now Gabriela, my roommate and partner in crime for the weekend are snuggled into our beds at the hotel.
I’m excited for the full conference to begin!
If you happen to be at the Healthy Living Summit, be sure to check out the Rising Above Negativity panel at 11:30AM tomorrow. 
by eatingbirdfood on August 15, 2009
I’m convinced that I need a fig tree. In my life before blogging (LBB) I hadn’t ever eaten a fig. Well besides the sticky, seedy figginess in Fig Newtons of course. However, since blogging I’ve tried many new foods including several types of fig products:
I had come to truly love the sweetness and seedy texture that dried figs have to offer, yet I still had never sank my teeth through a fresh fig. Imagine my excitement I found out that Isaac’s parents have a FIG TREE!
I picked up some, ate them all in a day and had Isaac pick up more a day later.
Quite a cute little fruit.
After tasting the deliciousness of a fresh fig I’m sad I hadn’t tried them much sooner. They’re the perfect snacking fruit.
I was expecting a seedy texture, similar to that of dried figs, however interestingly enough these fresh figs have seeds but they aren’t textured at all. You don’t even feel em. I highly recommend trying figs (both fresh and dried) if you haven’t before. You won’t be disappointed.
That morning I made a yummy bowl of figgy chia seed oats. Each bite was better than the next. Twas the perfect breakfast for my first morning home, as I think I might have been doing through oat withdrawl while on vacay.
Another breakfast item I had been missing immensely- purple smoothies. I’d gone for way too many days without my breakfast smoothie so I was excited to whip out the vita-mix this morning.
I had a banana, blueberry, and chia smoothie with a slice of cinnamon raisin walnut bread smothered with PB & Co cinnamon raisin swirl pb – a little gift I’ve been treasuring, from none other than Hangry Pants. Thanks again Heather, I’ve been really been enjoying the PB.
Today’s been a lazy Saturday. I’m attempting to dry a few of the figs in my dehydrator and cleaning the house while listening to the live sessions of the Healthy Living Summit. I’ve picked up some great tips and information. I would have loved to attend the summit, but it just wasn’t feasible since I had just taken off work and paid for my vacation to Cayman. I sincerely hope I can attend next year!!
Brittany Mullins, HHC
