Cincinnati Blate Round 2

Last week I got together with 18 amazing ladies. One thing we all have in common...we blog and are proud of it. Without shame we all wore nametags and snapped pictures like crazy making the people eating around us think we were slightly odd. Haha. The picture above is my favorite of the night. If you don't live in Cincinnati you should probably move here ASAP and join in on the fun.

Sweet Becca and myself

I was so incredibly happy to meet and give big hugs to some gals I'd been following for quite some time now. It was also fun to see old faces. So here is my night in pictures because that's how bloggers roll...

Jax, Erin, Brittany and Meredith

Brittany and Emma...another Reds game blate soon ladies?

My long time blogger friend and designer extraordinaire, Erin! Please tell me this picture is a keeper.

The adorable Kayla

Elisa, Brittany and I (All the preggos) Who will it be at our next blate? Hmmm..

The lovely Jax, Katie and Whitney

Can't wait for our next one!

Cupcakes, Bloggers, Mexican oh my!

Back row: Brittany, Liz, Erin, Katie, Elisa, Sarah, Mer

Front row: Shelley, Jax, Me, Kayla, Katie

Not pictured: Lauren (sadly she had to leave before the picture) and Whit who had a puppy emergency and couldn't make it

A few weeks ago I sent out an email to a few Cincy bloggers about meeting up one night for dinner. Fast forward a few weeks and over 50 email exchanges and we ended up having 13 Cincy bloggers together name tags and all! (Who cares if we got weird looks for wearing name tags and taking tons of pictures of our food.)

Brittany, Me, Katie, Erin, Jax

We met at a local Mexican restaurant and had a blast talking about everything under the sun. I loved seeing so many of the faces I see on my computer screen daily in real life and meeting some sweet new bloggers as well. The blogging community is just so amazing!

Me, Brittany, Sarah, Katie, Elisa

Our 2 hour dinner ended with free cupcakes and I have to gush for a minute. Gigi's cupcakes generously donated some of their fantastic cupcakes for our first meet up. We were all oohing and ahhing over how beautiful each cupcake was and then...we tried them.

There were so many amazing flavors we basically just took bites and passed them around the table. My favorite cupcake of the night was the Strawberry Shortcake cupcake. Thank you Gigi's, you made our night that much sweeter. We all left smiling and stuffed.

Erin, Shelley, Me, Kayla

It was such a great night and I can't wait to do it again! If you are a blogger and live in Cincinnati just let me know if you want to be added to the email list for our next meet up.

*Thanks Erin and Jax for being good little bloggers and taking amazing pictures with your fabulous cameras!*