I love blogger meetups. I love them even more when they involve food and fun people, which luckily, they absolutely always seem to do. Today was Fitbloggin’ Local Meetup #2, also known as the Breakfast Summit so graciously hosted by Annelies and Attune Foods. They welcomed ten lovely bloggers into their beautiful office for a morning of breakfast and chatting.
There were two breakfast bars set up, each featuring a variety of Attune cereals (one collection was gluten-free), fresh fruit, different milks, and yogurt.
We all helped ourselves to breakfast, and then sat down around the table to eat and chat.
My bowl had vanilla Wallaby yogurt, two different kinds of gluten free cereals (I’m not gluten free, but ended up at that breakfast bar and the cereals were still great), blueberries, and strawberries.
Supplemented generously by some cinnamon graham crackers and Justin’s honey peanut butter (or was it almond? Either way it was delicious). I LOVE graham crackers. I could eat those things all day.
In attendance were a few familiar faces from Fitbloggin’ Local Part 1 back in late June…
As well as some new friends I was happy to meet!
- Danielle
- Cubicle Chronicles (Anna and Jillian!)
- Marisol (sorry I don’t have your blog!!!
) - Suki
We had a chat led by an RD, Jae Berman, about the importance of breakfast. When I first heard we were talking about “the importance of breakfast” I thought it might be a “duh” type of moment (“breakfast is good for you!”) but it was way more than that! Jae was really informative and engaging and made me really want to continue to learn more about nutrition, and, more importantly, what kind of nutrition works best for ME. I really need to reconsider reintroducing animal protein again, but that’s another story for another blog.
It was a great morning at Attune and well worth getting up at 6:30AM on a Saturday for. And check out the swag!
A big things to Annelies and Attune, Justin’s Nut Butter, Wallaby Yogurt, Strauss Family Creamery, and Pacific Natural Foods for making it possible!
After breakfast, we headed out on an adventure to the Ferry Building Farmer’s Market. I just posted about this market recently because I was kind of just there, but it’s great every single time. And even better with bloggers because I don’t feel as lame taking photos of everything on my iPhone!
I walked away with a bag of blue potatoes (random purchase) and, of course, a vegan donut from Pepples. Requirement.
I had a great time today and am looking forward to getting to know some new people and that I keep meeting through blogging, which is just the coolest. It makes me really excited for the Bay Area Blogger Meetup I’m trying to put together for October 8th, too!
The rest of the day was an exhausting shopping spree that merits a whole post in itself.
Gotta get ready for a run in Half Moon Bay tomorrow… goodnight everyone!
What’s your go-to breakfast food?
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And how I miss the Ferry Plaza Farmer’s Market- expensive but with so many wonderful purveyors!
Sara K recently posted..How Friends are like (Good) Fat
Sounds like so much fun! I’d love to come to the next one!
(And those pomegranates look ridiculously good! I need to hit up the Farmer’s Market on Tuesday at lunch!)
Kristine @ Running on Hungry recently posted..Ritz Carlton Kapalua
please please please come! and i’d love to schedule a run before then.
great meeting you yesterday!
i’m looking forward to the meetup next month.
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me too! great to meet you!
Yay! Glad ya’ll had such a fun time
That’s a lot of cereal!
Great meeting you yesterday. Wish we would have had a better opportunity to talk. I need to try one of those donuts. At least I was able to get my Blue Bottle coffee fix.
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yes we need to actually get to hang out!
this looks so fun!!
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Such a bummer that I missed this meet up and I will be on the east coast for the Bay Area meetup((((
When I get back I will have to get a blogger get together down closer to the south bay and try to lure the rest of you to come:-)
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this sounds like so much fun! i honestly love breakfast, i could eat it all day. i think my favorite breakfast would be a PB-nana quesadilla… aka a sliced banana with loads of PB and agave nectar inside a tortilla cooked like a quesadilla (i say this because sometimes i mention this breakfast and peopel think it includes cheese, which it does not). i find i can hardly ever go wrong with a parfait as well, and as a treat: biscuits with white gravy (vegetarian!), and scrambled eggs. mmm southern cookin’
AH! Pepples donuts!!!! (Is it bad that that is what immediately caught my attention?!).
Sounds like you had a good time with all of these meet-ups
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Hey Courtney- great recap! The group of bloggers on Saturday definitely made the morning fun. (And your vegan doughnut place has candycap doughnuts??- I must check this out next time I’m at the Farmer’s Market.) So glad to see you at the meet-up Saturday.
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Looks so fun! I wish I could have made it
Also, those donut muffins look amazing. I would have bought the entire basket!
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Great re-cap!
Lots of beautiful pictures! So nice to have seen you again! 
I am envious of your blogger meet up!
That produce at the farmers market looks absolutely beautiful!
I am curious to hear more about your thoughts on animal protein and possibly reincorporating it back into your life…There are so many plant protein options available…Do you think you aren’t getting enough?
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ahhhh i miss the ferry building farmers market sooo much!
have you ever tried alfieri farm’s dark chocolate almond butter (? i think that’s what it is)? bahhh that stuff is dangerous!