Tuesday I attended the February Ohio Blogging Association Meetup.
This month’s event was held at Whole Foods Market in University Heights, Ohio. I haven’t blogged about it but I have wandered into Whole Foods a few times now since moving to Cleveland. Prior to the move I had never been to one. I do like that Whole Foods has it’s own store-brand of products, “365 Everyday Value” which are rather reasonably priced. They also offer countless demos, events, wine tastings, food pairings and more, most of which are nominally priced to attend.
The meetup food and drnk was deemed a “Valentine’s Chocolate 3-Way”:
Chicken Enchiladas with mole sauce, by Chef Sarah Schoenberger
Chocolate and wine pairing tasting with Audree Sinnett, WFM’s wine buyer
“Gourmet” hot chocolate
Ines Rehner, owner of Lakewood chocolatier Sweet Designs also shared some of her amazing handmade chocolates with us. This is the third time there has been a similar OBA meeting at Whole Foods but my first time attending. I really enjoyed the event and am anticipating the opening of a west side Whole Foods in Rocky River, Ohio in 2014!
Bloggers/Social Media Folks in attendance (thanks Alicia!):
Alicia from Poise in Parma
Amanda from Clue into Cleveland
Crystal from Eat Drink ClevelandDanyell from @CharitUrbanistaElizabeth from Lake County Visitors Bureau Blog
Holly from @BeautyWorld4UJen from Why CLE?Jess from Always JAM in CLEJulie from Wearing MascaraKimberly from SMITTEN…in cleveland
Lane from Lane Baldwin PhotographyLyn from Life Lyn StyleRachel from It’s a Hero
Sarah from Cooker GirlSarah from SarahandDerek.blogspot.com
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The OBA is FREE to join and open to any Ohio-based bloggers. Stay in the loop on event announcements by reading Poise in Parma (written by the OBA Cleveland Chapter President Alicia) and through the OBA Facebook and Twitter pages.
Nice to meet you Holly! Was just looking through some of your races and I think we did a few of the same! I plan on doing the 10 miler this year and am a runner as well! I’m kinda nervous though as it’s been years since I’ve completed a half and I generally only run 3.5 – 4.5 daily! …. I guess I should start stretching those out.
Nice to meet you too! I tried to comment on your blog, not sure if it went through. I look forward to reading!
Great seeing you last night and providing you with entertainment while dining
Mmmmm….
Thank you again for coming out this week to the meet up at Whole Foods! I definitely am with you on the 365 value brand – their peanut butter is our favorite.