Category: ARWB Events

Arkansas Women Bloggers Unplugged Conference Announcement

You no doubt heard the news last year.  Bloggers from across the Natural State and beyond gathered together for hooting, hollering, bonding, crafting, learning, unwinding and the beginning of many, many friendships.  We unplugged our computers and plugged into nature and each other.  #AWBU became a legend of its own.

You came from El Dorado, Texarkana, Searcy, Fayetteville, Old Washington, Rogers, Siloam Springs, Little Rock, Bentonville and beyond.  Even our neighboring states heard about it – and they came too.  Some of you missed it.  Don’t let that happen again!

It’s finally time for our second Arkansas Women Bloggers Unplugged conference.  This isn’t Blissdom, BlogHer, Blog Sugar or anything like it – and it isn’t meant to be an intense “real” blogger conference.  #AWBU is better: it’s your chance to unplug for the weekend, network with other Arkansas women bloggers, pick up tips, gain inspiration and grow – as a human, and as a blogger.

So, drum roll please……… when and where?

The ARWB Gals - Beth, Stephanie, & Julie

Friday, August 24 (arrive between 5 & 7ish) – Sunday, August 26 (after brunch)
at The Ozark Folk Center State Park
in Mountain View, AR.

This year you have another opportunity to experience our unique conference style.  We will have the opportunity to connect with our Arkansas and Ozark heritage as we converge on the Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, Arkansas.  Will wifi be available? Yes but… We will challenge you to disconnect, just for a bit, to build friendships, learn how the art of storytelling can improve your blog, eat delicious food, sip some wine and pick up some great techniques that you can take back to your blog after the conference is over. AND…the rumor is there may even be traditional jig dancing!

So… plan now to just do it.  Step away from the screen.  You can do this.  We’ll have an idyllic setting and real, live, face-to-face connections with other bloggers and inspiring speakers to fuel and refresh you to return home ready to face it all.  You know, the work – the play – the cooking – the cleaning – the amazingly improved and refocused blogging.

Who: Women bloggers (and would-be bloggers) in Arkansas and beyond
When: Friday, August 24 (arrive between 5 & 7ish) – Sunday, August 26 (after brunch)
Where: The Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, Arkansas
Cost: Pre-registration is $135/person before July 31. After August 1, it is $150.

Cost includes meals, speakers, activities, and park admission to craft grounds and concerts.  Lodging is additional, we have arranged some special conference rates. An optional Foodie Friday program will be offered from noon to 5p on Friday – details coming soon!  Optional Sunday Craft add-on and Ropes Course options also available.

Lodging is the responsibility of the conference participant and is not guaranteed with conference ticket purchase.  A block of rooms has been reserved in the Dry Creek Cabins located on the Ozark Folk Center State Park grounds and will be available on a first come, first serve basis.  The cost for a room with two queen beds will run approximately $77.00 per night.  We highly encourage you to get together with other conference participants and share a room to help lower the cost (yep, $38.50  night).  Rooms holding more than 2 people will incur an additional $10 charge per night.  Participants must call 1-800-264-Folk (3655) to reserve rooms.  Please indicate that you are with the Arkansas Women Bloggers group.  The Folk Center can take care of split billing for you.  Other lodging options are available throughout Mountain View.  Participants needing a roommate can contact Julie Kohl at Julie@arkasnaswomenbloggers.com for assistance.

HERE’S THE SCHEDULE! 

Click here to register today!

We can not wait to see you in the mountains,
The ARWB Gals

 

#Bean2Blog: Meet Your Community

#Bean2blog P. Allen Smith
Photo credit: Kelly Stamps

Written by Lyndi of nwafoodie

Today I want to talk about community.

Merriam-Webster defines community as “a people with common interests living in a particular area.”

I think I can safely say that we all joined the Arkansas Women Blogger’s community specifically for the reason that it gives us access to each other. Access to discover who is in our backyard.

We are here to learn, grow, share, and build on that community.

Last Tuesday, I had the extreme pleasure to meeting seventeen other Arkansas women bloggers at P. Allen Smith’s Moss Mountain Garden Home just outside of Little Rock at an event called #Bean2Blog. The Arkansas Soybean Board selected a cross-section of female bloggers from Arkansas to come to the farm and learn about the benefits of the humble soybean, one of Arkansas pride and joy bushel crops.

To say that we learned a lot that day on the farm would be an extreme understatement. Each one gathered knowledge in their unique way and then shared that knowledge by their own unique voices.

I loved meeting those ladies and wanted you to meet them, too.

Pour yourself a nice cool drink and pull up a chair or get comfy on the couch. Today you’re going to meet the #Bean2Blog ladies and hear their unique voices about the event. You are going to swoon over P. Allen’s gorgeous farmhouse and post a billion Pinterest photos for inspiration. You are going to laugh and fall in love with a real Arkansas farmer and immediately want to be adopted into his family.

You are going to want to hear all of their stories. I guarantee you will find a friend or two in the process.

I know I did.

Here’s a bonus. Some of these lovely ladies may be in your very own backyards.

Just waiting for you both to “meet” each other.

Enjoy the tour.

Northwest Arkansas Region
1. Stephanie McCratic, Evolved Mommy, “That’s Soy Controversial”
2. Lela Davidson, After the Bubbly, “Beans, Bloggers, and Big Ass Vegetables”
3. Amy James, Our Everyday Dinners, “Part IV. The People, The Boots.”
4. Kelly Stamps, Kellys Korner, “My Day at Moss Mountain”
5. Lyndi Fultz (me), nwafoodie “Learn, Share, Teach, and Continue Building on Lessons”

Northeast Arkansas Region
6. Sara Bird-Bogner, East 9th Street, “I’m a Little Country at the Garden Home Retreat”
7. Anita Stafford, Aunt Nubbys kitchen, “Bean2Blog 2012”

Central Arkansas Region
8. Alison Chino, Chino House, “Soaking it all in”
9. Ashley Ederington, The Ederington Family, “The Inaugural Bean2Blog Event”
10. Jerusalem Greer, Jolly Goode Gal, “ Soy Joy Pt2 Mucking Around the True Love Tree”
11. Johnice Hopson, Wynns Folly
12. Christi Ison, Fancy Pants Foodie
13. Tara Johnson, Taste Arkansas, “Bean2Blog”
14. JoBeth “Boots” McElhanon, Boots McBlog, “The Little Things, Part 2. The Farmhouse”
15. Kricia Palmer, Palmer Home, “A Simpler Life”
16. LaTonya Richardson, 40s, Reasons to Live, Love & Laugh Out Loud, “The Miracle Bean”
17. Cara Wilkerson, Living the Home Life, “Life Outside the Construction Site: Moss Mountain Farm”
18. Fawn Rechkemmer, Instead of the Dishes, “P. Allen Smiths #Bean2Blog Part 1”

Happy Reading!
Lyndi

Lyndi of nwafoodie is a girl who just happens to live in beautiful Northwest Arkansas. Much of her blogging inspiration comes from this gem of a place she refers to as the proverbial land of milk-and-honey. Read about her in the ARWB January 2012 blogger of the month autobiography.


Food Blogger Bake Sale

This Saturday, April 28, Arkansas food bloggers will join others across the country in the third annual Food Blogger Bake Sale, raising funds
for Share Our Strength in the organization’s fight against childhood hunger. The Arkansas event, hosted by Christie Ison of Fancy Pants
Foodie, will be held adjacent to the Argenta Certified Arkansas Farmers’ Market in North Little Rock, 6th and Main Streets, from 9 a.m. to 2
p.m.

Offerings will include items made by local bloggers, including: Hillary Kleck of Sensory Sun; Lisa Mullis of Arkansas Outside; Sunshine Crawford of Make Life Delicious; Julie Kohl of Eggs and Herbs; Stephanie Hamling of Proactive Bridesmaid; Gina Knuppenburg of Desperately Seeking Gina; and Paige Burkham of Approaching Joy. Professional offerings will include gluten-free items by Dempsey Bakery, and other treats from the Peabody Hotel, Argenta Market, Brown Sugar Bake Shop, Whole Foods, Blue Cake Company and Gigi’s Cake Boutique.

Last year, the Arkansas team raised over $1,000 with its first sale, and all proceeds went to support Share Our Strength programs such
as No Kid Hungry and Cooking Matters. Ison, a graduate this May of Pulaski Technical College’s Arkansas Culinary School, will be a volunteer chef with the Cooking Matters program in Little Rock this summer.

Organized in 2010 by Gaby Dalkin of WhatsGabyCooking.com, the national Food Blogger Bake Sale features food bloggers from across the
country who unite to support the cause by holding bake sales in their states on the same day.

Share Our Strength®, a national nonprofit, connects children with the nutritious food they need to lead healthy, active lives. Through its
No Kid Hungry® campaign – a national effort to end childhood hunger in America – Share Our Strength ensures children in need are enrolled in effective federal nutrition programs; invests in community organizations fighting hunger; teaches families how to cook healthy, affordable meals; and builds public-private partnerships to end childhood hunger, at the state and city level. Working closely with the culinary industry and relying on the strength of its volunteers, Share Our Strength hosts innovative culinary fundraising events and develops pioneering cause marketing campaigns that support No Kid Hungry. Visit Strength.org.

Arkansas Women Bloggers will also be meeting on Saturday at the Historic Arkansas Museum in Downtown Little Rock.  If you are attending the meetup and would like to participate in the Bake Sale – you still can! Just bring your ready-to-sell baked goods to the meetup and we will get them to the bake sale!  Items should be packaged and labeled in individual serving sizes.  The bake sale girls will take care of all the pricing!  Additionally, anyone who attends the meetup and brings something for the bake sale will receive an additional entry in a very special giveaway! We will be giving away one free ticket to the Arkanas Women Bloggers Unplugged conference that will be held at ONSC on June 1-3!

Spring Meetup Coming Soon!

We hope you will join us on Saturday, April 28th for our Spring Meetup.  The Meetup will be held in Little Rock at the Historic Arkansas Museum.  Here is our agenda for the day!

9:00am – We will begin by hearing from a VERY talented blogger.  Next, we’ll break into small groups lead by the ARWB Gals to discuss the blogging topics most important to you! Help and be Helped by your fellow Arkansas Women Bloggers!
10:00am – Learn a little more about the Historic Arkansas Museum, which has graciously stepped up to host our meetup.
10:30am – Time for refreshments, networking (that means chatting), and exploring the museum.
12:00noon – grab your ARWB friends, new and old, and head out to lunch in the downtown area.  There’s something for everyone within easy walking distance. Then, save room for dessert and head across the bridge to the Argenta Market in North Little Rock and hit the Foodie Bloggers Charity Bake Sale (watch our website for more info on this event)!

We’ll also be giving away an attendance spot for our ARWB Conference scheduled for June 1-3 at the Ozark Natural Science Center! We’ve got some other goodies and fun in store too.   In support of the Food Bloggers Bake Sale, anyone who brings baked goods for the sale to the meetup (we will transport them to the sale for you) will get an extra entry into the conference giveaway!

The Historic Arkansas Museum has reserved parking, so save your meter/garage parking money for the Museum’s fun gift shop, which is full of fantastic wares made right here in Arkansas. You can go here to RSVP for the meetup on Facebook, or you can leave a comment to let us know that you’ll be attending.

Also, don’t forget to register your blog with us by filling out our simple registration form.

We can’t wait to see you all!

When Bloggers Take Over the Universe – Food Blogger Bake Sale

On Saturday, April 28, bloggers will take over the universe!

Well, not really. But at least Arkansas. Sort of.

On that day, Arkansas Women Bloggers will hold their Spring Meetup at Historic Arkansas Museum in Little Rock. At the exact same time, bloggers across the United States will be taking part in the third annual Food Blogger Bake Sale, benefiting Share Our Strength in their fight against childhood hunger.

Christie Ison of Fancy Pants Foodie is chairing the event for Arkansas, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 6th and Main Streets in North Little Rock, adjacent to the Argenta Certified Arkansas Farmers Market.

Organized in 2010 by Gaby Dalkin of WhatsGabyCooking.com, the national Food Blogger Bake Sale features food bloggers from across the country who unite to support the cause by holding bake sales in their states on the same day.

Last year, the Arkansas team raised over $1,000 with our first sale ever, and every dime went to support awesome Share Our Strength programs such as No Kid Hungry and Cooking Matters.

“Oh, no,” you say, “I’ll be at the AWB conference all morning and can’t participate.”

Au contraire, I say! You can double your blogger prowess that day by doing one or more of the following:

  • Bring some baked goods (smaller, individually-wrapped items work best) to the conference. We’ll have a runner bring them to the sale. No, a runner in a car, silly. Contact me  (christie@fancypantsfoodie.com) first so I can add you to the list and give you some tips on labeling and such.
  • Stop by after the conference and buy some goodies. You can take the Blue Line River Rail trolley from the museum ($1 if under 65, 50 cents if over) and get off at Stop #1 in the Argenta area of North Little Rock. Have lunch at Argenta Market or Starving Artist Cafe, then come by and see us.
  • Post something on your blog about the Food Blogger Bake Sale. I can provide copy and/or badges to help you promote this important event.

You don’t have to be a food blogger to participate. If I get your food donation confirmed by April 2, your blog name will be included in news releases about the event.

Thanks so much, and happy world-ruling on April 28!

Donation Packaging Instructions:

Donations need to be individually wrapped, preferably smallish things like cookies or cupcakes, or smaller cakes. Full size cakes are OK but don’t sell as well, and are harder to wrap. Packaging should be clear and ready to go with the buyer.

Pretty tags, labels, ribbons, etc. are encouraged. We may even do a get-together sometime before to make pretties.

Computer labels are the easiest. Label needs to have what it is, who made it, and any blog address. It can link to the recipe if it’s on the blog.

Additionally, there is no need to price your items.  They will take care of that for you!

Don’t forget to email christie@fancypantsfoodie.com to let her know to expect your donation.

 

Join Us April 28th for a Meetup!

Since November we have been hinting to you about a gathering this spring.  Well the time has arrived!

We want to extend a formal invitation to all of you to join us at the Historic Arkansas Museum in downtown Little Rock for an official Arkansas Women Bloggers meetup!  Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 28th and don’t forget to bring all your bloggy friends!  Here’s our agenda for the day:

9:00am – We’ll break into small groups lead by the ARWB Gals to discuss the blogging topics most important to you! Help and be Helped by your fellow Arkansas Women Bloggers!
10:00am – Learn a little more about the Historic Arkansas Museum, which has graciously stepped up to host our meetup.
10:30am – Time for refreshments, networking (that means chatting), and exploring the museum.
12:00noon – grab your ARWB friends, new and old, and head out to lunch in the downtown area.  There’s something for everyone within easy walking distance. Then, save room for dessert and head across the bridge to the Argenta Market in North Little Rock and hit the Foodie Bloggers Charity Bake Sale (watch our website for more info on this event)!

We’ll also be giving away an attendance spot for our ARWB Conference scheduled for June 1-3 at the Ozark Natural Science Center! We’ve got some other goodies and fun in store too.   In support of the Food Bloggers Bake Sale, anyone who brings baked goods for the sale to the meetup (we will transport them to the sale for you) will get an extra entry into the conference giveaway!

The Historic Arkansas Museum has reserved parking, so save your meter/garage parking money for the Museum’s fun gift shop, which is full of fantastic wares made right here in Arkansas. You can go here to RSVP for the meetup on Facebook, or you can leave a comment to let us know that you’ll be attending.

Also, don’t forget to register your blog with us by filling out our simple registration form.

We can’t wait to see you all!

Chef Hall’s Peach Soup

Recipe courtesy of Chef Robert Hall,
Culinary Programs Director, Winthrop Rockefeller Institute. 
Photo courtesy of Julie Kohl, Eggs and Herbs

 

Peach Soup
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Ingredients
  1. 2-3 Ripe Peaches, peeled and cubed
  2. Approx. 2 cups Chardonnay, Champagne, or other white wine
  3. Sugar to taste
  4. 1 cup Heavy Cream
Instructions
  1. Combine cubed peaches and wine in a medium saucepan (there should be just enough liquid to barely cover the peaches.
  2. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and allow to simmer until peaches a tender throughout, approx. 35 minutes. Remove from heat and mix with an immersion blender (you can use a table-top blender but be careful, as hot liquids in a blender can be dangerous).
  3. When thoroughly blended and all peach cubes are blended, add just enough sugar to remove any sour from the fresh peaches.
  4. Stir in the cream.
  5. Refrigerate at least 4 hours before serving.
  6. This soup can be served hot or room temperature as well, but is best served cold
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Fried Green Tomatoes (Gluten Free)

Recipe courtesy of Chef Robert Hall,
Culinary Programs Director, Winthrop Rockefeller Institute.
Photo courtesy of Julie Kohl, Eggs and Herbs

Fried Green Tomatoes
2 Green Tomatoes, sliced ¼ – ½ inch think
1 cup Buttermilk
1 cup Course Corn Meal
1 TBL Cajun Seasoning
2 tsp Granulated Garlic

Slice tomatoes.  Prepare two bowls – one with the buttermilk and the other with the corn meal and seasonings.  Dredge the tomatoes in the buttermilk then the corn meal.  Immediately transfer to a skillet prepared with 1 inch vegetable oil over medium-high heat.  Deep fry until golden brown.  Remove from hot oil and drain on a paper towel.  Serve immediately with remoulade.

Coming tomorrow…Peach Soup!

The Winthrop Rockefeller Institute and Chef Robert Hall on Social Media

Last week the four ladies who make up the Arkansas Women Bloggers Leadership team (Stephanie, Fawn, Beth and Julie) had the opportunity to get together at the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute on Petit Jean Mountain for a whirlwind overnight planning session.  We were treated like royalty and were able to develop a plan for the growth of Arkansas Women Bloggers.  We have LOADS of exciting things in the works and look forward to presenting them to you.  We will be making some changes in the next couple weeks and hope you continue to check in on us and see our progress.

Our time at the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute was well spent but was not ALL business!  On Monday, we, along with a few lucky members of Arkansas Women Bloggers, were treated to a culinary demonstration in the Institute’s state-of-the-art kitchen.  We were treated to a five course meal prepared by the institutes Culinary Programs Director and admitted social media skeptic, Chef Robert Hall.

Chef Robert L. Hall, CEC Biography
Robert Hall began his culinary career in 1991 as a prep cook at A Place To Eat, a locally owned, family dining restaurant in Conway, Arkansas.  The restaurant’s chef noticed in Robert a culinary aptitude, the willingness and desire to learn, and the creativity required to become a successful culinarian and arranged for him to apprentice at The Excelsior Hotel in Little Rock, Arkansas.   After relocating in 1996 to the beautiful Wasatch Mountains of Utah, Robert continued his culinary training at the Sundance Resort, home of the Sundance Film Festival.  It was in Utah that Robert branched out on his own with his catering company – Signature Catering – and his restaurant – Dixieland Jazz.

In 2004, Robert returned to Arkansas to pursue graduate studies at his collegiate alma mater – the University of Central Arkansas – where he accepted a position with Aramark as the pastry chef at UCA and later, in 2006, took over culinary operations as the Executive Chef.  May 2011, Chef Hall joined the staff at the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute on Petit Jean Mountain in Morrilton, Arkansas, where he serves as the Culinary Program Coordinator.  He is responsible for planning and executing a wide variety of culinary programs such as the popular Saturday Chef Series, Chef On Call, and Taste of Teamwork.Inspired by his mentors and his own experiences traveling the world, Chef Hall calls his food “global fusion,” an amalgamation of flavors and textures influenced by the regional flavors of the United States and the global flavors of the world.

Robert has earned several culinary awards including a silver medal in the 2007 Southwest Regional ACE Challenge and gold medals in the 2009 and 2011 Southwest Regional ACE Challenge, as well as a bronze medal in the 2009 National ACE Challenge.  Additionally, Robert was honored with the opportunity to work in Beijing, China, as an Executive Chef for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.  Robert appears with Heather Kendrick on a recurring cooking segment, 5 Minute Dishes on Living Local, on Conway Corporation’s local cable channel 6.  Chef Hall is a member of the American Culinary Federation, International Association of Culinary Professionals, Confectionary Artist of Arkansas, and other professional organizations.  He is also an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Robert is married to Sara Olds of Conway and is the father of three:  Christian (17), Kaitlyn (16), and Ashley (14).


Chef Hall Thoughts on Social Media
During the course of the culinary demonstration Chef Hall admitted that he had a little bit of skepticism when it came to believing in the importance of social media.  I asked him to share his before and after thoughts with us.  Here is what he had to say:

Prior to last week, I was one of those “what’s the big deal” guys.  I got on My Space when it was launched and it quickly lost steam.  Like everyone else, I replaced my MySpace with Facebook.  In the beginning, I got on Facebook everyday, sometimes several times a day.  I thought it was cool using this technology to reconnect with friends from the past and to take occasional, leisure strolls down amnesia lane.  Facebook quickly became annoying to me, with its own language – OMG and LOL.  I speak other languages, but am having difficulty understanding @TEOTD, AMBW, LFD, and UKTR.  I kept a blog during my time in China and posted on it daily, but stopped when I returned to the US because of the time commitment.  Understand, a chef’s like is nonstop, from morning until night; every 2 or 3 minute window was precious; I barely was able to keep up with email, much less updating my status or creating a blog post.

Well, my eyes have been opened, at least a little, to the power and impact of social media.  As a social networking tool, I understand the ease of connecting with others; distance and even time are no longer issues in our communication with each other.  As a business networking tool, I can see how social media can be even more powerful; keeping people informed about what’s going on and what’s coming up, creating a unified brand identity on the many different social media services, and promoting that brand to a captive audience who have essentially asked for your information is powerful indeed.  Gone will be the days of spam and junk mail.  I hate the pizza flyers and weekly ads that I received in my mailbox; however, I appreciate the fact that the only messages I get on Facebook.

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.  Look out, here I come…


Recipes
Chef Hall has graciously agreed to share his recipes from the event with us. We will be featuring them all week beginning on Tuesday.In the meantime, you might want to check out these bloggers who attended the event last week.

Amanda Brown (My Heart’s Desire)
Stephanie Buckley (The Park Wife & Arkansas Women Bloggers)
Stephanie Hamling (Proactive Bridesmaid)
Julie Kohl (Eggs and Herbs & Arkansas Women Bloggers)
Stephanie McCratic (Evolved Mommy)
Thanh Rasico (Red Kitchen Recipes)
Fawn Rechkemmer (Instead of the Dishes, Momcation & Arkansas Women Bloggers)
Beth Stephens (Little Magpie, The Food Adventuress, ONSC & Arkansas Women Bloggers)

First AWBU Conference Rocked!

This past weekend, 45 women bloggers from all parts of the state loaded up their cars, trucks, SUV’s and bicycles (alright, the road in was way too bumpy for bicycles) and headed out to the first ever Arkansas Women Bloggers Unplugged Conference held at the Ozark Natural Science Center. The Center is an environmental education and conference facility located in the Ozarks of northwest Arkansas. Yes, it was like going to camp, with bunk beds and giggling late into the night with your roommate.

We meeted and greeted on Friday night amidst the chirping critters, surrounded by 500 acres of Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission land. Yes, that means we were 35 miles from anything! Some of the women began twitching as they drove in as there was very limited cell reception. Twitter withdrawal starting kicking in at about 9:00pm., but, laughter, connections, and some yummy food and drinks filled the gap.

It was a weekend filled with sessions with titles like Blogging 101, How Not to be a Schmuck, Pulling Blog Topics Out of Thin Air, Maximizing Social Media, Generating Traffic, Food Fantastic and so much more. A hugely successful craft sponsored by Elmer’s (yes the glue, and oh so much more) was the highlight of Saturday evening. Even though chronic twitching is the result of me having to use some form of specialty scissors (scrapbooking is like fingernails on a chalkboard, that is why I blog), I made it through and had a blast.

Many thanks to all the wonderful sponsors of the event. Our presenting sponsor Collective Bias, Partner Sponsor Off Botanicals, and all the other fab companies that stepped up making it all possible: Murphy USA, Petit Jean Meats, Field Notes Brand, Ghiradelli Chocolate, H.J. Heinz, NWA Motherlode, and SC Johnson!

Oh and the SWAG bags, mercy. Great stuff! I just might be giving one away real soon on my blog, hint-hint.

Also, to Beth of ONSC, you rock, yes, you are extraordinary! Julie and Fawn, the two ladies I suckered into this AWB world, for your friendship and willingness for anything I suggest, you are priceless. No really, I can’t afford you.

Check out posts from some of the attendees to find out their take on the event below.

Looking forward to the next one,
The Park Wife