Last weekend I attended the first Cincinnati blogging conference called 5B: Believers in Better Beer, Bites, and Blogging. It was an inclusive event open to beer bloggers, food bloggers, and general lifestyle bloggers. I had only met two people in real life who were attending the event, and I was a little nervous. Would I bring anything to the table? Would the other attendees have much more advanced blogs than my own? It turns out most of the other attendees had the same concerns as me. We were all pleasantly surprised by what the conference offered us.
The word that lingers with me, even several days after the conference has wrapped, is community. I hope that feeling of being a part of something stays with me as I work to improve my blog and my presence in the food blog community.
Looking for some new blogs to follow? Might I recommend: Hounds in the Kitchen, Eat, Drink, and Be Married, Taste and See Cincinnati, Udandi.com, wine me dine me (in Cincinnati), Ginny Tonic's musings on the Charlie Tonic Hour website, The World in my Kitchen, What's Cookin' Now radio show, Fake Food Free, Eggplant To Go, Cookerati, and Hoperatives. There were even more bloggers in attendance that I really enjoyed meeting and I hope we all meet again soon!
Sweet. I agree with you about the "community" inspiration that #5B fostered. Great to meet so many fascinating, sharing folks who come at this blogging thing from so many different backgrounds and perspectives!
ReplyDeleteRight on with community, it is certainly what helps us learn and grow no matter what we're doing.
ReplyDeleteIt was a nice conference and Hoperatives did a nice job of making people feel welcome. Jen, you and Sharon made me feel welcome too, because you let me hang out with you. Thanks for a mention too, you guys rock!
ReplyDeleteLove the pictures! Getting to know other people who are doing this kind of thing was so helpful for me. I hope they do this event again next year.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the mention! It was great to meet you. I had such a great time getting to know some new food blogging folks.
ReplyDeleteEvery time I leave one of our blogger conferences, I definitely feel a sense of community a'brewing. It was really great to see that community from a local perspective! Glad I was able to join you lovely Cincy folks.
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