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I Have A New Girl Crush…

And so should you.

Her name is Nicole Controneo and I want to be her BFF. She writes the food & travel blog NY Girl Eats World and was a judge on the Venezuelan Arepa Throwdown (Mother-Fucking Throwdown with Bobby Flay if you remember) that I just watched. She’s freakin’ adorable and so is her blog.

If you’re like me (and I have a sneaking suspicion that a few of you are) and you LOVE food and LOVE to travel but don’t get to cook anything creative because all your children will eat is mechanically separated chicken formed into the shape of a dinosaur, and your husband won’t venture beyond the bland world of meat & potatoes and you don’t get to travel because of aforementioned kids and husband, then her website is for you (everybody stand up and cheer “Run On Sentence!”!

You can live vicariously through her! Traveling the world and eating to your heart’s content! With the added bonus of not ACTUALLY ingesting the fat & calories! See?! It’s win/win! Live your REAL life and then live a whole other life on the side! It’s like you’re a CIA operative…or something.

On another note, one of my original Blogger Girl Crushes has some exciting news! The original Mother Fucking Throwdown with Bobby Flay particiapant, Amalah, is going to BlogHer! And, she’s given me a whole new thing to sit here and worry about in the weeks leading up to it! Not, what in the hell am I going to wear? Not, what if I’m not the real life person that people expect and no one likes me (which I’m totally not really worried about because I’m AWESOME in real life)? Not, what if I accidentally say something stupid? Not, what if I trip and fall and create some sort of horribly embarrasing scene? NOW I have to be worried that some smart ass comment I make (because you KNOW it’s going to happen. Often) is going to come back to haunt me. What if it’s not even a smart ass comment and it’s totally misconstrued and STILL comes back to haunt me. OMG…I think I’m going to claim laryngitis and lack of a voice.

I’ll just sit in a corner with my laptop reading NY Girl Eats World.

mamagingertree on 01 Jul 2008 at 4:18 pm #

Thanks for the tip. I will definitely check out her blog. I thin Bobby Flay is so hot. Is that weird?

I am so jealous you are going to BlogHer. I only live 20 minutes outside SF, but my excuse is the childcare issue. Actually, I am too much of a chicken since I am so new this whole blog thing. What if no one talks to me? What if I say something stupid to the many fantastic women whose blogs I stalk every day? I had no idea what a RSS feeder was until about a month ago.

mamagingertrees last blog post..A Little Piece of Advice

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Insta-Mom on 01 Jul 2008 at 4:28 pm #

My kids eat those dinosaurs…the ones in the jumbo box from Costco. *Sigh*

I am sooooo checking out Nicole’s blog.

Insta-Moms last blog post..July BOM: The Impressionist, by Hari Kunzru

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Meghan on 01 Jul 2008 at 4:29 pm #

I have two things to say:

1) They offer childcare
2) I’ll talk to you
Okay, here are a few more:

3) Go buy your pass now, you can get a single day pass if you just want to go for one day
4) I’ll talk to you
5) No, Bobby Flay is hot, in a non-obvious kind of way. I mean, he’s no George Clooney, but I certainly wouldn’t turn him down if he asked me out. If, of course, I weren’t married.

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Quart on 01 Jul 2008 at 4:38 pm #

If you google “corotted” your blog is the 5th hit.

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Angie @ Keep Believing on 01 Jul 2008 at 4:39 pm #

I used to be a cheerleader, so in my head I am currently choreographing moves, jumps and words to the “Run on Sentence” cheer.

All this blogher talk is giving me a complex. Quit it. Teasing. Jealous. You understand.

KEEP BELIEVING

Angie @ Keep Believings last blog post..In which Angie can look back and laugh now (even if it is an evil cackle)

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Alice on 01 Jul 2008 at 5:05 pm #

Ethiopian food is one of my favorite cuisines and Babycakes (who is strictly a meat and potatoes guy) DID make an attempt to eat it once and promptly threw it up afterwards. I tried.

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HRH on 01 Jul 2008 at 6:35 pm #

I want to travel and eat.

I want to go to BlogHer.

I want to hear you make some smart ass comment that sets the entire internet buzzing…

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Nicole on 01 Jul 2008 at 6:57 pm #

NY Girl Eats World here, and oh my god, you are SO my new BFF! Thanks for all the ridiculously sweet comments. I’m often shy about these sort of things, and I usually just shrink and hide behind my computer screen, but the enthusiasm and personality that comes through in your writing makes me want to write IN CAPITALS and tap into the cheerleader I never was! (Give me a Y-A-Y for run-ons!)So here I am to say thank you for the glowing shout-out. Your own writing is completely addicting and you can be sure I’ll be back. Oh, and one more thing: you and your family are too freakin’ gorgeous! Stop hogging the gene pool, will you? xo

Nicoles last blog post..On a Personal Note

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Grandmaother on 01 Jul 2008 at 7:36 pm #

My advice would be water, not red wine.
That’s coming from someone who knows.

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Connie @ The Chronicles on 01 Jul 2008 at 7:51 pm #

I make two different meals most nights. I love to cook and I refuse to eat what my kids like to eat night after night. I refuse!!

I love to travel but not right now because my 2 year old hates change. He will not sleep in a hotel. At. All.

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Jane Somers on 01 Jul 2008 at 7:51 pm #

I love her too – and she is cute.
I love that you think you are awesome. When ever someone saids that I remind them of someone, I always reply, “She must be AWESOME!!!”

Jane Somerss last blog post..can i have a cookie with that?

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Jane Somers on 01 Jul 2008 at 7:58 pm #

i meant to say “says” instead of “saids”. new word – everyone is using it.

Jane Somerss last blog post..can i have a cookie with that?

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Melody on 01 Jul 2008 at 8:08 pm #

Sounds interesting – I’ll have to go check it out.

Once I manage to clear all 53-something posts from my reader – UGH!

Melodys last blog post..Ok, maybe it is a shameless ploy for comments

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Melody on 01 Jul 2008 at 8:09 pm #

That was supposed to be 530-something… sounds worse than 53

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JCK on 02 Jul 2008 at 12:38 am #

I am all over that blog about food and travel!

And YOU! You will be wonderful at BlogHer. After all, you are my Thursday night roommmate!!! Yippee!

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Z on 02 Jul 2008 at 4:58 am #

So totally checking this site out… And you? Really needn’t worry – your total awesomeness will shine through at BlogHer, no doubts!

Zs last blog post..Terrible Twos

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Renee on 02 Jul 2008 at 9:21 am #

mmm travel and food without the cost or calories. I am so in.

Also having some serious jealousy issues about BlogHer so have fun for me.

Renees last blog post..Risk

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Loralee on 02 Jul 2008 at 11:01 am #

Mamagingertree, you should TOTALLY come to BlogHer! They have childcare available!!! Today is the last day to register and if you are really that close you should come.

And? Dude, I am soooooo at that site. You and I may differ a bit politically but food wise our houses are totally simpatico!

Loralees last blog post..Kind of like Post Secret except you won’t have to make a card or spend money on a stamp. (And obviously, it’s not NEARLY as cool and awesome)

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kelly on 02 Jul 2008 at 1:52 pm #

Hello Meghan,
I wanted to join Mediocre but the email kept coming back as invalid? Not sure if I did something wrong, anywho, I’d like to be added to the blogroll, I already put up a bling at my place, stop by and let me know if its all good!
Thanks,
Kelly

kellys last blog post..This totally isn’t helping me kid…

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AMomTwoBoys » Hey Now! A Random Bullet List! on 02 Jul 2008 at 2:34 pm #

[...] Did you all see that Nicole, of NY Girl Eats World, left a comment yesterday?! [...]
Jennifer, Playgroups are no place for children on 03 Jul 2008 at 12:16 pm #

NY Girl Eats commented!!! How exciting.

My question is this, though, why didn’t you have this reaction when you found out I was going to BlogHer?
Huh? HUH?!!!

Jennifer, Playgroups are no place for childrens last blog post..Camp Ijustsproutedboobies

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Jennifer, Playgroups are no place for children on 03 Jul 2008 at 12:16 pm #

Oh and by the way, I LOVE to eat and know we’ll get along fabulously!

Jennifer, Playgroups are no place for childrens last blog post..Camp Ijustsproutedboobies

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Meghan on 03 Jul 2008 at 12:31 pm #

Jennifer- I already KNEW you were going to BlogHer…before I even knew I was going to BlogHer…

But trust me, I’m WAY more excited to meet & hang out with you than I am with her…no doubt. You’re probably going to get sick of me.

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Celexa. on 14 Aug 2008 at 8:21 am #

Celexa….

Celexa and welbutrin together….