Unapologetic Fangirl Squee
Nov. 21st, 2012 08:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Last night, I had the opportunity to meet the Happy Herbivore herself, Lindsay S. Nixon, at a meetup at Casa de Luz in North Park. She and her husband were so laid back and cool, and it was so nice to be in a group of people at a restaurant and feel like I didn't have to apologize, defend, or explain my food choices. I found it really empowering to hear her talk about being able to stay on track with food through world travels. Very inspiring. Also inspiring was all the non-food talk. I met some cool peeps with whom I might be able to hang out with in the future, so that's also a bonus. Yay new and interest-diverse local social circles!

Its really not fair. She was making me laugh so hard in this photo.
I was too shy to discuss it at the dinner table with everyone else, but I wrote her an email when I got home thanking her for being a big part of my ability to figure out this way of eating, and how it has facilitated so much positive change in my life. She had emailed me back by 7 this morning and asked me if I would be interested in being interviewed for her website (she has a 'herbie of the week' column on her blog)!!! Its hard to describe how excited I was this morning. No one really 'gets' it, but this is a really big deal to me...being able to be actively engage in this community, and share with folks how much this whole thing has changed me for the better.
Enough gushing...off to Trader Joe's for the rest of my ingredients, then its time for some holiday cookin'!
After two test pies, I think I understand what I have to do in order to make pie#3 a success. I hope I hope....

Its really not fair. She was making me laugh so hard in this photo.
I was too shy to discuss it at the dinner table with everyone else, but I wrote her an email when I got home thanking her for being a big part of my ability to figure out this way of eating, and how it has facilitated so much positive change in my life. She had emailed me back by 7 this morning and asked me if I would be interested in being interviewed for her website (she has a 'herbie of the week' column on her blog)!!! Its hard to describe how excited I was this morning. No one really 'gets' it, but this is a really big deal to me...being able to be actively engage in this community, and share with folks how much this whole thing has changed me for the better.
Enough gushing...off to Trader Joe's for the rest of my ingredients, then its time for some holiday cookin'!
After two test pies, I think I understand what I have to do in order to make pie#3 a success. I hope I hope....
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Date: 2012-11-22 08:19 am (UTC)Love you, miss you.