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Why Blog Friends Are Like The Guy You Met on Friendster*

Meghan had both a birthday AND an engagement to celebrate tonight, so I met her and some of her friends, including Katie! at 10 Bells, a very very cute little wine bar on the Lower East side. (Its entrance is so nondescript that I definitely walked past it a few times first.)

“How do you know Meghan?” her friends asked. Not sure how she wanted to answer, I deferred to Meghan. “We, uh, work out together,” she said. 

When Katie got there, I screamed “OMG it’s so great to finally meet you!” and we gabbed about running while her boyfriend laughed at us for being blog friends. One of Meghan’s other friends looked at Meghan and me, and said, “wait, how do you guys know each other? We prefaced how we met with a lot of “I know it’s weird, but…”

You know it’s okay — and actually pretty awesome — to meet people through your blog, but it’s hard explaining it to people — like the guy you met on Friendster. “We’ll, uh, tell people we met at a bar?”

*Yes, I did date two different guys I met on Friendster. What of it? 

I Ain’t No Holla Back Girl!

Oh, wait…yes, yes, I am a hollaback girl.

Oh, more accurately, a Hollaback Health Blogger! Remember the discussion a few weeks about what healthy blogs “should” be? I responded to Rachel’s guest post on Nutritionista.

Since then (that’s also right around the time of my job offer), I’ve been thinking quite a lot about the future of this baby blog. I have some private ideas that I’m not ready to share yet, but I’m definitely looking to improve it, always. (While still staying true to myself and y’all.)

So when I found Hollaback Health, I was completely intrigued. Hollaback Health is a group of healthy bloggers that are, basically, working together to encourage great blogging among fellow healthy bloggers. I’ll occasionally be posting over there about awesome healthy blogging, and I look forward to learning a ton from some great bloggers. Check out the Web site for some other awesome healthy bloggers.

I’m going to continue to post pics of what I eat and updates about my life, but I’m also going to experiment with different kinds of posts and content, including — gulp — vlogging. (The power of video is undeniable. Rachel’s writing is absolutely great, but her vlogs are OFF THE HOOK. And yes, I have a major blog crush on her.)