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Nov
20
2010
Dole Food & Wellness Blogger Summit
Travel | Tags: bloggers event, Dole
photo from google
What a great day yesterday was at the Dole Event. My buddy Marla from Family Fresh Cooking and I were picked up by a driver at the crack of dawn and headed out to The Four Season’s Westlake Village. I want to take my family back to this hotel, it was gorgeous!
both hotel photos from google
We started our morning with a “Breakfast for Performance” Demo and enjoyed a delicious and healthy meal 
Mmmm, I am not a cottage cheese fan usually, but take a look at that trifle.
My blogging buddies digging in
One of the highlights of my trip was meeting my beautiful friend Susan from “She’s Becoming Doughmestic.” I LOVE her to pieces and wish she lived next door. We need to be baking neighbors
Doesn’t get much better than spending time at a beautiful place with some of your best buds Love all of these ladies. Photo: Marla, Rachael, Me, Amanda, Susan and Maria.
Here we are at our Welcome Presentation where we learned about “The Wellness World of Dole” and listened to a keynote panel discussion on “The Latest Food, Nutrition and Wellness Trends.” Great information here. I was reminded…..Eat more fruits and Veggies Jen! I need that reminder often
On our way to some product demo’s. Had to snap a picture of this gorgeous chandelier
It was time to get our sampling on. Think a great day at costco but even better We had these delicious jello fruit cups and baked bananas.
Got to nibble on all the lastest Dole goodies and lots of salad.
A little chat time before getting the grand tour of the Dole Offices. We’ve got Amanda, Ann Marie, Jennifer and Maria here
The Dole offices are beautiful, get a load of this centerpiece I wanted to stick in my bag for home.
Love this!
Checking out the Dole kitchen area. Right photo: Marla, Rachael, Ann-Marie and Sandy
We enjoyed lunch at the Dole Cafeteria where their staff gets daily healthy menu items to choose from. If that’s not cool enough they get to eat outside by this gorgeous waterfall. I could get used to that
Heading to get my facial and Nutrition Consultation….had to stop and smell the roses. Ok, I am a geek.
photo from google
Another highlight of my day was enjoying one of the best facials I have ever had. It was a dream.
Now, time to get ready for dinner.
Shaina from “Food For My Family“ gets the “You are Awesome” Award. She was a rockstar on our team that had to prepare an entree with salmon, lentils, cranberries and spinach. It turned out beautiful. Thanks Shaina!!
Judges….our dish won for taste, but lacked “presentation.” Lol! Oh well
I happen to think it looks delish!
Overall, this was a whirlwind day packed with great information and lots of salad. I repeat, lots of salad. Loved every minute of it! Thank you Dole for putting on a beautiful event!
Here are the wonderful ladies I spent the day with:
o Shaina Olmanson (Food for My Family) www.foodformyfamily.com, @FoodforMyFamily
o Jennifer Leal (Savoring the Thyme) www.savoringthethyme.com, @SavorTheThyme
o Brooke McClay (Cheeky Kitchen) www.cheekykitchen.com, @CheekyKitchen
o Kathy Patalsky (The Lunchbox Bunch) www.lunchboxbunch.com, @lunchboxbunch
o Anne-Marie Nichols (This Mama Cooks!) www.thismamacooks.com, @amnichols
o Katie Goodman (Good Life Eats) www.goodlifeeats.com, @GoodLifeEats
o Sandy Coughlin (Reluctant Entertainer) www.reluctantentertainer.com, @SandyCoughlinRE
o Anne Petraeus (Fannetastic Food) www.fannetasticfood.com, @fANNEtasticfood
o Maria Lichty (Two Peas and Their Pod) www.twopeasandtheirpod.com, @TwoPeasandPod
o Jenny Flake (Picky Palate) www.picky-palate.com, @PickyPalate
o Marla Meridith (Family Fresh Cooking) www.familyfreshcooking.com, @MarlaMeridith
o Gena Hamshaw (Choosing Raw) www.choosingraw.com, @choosingraw
o Shanna Coady (My Favorite Everything) www.myfavoriteeverything.com, @MyFavEverything
o Amanda Bottoms (Kevin and Amanda) www.kevinandamanda.com, @kevinandamanda
o Lorin Falcon (A Cowboy’s Wife) www.acowboyswife.com, @acowboyswife
o Amanda Acuna (Mommy Mandy) www.mommymandy.com, @mommymandy
o Susan Whetzel (She’s Becoming DoughMessTic) www.doughmesstic.com, @doughmesstic
o Rachael Hutchings (La Fuji Mama) www.lafujimama.com @LaFujiMama
*Discolsure: Dole paid for all expenses relating to the Dole Blogger Summit, including transportation, accommodations, meals and spa treatments.
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Jenny, your re-cap from our fun day is amazing! Your cover everything just perfectly- love all the photos of everyone having a fab time together!
XO
What an amazing event! I love Dole…especially the frozen fruit!
Looks like you all were having a blast!
~Liz
Looks like it was a fabulous and informative Dole Summit! Wish I was a fly on the wall (and in the spa)!
I wish we were neighbors too! (and not just because you live so close to Disney!) – Thanks so much, I loved meeting you. There will be a next time…soon I hope!
Jenny, amazing, girl. So informative and fun getting to hang with you all! Thanks for the awesome recap (and letting me borrow a “few”:)) xo
Great recap post! Glad we were able to spend some time together. Love you bunches!
Great recap! I loved meeting and hope it won’t be the last time.
Loved getting to see and spend time with you Jenny!
Wow, that looks like so much fun! I would love to be able to attend one year. How do you get signed up or do you have to be invited? I just finished watching you on tv, great show!
Your cardigan is uber-cool too. Where’d you find it?
Hi Amy,
We were invited to the event
Glad you enjoyed the show, I found my cardigan at Anthropologie (in the clearance section
So glad that I got to see you and spend a bit of time with you! Loved this post.
What a great group of women! Sounds like my kind of event. Put me on the guest list for next year – I’m a huge Dole fan!
I hated having to say no to that event…that massage alone makes me jealous!
I was so sad you weren’t there Kristen! Hope to see you soon!
Looks like a fabulous time
Great re-cap!
Looked like so much fun you little tiny hot mama!
I am loving reading through all the recaps from your fun event! You captured such beautiful images…isn’t Dole/CHLI/Four Seasons just beautiful?! I live right up the road and have only been there a couple times (my hands are too deep in chocolate).
It looks like you had so much fun! Too bad Kate and I got invited and then denied! haha We need to get planning our New Orleans tour
-Sara
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