This past weekend I had the opportunity to attend The Big Traveling Potluck which is a food blog conference/event that was held in Temecula, CA. My friends Amanda and Angie flew down a day early and we may have had a dessert fest. See below, lol! Oh yah, what you see above is a chocolate chip cookie dough milkshake from the Shake Shack in Crystal Cove. It overlooks the beach. Such a fun spot.
Angie, Amanda and I decided we definitely had to go visit Melody at her “Sweet and Saucy Shop” in Newport Beach. Melody has some of the most beautiful and delicious desserts around. You can see we sampled our fair share. Party time!
Photo via Melody
Here we are doing what we love to do!! Take pictures of our treats…..then eating them of course 🙂
Photo via Amanda
And more snapping photos of our desserts, lol!
Photo via Amanda
After we checked into our hotel Friday afternoon we hit up a mall in Temecula for a little shopping with Maria. Of course we spotted a cupcake shop that we HAD to try. It was called “Truely, Madly, Sweetly.” How cute is that?
Left photo via Angie
You can see we ordered an assortment. Their S’mores was to die! A great little bakery.
Left photo via Angie
We showed up for dinner Friday night to the most gorgeous home on a hill with a backyard that opened up to an amazing view. It was a perfect place to catch up with old and new friends. I can not get over Diane’s ginormous lemon cream cake that she brought. It was one of the best cakes I’ve ever had. Look at our faces, lol!! Right: Lisa, Maria and I. Love these girls!
Here’s the scene of our breakfast Saturday morning. It was sunny and lovely. The food could not have been better. Fruit, yogurt, breakfast pizzas, muffins, breads, you name it we ate it, lol!
Angie and I at breakfast. We always have the same bright colors on. Love spending time with Angie. Soooo wish we were in the same city. Absolutely LOVED the KitchenAid mixers on display for our fruit. Lovely!
Photo via Sandy
More breakfast friends. Left: Maria and Caleb, Lori, Heidi, Ali, Me, Amanda and Sandy.
After breakfast we went right into our speaker sessions. What a great group of speakers we had. So motivational and uplifting. This is Matt Armendariz talking to us about his journey through photography. Love him.
Spending a little time outside with my gals. Maria, Angie, me and Amanda.
Oh my goodness Whole Foods had the most gorgeous spread for lunch. Every kind of grain and topping you can imagine. It was heaven in a bowl.
Had a fun lemonade spritzer bar from Whole Foods. How refreshing does this look?!
Photo via Angie
Later in the afternoon before dinner we had a guacamole party with Gaby Dalkin in this most fabulous backyard. What a setting for us. Loved every second of it.
Ree was here too! It’s always so fun chit chatting with her. Fun Fun Fun weekend!
Our last morning together, we had a beautiful breakfast and said goodbye to our friends. Here we have… Left: Dara, Angie, Ethan, Amanda, Me, Lisa.
Photo via Brian
One more of more friends! Left: Cathy, Lori, Dara, Angie, Ethan, Brian, Me, Lisa and Rachel
A huge thanks to Maggy, Pam, Erika and the rest of the Big Traveling Potluck team that worked so hard for this perfect weekend of food and friends. Loved every minute of our time together in the California sun!
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what a fun recap of the weekend Jenny, thanks so much for including my “little” cake. LOL! Great seeing you 🙂
That looks like such fun, and the food looks so fresh and Delicious!!!
<3 love Temecula.
So great to see you again, Jenny! Gorgeous recap!
What a gorgeous recap, girl!! Love all your photos!! What a fun weekend. So excited Orlando is just around the corner!! 🙂 xoxo
Such a fun recap! I can’t get over how gorgeous the place is!
And you guys are all adorable 🙂
Thanks Shelly, looking forward to seeing you in Austin!! xoxo
You guys look like you are having so much fun!! I actually live in Temecula, so it was kind of fun to see these photos! I love your blog and all your photos! Thanks for sharing with us!
Oh how fun Alyson, we had such a great time in your city!
What an awesome weekend, Jenny! Glad you had a great time!
how fun! and you so did not just have a baby! look at you! look at that food! i honestly don’t know how you do it. 😀
This looked like such fun! I wish I went!
Such a great weekend and alwasy fun to see you and your GORGEOUS shoes. Need! Want! xo
Haha! I have major shoe issues 🙂 Wonderful to see you as always Catherine!!
I feel like if I went to one of these events I would totally be fangirling the whole time! Lol!
Looks like it was a beautiful and fun weekend! All those cupcakes look amazing! Cant wait to meet you ladies in a few weeks 🙂
We’re going to have so much fun in Orlando, yay!!
Looks like a great weekend full of friends and yummy food. Delicious cupcakes too!
I was so humgry after looking at all your beautiful pictures. I think I will get something decadent when shopping this afternoon!!!
Love your pics and article. You all had fun & it was nice to see a pic of everyone- all you good cooks. Have a super-duper weekend.
you guys are SO cute!!! In every picture you are all head to toe put together and gorgeous! It was a fun weekend and wonderful to see you!
So good to see you Heather! Hope we get more time to chit chat next time!! xoxo
You girls are all SO PRETTY! What a fun weekend!
And I can’t believe you just had a baby not too long ago. Looking good girl 🙂
Thanks Heather, these foodie events are not helping with my weight loss goals, lol!
Loved seeing you this weekend girl!! xoxo
You too Gaby!!
That spread of food choices and the whole experience looks amazing!
Oh gee! I super wish I coulda been there with all of you. Such a wonderful + happy re-cap Jenny!
Missed you Marla!!
Looks like it was a fun event!
So fun to see you again. You are a gem, Jenny!
So glad to see you again Cassie! Will look forward to our next conference together!!
Loved hanging out with you girl! And I want another S’mores cupcake:) xo
Seriously, that S’mores cupcake!!
Look like so much fun and so beautiful! Wow, I wish I could have come!
You girls look like a whole lot of fun!
I had to duck out early but it was great seeing you there, Jenny! I love all these pics! So bright, cheery, fun and reminds me of just how HOT it was there last weekend. Lol You look great as always and thanks for compiling this. Hope they do it again next year!
I noticed you were not there Sat and Sunday averie!! Glad to see you for even a few minutes. xoxo