Blogger Blitz Weekend Recap

After a wonderful twenty four hours spent in Georgetown for Blogger Blitz DC, we left with a newfound love for our nation's capital and many of the city's most fabulous bloggers. Of course, the main event while we were in town was the social meet-up conducted by {av} from Long Distance Loving, but we managed to squeeze in loads of extras including tons of fabulous shopping, delicious food and some amateur photos with our iPhones (we love you, Instagram).

This weekend made us feel ashamed to admit that we've neglected the Washington, DC area for far too long. The notoriously clogged up crossroads of I-95, I-395 and I-495, known in the area as "the mixing bowl", can make an hour and a half drive north from Richmond turn into a three hour drive on most days. In our minds, heading towards DC, much less into the heart of it, seemed like a daunting task, but one that we knew we'd be well rewarded from once we met the wonderful bevy of our fellow bloggers gathering at Marvin on 14th Street.

Our drive up on Sunday was perfect. Traffic? Nope. None in fact. Our in-car navigation? She was spot on with directions (we named her Mrs Doubtfire). The weather? Beautiful. We ended up arriving to our hotel early enough that we were able to check-in and then head out to the streets of Georgetown to explore. We hit up LUSH Cosmetics within the first ten minutes (and we hit it HARD...haul videos to come), then we had lunch at Serendipity 3. We had time for a bit more sights before we headed back to the hotel to get ready for Blogger Blitz.

At Blogger Blitz, {av} provided us with an amazing directory that was chock-full of details, like each blogger's Twitter handle, blog name and e-mail address, along with a photo to make everyone even more recognizable. 

The fabulous hostess, {av}. Love her!! If you aren't familiar with Long Distance Loving yet, go now.

The highlight was definitely finally meeting "IRL" so many of the bloggers that we've been following and communicating with for months, if not longer. But there were also several new faces to us and we're so happy to have met all of them.

Erin from Currently Coveting

Eliza from Case Study and Kate from Stripes and Polka Dots

Betsy from Betsy Transatlantically

Our friend and Hourglass Makeup Artist, Josh Collier, joined us for Blogger Blitz and we're so excited that we'll be seeing him again later this month for our event with Sephora.

We finally met fellow YouTuber, Holly from Holly Says Hey...

photo courtesy of Holly

Everyone mixed and mingled and the evening went by entirely too fast. To be in the presence of so many inspiring and exquisitely dressed bloggers was mind blowing. We soaked up every second and are already looking forward to the next time.

The entire list of fabulous bloggers in attendance:
Alison from Long Distance Loving
Alison from Chain Strap Purse
Alissa from Feeling Good
Amanda from Miskabelle Vintage
Ashley from Ashley in DC
Ashlyn from Let It Be Beautiful
Betsy from Betsy Transatlantically
Cara from I Dabble
Eliza from Case Study
Emily from Blue Dog Belle
Emily from Emily Kate Hargrove - Capital Style
Erika & Natalie from Fashionably Broke
Erin from Currently Coveting
Heather from Pineapples and Pearls
Holly from Holly Says Hey
Jamie from Forever 81
Jenna from The Paleo Project
Josh from JoshCollierMUA
Julie from Julip Made
Kaitlyn from Blue Rooms White Houses
Kate from Stripes and Polka Dots
Kelsey from The Capital Barbie
Lacey from A Lacey Perspective
Lisa from Hello Suburbia
Liz from So Much To Smile About
Mary El from Cupcakes and Shoes
McLean from Deacon Does DC
Meaghan from District Sparkle
Megan from Freckled Italian
Melissa from Cupcakes OMG
Morgan from Reidmore

Nikki from Cupcakes for Breakfast
Rosa from Rosa Loves...
Sara from High Fashion 4 Less
Shannon from Shenanigan's Rose

Definitely go visit their blogs!!

After Blogger Blitz, we cabbed it back to Georgetown to take in more sights...

Right on M Street lies The Old Stone House, one of the oldest known structures remaining in the nation's capital. Out back they have the most beautiful garden.

Monday morning, we had breakfast on the most perfect little patio at Kafe Leopold, located on Cady's Alley off of M Street. The food made us die. In an amazing way. We shared a croissant that was literally our favorite thing that we ate the entire time we were gone. If you ever find yourself in Georgetown, take the time to eat here. You won't be disappointed. We wanted to stay forever.

We spent the rest of the day on Monday hitting up a bunch of the stores in the area and left with purchases from J.Crew, H&M, Madewell, Zara, Juicy Couture and Anthropologie.

And no trip to Georgetown would be complete without cupcakes. Sprinkles Cupcakes was located directly across from our hotel, so we each grabbed a box of four cupcakes before we headed home. Proof that we were indeed thinking of our hubz while we were away. ;)  We heard rave reviews about Georgetown Cupcake, home of DC Cupcakes on TLC, so they're at the top of our To Do list the next time we're there.

Hope you enjoyed our weekend recap! We had an amazing time and can't wait to go back...and maybe next time we'll even bring our hubz along. ;)

Have you guys ever been to DC? If so, we'd love to know your favorite spot. Drop us a comment and let us know!

1000 YouTube Subscribers GIVEAWAY!

As we mentioned, we are BEYOND excited to have reached 1,000 subscribers on YouTube. Thank you again to each and every one of you that has clicked the subscribe button and stuck around to watch our videos! It means the world to us.

Now on to the good stuff...a giveaway! Just use Rafflecopter below and follow the prompts to enter for our Summer Essentials Giveaway.

Lots of ways to enter, but only one is MANDATORY and that is you MUST be a subscriber to our YouTube channel. This is our way of saying "thanks" for all of your support!

Good luck to all!! We can't wait to see who wins!!

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DC Bound #bloggerblitzdc

While we're off this weekend, partaking in this...

...with {av} from Long Distance Loving and many other fabulous lovelies,

we hope that you're all having a phenomenal weekend!! We promise a recap of our road trip to DC, fun times at Blogger Blitz and loads of Georgetown shopping details in a matter of days.

May Favorites

Mentioned:

Suave Professionals Keratin Infusion Dry Shampoo...thanks to Sarah from Total Basset Case for talking about it on her blog!

Organix Macadamia Oil Shampoo, Conditioner, Intensive Moisture Mask & Dry Styling Oil (I got these BOGO free, not 1/2 off like I accidentally said in the video)

The Body Shop Honey Bronze Dry Shimmering Oil

Clarins HydraQuench Cream for Normal to Dry Skin

Tarte Amazonian Clay 12 Hour Blush in Dollface

Tarte Amazonian Clay Shimmering Powder in Rose

MicrodermaMitt (courtesy of April Birchbox)

Olay Purely Pristine Body Wash

MAC Technical Liner in GraphBlack

Derng Pave Tube Bracelets in Gold, Silver & Rose Gold

Laura Geller All-Stars Kit

We hope you enjoyed this video! Please drop us a comment to let us know what you were loving for the month of May. We'd love to hear from you!

Friday's Fancies: White Here. White Now.

White can sometimes be overlooked because it just doesn't have the "attitude" of a super bold color like hot orange. However, the color white can be so classic/chic and dare we say...sexy! For today's Friday's Fancies, {av} challenged us to create a white hot board and we jumped in feet first because we must admit that we don't own a lot of white. So, we invite you to slap on the sunless tanner and sit back and enjoy our white picks for you this summer. The temps are heating up and with a few items shown below, so will you!

White Here. White Now. by herlatenightcravings


1 Rafe NewYork Ariana Pebble Leather Cross-Body  //  2 Halogen Leather Belt Fedora  //  3 Calypso Strapless Maxi Dress  //  4 J.Crew Knit Tunic Dress  //  5 Madewell Silk Sunshade Top  //  6 All Saints Mirelle Bikini Top  //  7 All Saints Mirelle Bikini Bottom  //  8 Call It Spring Cleland Sandals  //  9 Michael Kors Mid-Size White Acetate & Silver Stainless Steel Pilot Chronograph Glitz Watch  //  10 Asos Rubber Spike Bracelet  //  11 Deborah Lippmann Amazing Grace Nail Lacquer  //  12 Adriano Goldschmied Pixie Roll-Up Short

And PS ~ If you'd like to join in on future Friday's Fancies, hop on over to Long Distance Loving and sign up to receive {av}'s weekly e-mails for themes in advance, so that you can make your own Polyvore inspiration board. It's so much fun and a great way to meet new bloggers!