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\x0aNew Yorkers: Join the Cupcakes Take the Cake Meetup Group for our monthly (and sometimes more than that) fun cupcake events!\x0a
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\x0aFirst, I hated that I missed the Food Blogging Panel because I wanted to see my blog buddies Rachel, Cathy, Zach, Addie and Kalyn rock SXSW. I booked my flight before knowing what time the panel was scheduled, so I was at the airport while the panel was going on.
\x0aI loved that Saul from Freshbooks set up a lunch so I could meet the founders of Outright, Shoeboxed and Batch Blue.
\x0aI loved that I ate cupcakes in the morning with Rachel in the lobby of the Hilton.
\x0aI loved laughing with Rachel, Twanna and Zach. [We could have our own reality show]
\x0aI loved that I got a HARO sticker from Peter Shankman. I WTFed that a girl from Phoenix came up to me just because I wearing the sticker at The Onion party.
\x0aI WTFed that the VIP section of the Onion party only had Miller Lite for Free. I loved that a guy asked, “Didn’t I meet you at Likemind in Brooklyn?”
\x0aI hated that I got called a racial slur on the street by a homeless man. It dampened my mood for partying, but I loved that I didn’t wake up with a hangover on my last day.
\x0aI loved that I got a free ice cream sandwich from the Ice Cream Man.
\x0aI loved that I met Austin food bloggers like the TipsyTexan and Addie Broyles. I loved the goodie bag from Whole Foods food bloggers event. I hated that I couldn’t bring the lovely lotion from the goodie bag on the plane.
\x0aI loved doing a panel about Finance 2.0, and people coming up to me afterward to ask me questions.
\x0aI loved meeting Anya Kamenetz.
\x0aI hated that I missed some panels that my friends were on.
\x0aI loved that I ran into friends that I didn’t know were going to be at SXSW.
\x0aI hated the word “privilege” being thrown around at panel discussions.
\x0aI loved using Tweetdeck and Twickie while twittering the panel discussions.
\x0aI loved that I rocked three parties Sunday night.
\x0aI loved eating cupcakes at the Cupcake Social.
\x0aI loved meeting Babette from BakeSpace after knowing each other for years online.
\x0aI WTFed the Austin Convention Center. That place is a weird maze.
\x0aI loved that I met the guys from Lost Zombies.
\x0aI WTFed that a drunk cougar tried to pick a fight with me at the hotel bar.
\x0aI WTFed that bars put on the ugly lights at 8PM when the sponsored open bar ends.
\x0aI hated the ATM Fees which were $3 and up.
\x0aI loved that iPhone and Mac users were fascinated by my Peek and HP Mini.
\x0aI hated that it was hard to get something to eat at lunchtime.
\x0aI loved that I didn’t have a breakfast taco.
\x0aI loved that I want to come back next year. I am already thinking of SXSW panels to pitch in June.
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