Shrinking the World -- just a little


Out of the blue, I received an email from a fellow blogger, Kate of Art Vein Vessel. Her email proposed an idea of possibly meeting up with one another since she would be in my neck of the woods. Recently, Kate was invited to participate in a show at a gallery in Charlotte, NC, which is only 2 hours from Boone. Being as though Kate and Jerzy would be traveling all the way from Quebec, I didn’t want to miss the opportunity of making a real-live connection.


Me & Kate


After working out the details regarding when and where, we decided that the best place to take them would be our favorite restaurant here in Boone, Cha Da Thai. Upon being seated, I saw this contraption sitting on a nearby table and was very curious as to what it was. After many sideways glances with no apparent clues, we thought best to just ask our server. She informed us that it was called a Hot Pot. We inspected the menu and after repeating many times that I wanted to step outside of my pad thai box, we all ended up getting the same thing……Pad Thai! I can’t help it, it’s so yummy!! After some deliberation, we also decided to get our own Hot Pot with Tom Kha soup. The restaurant was a good pick, especially since we all got to try something new and most importantly, everything was delicious. The soup was to die for, seriously, my mouth still waters when I think about it!


Hot Pot


In retrospect, it seems silly to think that I was nervous about meeting the two of them and whether or not we would find things to keep the conversation going. We had plenty to talk about and ended up spending 2 hours in the restaurant! It was interesting being able to share blogging with someone else who also blogs; non-bloggers don’t quite understand us. Do they?! In any event, I am glad that we were afforded the opportunity to meet Kate and Jerzy in person and I hope that someday I will get to meet even more of my blogging buddies. So, who’s next?!

33 comments:

  1. How fun. I love reading stories of blogger friend connections. :)

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  2. I'm all for meeting my blogging or rv forum friends. I think the internet has been a great gift to so many of us. It gets a lot of bad press but how we use it is the key. Perhaps someday you will be in the Adirondacks or I will be in NC and we can meet. Great photos,.. love the smiles!

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  3. im in ga,so I think you are a bit of a drive,but if you ever come to atlanta for anything,ill come up to meet you :D,very kewl story tho

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  4. How cool! Looks like you had a deliciously wonderful time!

    That soup looks so yummy I can ALMOST taste it from here. ;)

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  5. That is so nice, I am glad for you and also glad you had fun.Have a nice week and weekend.

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  6. what a happy photo that is and I really am glad you got to meet her ...bloggers are so interesting! ELK

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  7. I KNEW I love you!! pad thai is like one of my favoritest foods ever. what a fun meeting - that is wonderful.

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  8. i hope to make it out to NC to meet you someday. :) Or please come by Denver--you'd love the mountains!

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  9. I love the oppurtunity to meet some fellow bloggers myself. i'm glad your meeting went so well!
    Carol

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  10. MEEEeeeeeeeeee...

    I'm kind of jealous that they got to see you in photographic action...

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  11. hi! here from angie's!

    that's so cool! wish i was eating thai... mmmmm. so cool to meet up with a bloggy friend!

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  12. Yum. You look beautiful. That place looks authentic...the food delish. Mmm!

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  13. I love hearing about bloggy meet-ups!

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  14. That's awesome. That's the best thing about blogging. It shows just how really connected we all are.

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  15. That soup looks SOO good! I also almost always get pad thai, my absolute favorite.

    I hope to meet blogger friends someday but I'm already nervous about it because what if I don't meet their expectations. Like I'm not as interesting in person as I am on my blog...

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  16. how fun! someday we will get to meet .. :)

    and I am all for Thai. or Vietnamese. yummy.

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  17. How fun for you both! My family doesn't understand the blogging thing, but I don't care.

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  18. Beautiful smile you're wearing!

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  19. Thai soup: to. die. for!!

    *wipes drool off chin*

    When are you coming towards Montreal?! *grin*

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  20. i was in charlotte for an hour the other day. in the airport mind you.

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  21. Cha Da Thai is my favorite restaurant as well. They always serve delicious food and are so friendly.

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  22. Sorry for the double post. My link didn't make it through the first time.

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  23. it's nice to be able to know our virtual friend physically :-) You've just move one gear in your friendship, congrats!

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  24. Since I just started blogging last year, I have yet to meal anyone in real life yet. It probably won't be you because you live too far away!

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  25. I never tried Thai food. Maybe I'll pop round one day. You live in a beautiful part of the country :o)

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  26. So very cool! This will be us later on in the year!

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  27. yum, I love Thai food and how wonderful to meet a fellow blogger.

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  28. What a great time. The soup looks amazing too.

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  29. I think you're an awesome photographer and a great person SO I hope I do get to meet up with you oneday soon.
    I'm Only in NJ so it's not that far lol.

    Love that photo too. So dreamy!

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  30. Hi Jessica! We are back safe and sound and it's great to see documentation of our lovely evening. Your photographs are so much better than mine (surprise) - which are mostly blurry! It was a treat to meet you and Cody and that Tom Kha soup with all its complex flavours is imprinted on my taste buds. My mouth is watering as I write this! Take care! Maybe our next visit will be in Montreal!

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  31. Hot Pot is the specialty cuisine in the city in China where I currently live. They claim they invented it. It falls under the umbrella if Sichuanese food. I love hot pot! Over here it is extremely spicy, although you can get a less spicy version as well. How neat to see it has made its way to NC!

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  32. I love the image of you and my Kate!!!How wonderful to have met each other. Oh I wish I was sitting with you all eating Tom Kai Gai :(

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