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Do you dream of idling away on a sunny beach in the middle of the winter?

Do you want to meet other food bloggers from all over the world?

Do you want to spend your vacation with me? Ok, you don’t have to answer that last one. But if you do, I’m going to be a featured participant at Food Blogger Camp, taking place January 9-16th, 2010.

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While camp is in session, each day there will be a seminar by my favorite food bloggers, food stylist, and photographers.

Participants include Diane Cu and Todd Porter, Michael and Donna Ruhlman, Matt Armendariz and Adam Pearson, Dianne Jacob, Jaden Hair, and Elise Bauer.

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Seminars will include everything from how to style and snap the perfect food shot, what to do when the book agent comes a knockin’ on your door, and plenty of tips to dial up your blog and get the love and respect that you and your blog so richly deserve.

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As for extracurricular activities, there will be a walking tour of the colorful Zijuatanejo market, we’ll taste tacos and tequilas, visit a fisherman’s market, and meet with local farmers and talk about their sustainable agricultural practices.

 

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    • Flori

    *crosses fingers*

    • Wendy

    I spent 20 years employed as a cook/chef/baker and 20 years as an organic farmer. Now I write about food and wandering. My birthday is January 9th, so this would be a nice present :-)

    • Afton Marie

    I love that Club Med calls it a dream vacation, because it really would be…

    • Lindsay

    Sounds like a good time! Would love to win! :)

    • Mickey

    I vote yes.

    • laura k

    Um, dream trip, anyone? Please enter me! I would love to meet some of my favorite bloggers face-to-face and learn to better my blog to boot (whoot alliteration).

    • Laura

    I, too, would love to escape Minnesota for a dreamy week with these food bloggers!

    • Kitchen Butterfly

    I want to come – please. Mom of 3, new to blogging, need to get away :-)

    • Katy

    This is an awesome event! Paradise and food bloggers, what could be better.

    • katie

    This would be amazing. Thank you for the chance!

    • Carolina

    My blog was killed recently, so I’m a very sad food blogger at the moment. Winning this would certainly make the situation much better.

    • Alyssa

    Food blog camp in Mexico in January when it’ll probably be -25 here? Um…yes, please!!

    • Diana

    Sounds amazing!!!

    • mswoodenshoes

    Oh. Oh. Pick me. Pick me. Like you, I live in Western Europe and will be in desperate need of sunshine in January. Pick me, please. Pretty please with sugar on top?

    • Lina Castro

    WOW I would love to go!!!!

    • tinha

    take me with you!

    • sophia

    OMG OMG me me me!!!

    • Rachel

    A January retreat with food bloggers sounds just about perfect!

    • Whitney

    I would love to win.

    • Carmen

    Dream come true! :)

    • heather @ chiknpastry

    ummmmmmmmm……. sign me up buckaroos! I can’t imagine a better way to get outta the chicago cold!!!

    • Lauren

    oh, j’ai trop envie!! Now if only I could convince my culinary school that this should be an excused absence…it’s relevant, non?

    • Dana McMahan

    Count me in!

    • Katie

    I’d love to escape the Utah winter and pretend to be a blogger for a week in Mexico!! Here’s hopin’.

    • Christine

    I guess not allowing airfare for a second person means that winner’s gonna be making a lot of friends on that trip! Or none.

    • Jesse Jones

    Count me in!

    • Josie

    I would love the chance to learn from food bloggers I admire! Seria un sueno hecho realidad!

    • Sarah Dwyer

    Please! Would love to win!

    • Maaret Lyytinen

    Nothing would please me more than getting out of Finland, the freezer of Europe, in the middle of the winter. Count me in.

    • ladygoat

    I want to go! I want to go!

    • Paige

    Count me in! This would be just the thing to break up a long Canadian winter.

    • anne

    i will start a food blog if i win! actually, i’ll probably start one anyway. cheap nyc eats, i’m on it!

    • Amy

    What an amazing chance!

    • Sharif

    Woah… this would be awesome!

    • josephine

    sounds like an ideal way to start off the new year.

    • Meg

    I’d love to learn how to take proper food photos for my blog! This would be fabulous!

    • Sam Gabell

    Ooo pick me!

    • Anna A

    I’m in!

    • Babeth

    I can fly at my own cost to the US to see you “en vrai” guys!

    • Cas Dunn

    Club Med take me away.

    • Maggie

    Consider this my entry. Thank you!

    • Justin

    Looks amazing! *fingers crossed*

    • Caitlin

    I’ve never been to Mexico and I’m daydreaming about exploring the wonderful food culture.

    • Bri

    This would be a fantastic trip! Pick me please!

    • Joanna

    Sounds amazing!

    • Meg

    Ooooh, yes please!

    • Lori @ RecipeGirl

    Crossing three fingers (just in case).

    • dora

    Please Pastry Gods, let me win!

    • Jen

    OK, all you guys can stop leaving comments now because I am going to be the winner! Am, too!!

    • meseidy

    Me please! I need some sun.

    • Lisa Telford

    You know I’d spend my vacvation with you. Been there, done that. And almost everyone gets jealous when I tell them I went on a chocolate tour of Paris.

    Hope to see you during your upcoming trip to SF.

    • Tanya

    Me! Me! Pick me!

    • Whitney

    Sounds like an amazing trip!

    • ursula

    Wouldn’t it be funny if the person who would rather be at Guantanamo won?

    • Walker Lawrence

    Sounds too good to be true or scary. I’d love a trip!

    • Allie

    Wow, so cool! Thanks!

    • Nurit – 1 family. friendly. food.

    Wow, this is soooo great. Thanks for doing this.

    • Leslie

    You’ll let us all know who the winner is, I hope.

    • Rachel AKA foodbitch

    I’m a total newbie at food blogging, but I’m a well-seasoned blogger (http://www.in-this-economy.com) and I can’t wait to get better. The food photography interests me most of all.

    • Amber

    I’m visualizing winning this contest! What a great trip.

    • Lori (A Cowboy’s Wife)

    Wow…While the vacation itself would be out of this world (and oh so beautiful to look at), the foodies alone would be such an honor to hang around with. Count this as my entry as I would absolutely love to win. I hope whoever does win is truly grateful for the experience. Good luck to all.

    • Carri

    Get away from Alaska in the middle of January? Count me in…I’d love to win!

    • Ivoryhut

    Ooh, pick me!

    • Yotbe

    Oh my, I would love to win this competition. Fingers crossed!

    • Irene

    Sounds like it would be an amazing trip!

    • Joe

    OOH! Yes please….

    • Diana

    Pick me! Pick me! I so want to be there :)

    • Rachelino

    *hooray*
    by the way, I heard that this resort is beautiful.

    • alice

    I would love to go!

    • Phoo-D

    A girl can dream can’t she? This would be an incredible trip with incredible people.

    • Cheryl

    I’m going to pack my bags now, because I know you want me to win this trip! Right?…

    • Janice

    would love to join you!

    • Angela Su

    this sounds ammaaazzzzing!

    • Beth @ 990square

    What an exciting trip! Thanks for sharing!

    • Veronika Rojas

    Gads!!! I am so excited. And I have to say, I wouldn’t mind being forced to share a room with David. ;)

    http://thehorttshearawho.blogspot.com

    • Mary

    pick me!

    • Maria at Fresh Eats

    Too much fun. Fabulous idea, thanks.

    • Erika Kerekes

    Club Med Ixtapa is just glorious, and being there with a group of food bloggers would be even more fun!

    • Michael Procopio

    I don’t think I could stand the pressure if I were chosen to be in charge of making the s’mores. But I’m game.

    Is special headgear required for attendance?

    • PS

    Of COURSE I’d love to win! How exciting!

    • Risamay

    I wish I were a food blogger, but I can’t even front. I just love to eat. And I don’t blog about it.

    • Meg Dexter

    Ohhh it’s been a decade since I’ve been to Mexico. I think it’s time to go back again! Pick me! Pick me!

    • Morgan

    My birthday is that week. I think I should win by default.

    • anna

    Sign me up!

    • Noshzilla Kat

    My only question is…..will there be chocolate? A girl’s gotta have her priorities

    • Candice Lin

    I’m ready for Club Med!

    • Mar

    I’m joining in. I lost my job yesterday, so I definitely deserve a holiday. And wouldn’t it be exotic if you had a Catalan food blogger on the trip?

    • Suzanne DiBella-Olson

    So exciting! My birthday is the 18th…I will gladly accept this free trip as my gift.

    • Gloria Webber

    Wow, holy comments! But I should have expected that from this fantastic contest… Pick me, pick me! ;)

    • Betty

    ME,ME…pick me……please!!

    • Jenn G.

    Food blogging conference in the sun…so close to my birthday? Sign me up!

    • Lorelei

    Looks like a great informative vacation!

    • Livia

    Oh! Please! Pretty please!

    I looked at it and saw how delightful the program looked – and what a good discount had been negotiated. I briefly considered giving up on the stress of buying a house and just put the money I had saved toward a down payment to this trip, instead – because it would be a lot more relaxing – but then common sense ruled again. But winning it? Well, that would be perfect.

    And maybe I’ll even learn how to make my blog look that little bit more presentable out in company. :)

    • chiquita

    I’ve never been to Mexico. this would be fabulous.

    • Carla

    What an amazing event. I would love to see you there!

    • Elizabeth

    Would love to go!

    • pelin

    is it possible..

    • Anna G

    Enter me please!

    • Rose

    Yes, please! I’d love to go!

    • mei

    Please, pick me, please!!

    • Terry Mtz

    I’d never turn down an opportunity to win such a great trip–especially if you’ll be there, David! :D

    • Jamie

    I would love to go!

    • Nancy

    I think this trip has my name written on it!

    • Amy Iacopi

    Who doesn’t love winning?!

    • Tiffany

    I’d love to win, but who wouldn’t? Keeping my fingers crossed.

    • Cari Sanchez

    Mexico – en enero??!! si si si!! What an awesome opportunity, thanks for pulling this together guys.

    • Jessie

    If I don’t win, and I start writing only about eating in, I wonder if I’ll be able to save enough money to buy a spot on the trip…

    • Lacey Bediz

    ohh— seafood, Mexico, food bloggers= heaven!

    • Kate

    Oh please pick me! It sounds wonderful and just the thing I need to get off my derriere and get writing (and not just eating and drinking)- I promise that I will be a positive asset to the group, never a bore and i LOVE CAMP!

    • Alta

    Oooh, how freaking amazing!

    • mktaylor

    Who wouldn’t love a free trip to the beach?

    • Judith

    Wow, awesome! I never say no to a free trip ;-)

    • Jim Kennedy

    My wife would be so surprised that I gave her the spot.

    • Christine VB

    Yay! Thanks so much for this fun contest. Let’s see what happens now, ‘eh?

    • Gina Kahle

    please may i win. i really NEED to win.:)

    • Kamran Siddiqi

    WOW! Do you know what I would do to go? Anything. Kind of. But I would seriously love, love, love to meet the people that I idol. I am just a newbie at food blogging and at photography, but just learning from others is a great experience in itself. I’ll cross my fingers.

    • Meghan

    Sounds fantastic!

    • Jen

    Really? Famous food bloggers? Club Med? Are there people who wouldn’t want to go on this trip?

    • julia

    PICK ME!!!

    • Debi (Table Talk)

    My answers to your questions (in order) are:
    Yes!
    Yes!
    Yes!

    • Garrett

    Yup, I’ll sign up for the drawing, along with half the internet. I like those odds. ;)

    • cathy

    Love your blog, Love your style, Love to be there.

    • Scott Heimendinger

    This would be a dream come true! I’ll even bring honorary geek glasses for all the speakers :-)

    • Cris

    I’d just love to meet my favorite bloggers – the free trip to the beach would just be gravy!

    • Rebecca (Foodie With Family)

    Oh yes. Please DO sign me up for the contest. I would love to be the one who wins this one!

    • Rachel

    Oooh, I would so love to go.

    • Laurel

    Leave the Pacific Northwest and go to Mexico for a week in January? And talk and think about food for the whole week? Oh yes. Definitely.

    • Stephanie S.

    Oh gee, a free vacation. I don’t think I’m going to enter this one.

    Just kidding. ;) Just followed the Twitter account, too. Hopefully I’ll see you there!

    • Helen Johnson

    Wow, this sounds like the most amazing trip!

    • Horshack

    Oooh, oooh, ooh, ooh, ooooh!

    • kathleen dolan

    I’d love to come along!

    • Ellen

    I have the cutest bikini!!!

    • Paula from QuiteCurious

    I would love to go!

    • Anya K

    Hmmm, a week on the beach in January. Not quite like a week in Paris in the rain. I wonder if Mercury will be in retrograde again??

    • Eric Brown

    Thanks for the opportunity. Really cool contest. Wish I was in Paris!

    • Libby

    This looks like a terrific conference, a great lineup of writers in a wonderful location at the perfect time of year (when everyone needs a little sunshine). As a regional food blogger, covering restaurants in my little town, and hoping to expand and grow as the restaurants here get better and better (as the vineyards grow, so comes the cuisine), I’d love to win and learn. Which I obviously need from that huge run-on sentence wouldn’t you say? Give me a chance and I promise I won’t spend every single day sipping mai tais by the pool, but will actually GO to the conference, lol!

    • jule

    hm, i wonder, how many comments is this post getting. ;)
    i’m leaving a comment just in case – i’m not really 21 yet but will be when the trip takes places. but i know i’d slam my head at the wall if i didn’t at least try entering.

    • Imogen

    This sounds like an absolute dream!

    • Diane W

    Sounds like a great time

    • Ronnie

    Camp was never like this when I was growing up. I’d love to go!

    • Sergio B

    Crossing my fingers!

    • Marsha

    I hope I win. I really want to participate in this camp!

    • kathleen

    oooh exciting! can’t afford the $999 but would love love love to go!

    • Monica

    Vamos a Mexico… !

    • Kirstin Johnson

    I want to win! Please, please, please!!

    • Tina F.

    OOOH, PICK ME, PICK ME!!!!!!

    • Brett

    Sounds awesome!

    • Annie

    What an amazing opportunity this is! I’m so new to this game, it would be a wonderful chance to learn so much!

    • Yvonne

    Wow! I remember your posts from last year. I would be great to be there!

    • Abby

    Sign me up!

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