La Belle Bloggers

Dear Christine at Christine Cooks tagged me for a Beautiful Blogger Award. I am flattered to be among the others she tagged. Wow. Good company, many of them among the first people I met in the food blogosphere in 2006.

Christine was the first person to tag me online and I felt I had arrived as a blogger. Thanks, Christine!

I must reveal 7 things about myself and then tag some other deserving bloggers.

Here are the seven things you probably have not guessed:

I was once a political and legal reporter for a daily newspaper. Then I switched to food writing. Big difference. Much more fun.

I am now the CEO of a regional organization. I enjoy my job, but it means many 12-hour work days. And no time for cooking.

I am terribly shy, but I enjoy public speaking.

I once spent a day with a member of the president's cabinet, fishing on a river.

I have been inside a famous Congressman's bedroom but not for any unseemly reason.

I once interviewed a famous senator in a dark alley. I mean really dark. And scary.

I would like to own a Yorkie named Gaston.

Enough about me.

Here's the really hard part: I have met so many delightful bloggers. How to keep the list manageable?

Here's my list:

Mary from Breadchick

Toni from Daily Bread Journal

Julie at Noshtalgia

Andrea at Under a Blue Moon

Cyn at Farm Girl Cyn

Joy at Savvy City Farmer

You all feel like old friends by now, and I mean that in a good way. I know I have been missing in action a lot lately, but if I can ever explain the reason here, you will understand.

The photograph was taken five years ago in France.