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The Great Fundraising Act

July 23, 2011 in Uncategorized by traveleatlove | 2 comments

A few weeks ago, I received an email from the lovely Janetha about another blogger, Susan, who I learned was recently diagnosed with lymphoma. The email was about an auction to raise money to help Susan out with her many medical costs. Within a few minutes, the healthy living and food blogging communities were involved/ Dozens of emails were exchanged, and we all set out to acquire auction items. Unfortunately none of the brands I reached out to responded. . . which makes me a little annoyed. As someone who does PR/ blogger outreach for part of my living, I would hope I would at least respond to such requests. But, that’s neither here nor there because the brands who did jump in to help are amazing.

Details about the auction, The Great Fundraising Act (which is tomorrow!) are below. Check it out, spread the word, and help a great blogger out! Many thanks to Janetha for all of her hard work coordinating/organizing/hosting the event, and even more well wishes to Susan!

The below is taken from Janetha’s site, where the auction will be kicking off on Monday.

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The Great Fundraising Act starts on Monday at 8 AM EST.

I thought you would all like to get a good look at what you will be able to bid on!

These links are the actual pages where you will do the bidding. The comments are closed NOW, but they will be OPEN on auction day and you can bid right there on the page!

Bookmark any and all item pages that you are interested in bidding on for easy access come Monday!!

All bids start at $10 USD unless otherwise noted and go up in whole dollar increments (ie: no decimals). For more details regarding the auction, see the official rules below.

For a somewhat current list of bids on auction day, visit the home page. This list will be updated hourly. To get an exact amount of a current bid, click on the item and check the comments section.

Click on a category below to see listings.  There is a complete list of items below, too.

Complete List of Items:

(if you are too lazy to click through the categories above :)

Some items are listed twice if they fall into two categories.

Blogger Baked Goods:

Baskets & Bundles:

Food & Beverage:

Fitness Related:

Books:

Travel & Entertainment:

Beauty Products:

Clothing & Accessories:

Gift Cards/Certificates:

Kitchen Related:

For The Home:

Online Services:

Official Auction Rules, Logistics & Whatnot.

  • Auction Date & Time: Bidding opens Monday, July 25, 2011 at 8 AM EST and individual item closing times will be staggered throughout the day. MAKE NOTE OF EACH ITEM’S CLOSING TIME! It will be noted within each individual listing. The staggered closing times has been implemented to prevent a site crash!
  • Payment Methods: Paypal is the only method of payment accepted. If you don’t have a Paypal account, you can pay through the Paypal donation page which allows you to use any major credit/debit card.
  • Starting Bids: Bidding on all items starts at $10 USD unless otherwise noted.
  • Bidding Increments: Bids go up in whole dollar increments. For example, you could bid $1 or $10 higher than the previous bidder, but not $1.50 higher.
  • Bidding Procedure: Bids are to be submitted via comment on item page. Click the category above OR on the sidebar to the right, OR click on the item from the home page. It is your responsibility to see what the current high bid is!! You must bid at least $1 above the current high bid. A valid name & email address are required when leaving a comment bid.
  • Winners: If you are the winning bidder, you will be notified within 24 hours of the auction ending. The notification will include payment instructions.
  • Making Payment: Winning bidders must make payment and send their mailing address to me within 72 hours of the auction ending. If payment is not made, winner forfeits item and the next highest bidder is awarded item. Once payment is made and shipping address is received, winning bidders will receive contact information of individual in charge of shipping their item.
  • Shipping Information: Items that require shipping will be shipped within one week of payment/submission of address (unless otherwise noted). SELLER will cover shipping costs!
  • Items That Don’t Require Shipping: If your item is an online service or online gift card, once payment for your item is received, you will get an email with all the information you need to retrieve your item.

Tags: bloggers, events, health

Grill It

April 29, 2011 in Food, wine by traveleatlove | 8 comments

Happy wedding day to William and Kate! I can’t wait to check out all of the royal wedding fashion, food, and wine recaps! While the happy couple will never read this, I wish them all of the happiness in the world. I hope the British monarchy doesn’t do to Kate what they did to poor Diana.

If you aren’t William or Kate, I wish you a Happy Friday! Are you ready for the weekend and what looks like a lovely day? What are your weekend plans?

I am hoping to schedule my work day around some time outside, and then I will be getting ready for my nephew’s christening weekend. He has changed a LOT since that post!

As Healthy Recipe Week moves along, I have been doing a very good job of both creating healthy meals and getting myself moving every day. I am happy to report that a pair of pants that was quite snug a few weeks ago is fitting again, and I am overall feeling much more energetic and happier, except for the fact that I have been having horrible nights of sleeplessness. What is up with this humidity?!

Anyway, with the weather getting warmer, I was in the mood for some indoor grilling this week, and what is better grilled than asparagus and salmon?

asparagus

I thawed a bag of frozen asparagus overnight and blotted them off to make sure they grilled nicely.

For flavoring, I cut up a few of the oranges I bought at Trader Joe’s. You can’t tell from this photo, but they are really pink inside, so pretty!

pink oranges

To get cooking, I rubbed a little bit of blood orange olive oil on a salmon filet and started cooking it skin side up on my indoor grill pan.

grilled salmon

After a few minutes, I added the orange halves, face down, next to the salmon and the asparagus to the back of the pan. When the oranges were getting lightly browned, I squeezed two orange halves over the salmon and asparagus.

orange and salmon

The salmon was cooked perfectly with lovely grill marks. I served the salmon and asparagus with additional grilled orange halves, discovering that eating grilled oranges is one of the best things ever. The orange pulp was warm and juicy and easily came out of the skin because it had been heated. Give it a try!

We ate this meal with a glass of my favorite white wine, Sheldon La Naris, proving once again that wine is indeed part of a healthy get-in-shape plan Smile

This was such a fresh and flavorful meal that I felt really good about eating. Hooray for brightly colored food all grilled up together!

What are your favorite things to grill?

Tags: asparagus, grilling, health, Healthy Recipe Week, oranges, recipes, salmon

Healthy Recipe Week

April 22, 2011 in Uncategorized by traveleatlove | 10 comments

It’s coming! Will you join me? After weeks of struggling with getting myself back to healthy and not being very successful, I am declaring this week Healthy Recipe Week, and I want your help!

This coming week is light on blogger events, which means I will be home and cooking, something I need to be doing more of. After this crazy winter and lots of recent wining and dining, my clothes don’t fit well, or at all, I feel unhealthy and tired, and I can’t even get myself to exercise. I want your favorite healthy recipes. Starting on Tuesday, I am going to feature blogger and reader recipes (as long as people are interested in participating!) at least once a day. Participating is simple: just send me an email with your recipe and a photo or two. If you have a blog, I will link back. I am hoping being inundated with your favorite ways to eat healthy will inspire me a little!

If you don’t have a favorite healthy recipe, I would also be happy to post your best tips on staying healthy. It doesn’t have to be long or involved, and the recipe can definitely be something you have posted before.

Tags: health, healthy recipes

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