Paleo FX Convention Review 2014

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When we were getting ready to travel to the 2014 Paleo FX convention this year I was so excited (partly so I could write this review). I had to go shopping since pj’s were not an option anymore. My husband had never been to a Paleo convention (just the Low Carb Cruise in 2012) so I was hoping he would have fun and enjoy the educational talks too.

Honesty this whole experience was a blur. Usually I would go to learn but since we were doing a cooking demo and promoting our new book all I could really think about was that. I met a bunch of amazing people and had lots of good conversations but I could only sit down long enough to go to a few talks.

Mostly we stayed on the vendor floor talking to friends and making new ones. We ate lots of snacks including Epic Bars and even cricket bars from Exo. Our Demo went great and we were so excited to get to cook in front of an audience. I gave nutrition advice about the food while my husband Grass Fed Chef gave instructions about the method.

It was a wonderful venue and perfect weather. I was glad it was not hot yet becasue this SF girl can’t take the heat (or cold anymore). The event seemed very organized and everything was on time. When we did our cooking demo everything went off without a hitch. I was amazed how they could have all that food ready to go. Hats off to the organizers!

Here we are, ready for take off.

First stop, a paleo book signing of course! Nom Nom Paleo – Food for Humans , The Clothes Makes the Girl – Well Fed 2, Rubies and Radishes – The Paleo Foodie Cookbook and Diana Rogers author of Paleo Lunches and Breakfasts on the Go

Day 1 of Paleo Fx. Hanging out with Stacy and Matt of Paleo Parents

Here I am with Mickey Trescott of Autoimmune Paleo

Always having a blast with Jimmy of Living La Vida Low Carb

Steph of Stupid Easy Paleo

Grass Fed Chef and Charissa who is the Balanced Bites Ops Manager and all around cool chick. You can find her on instagram at NoCookPaleo

My blogger besties who I have been talking to for a year on facebook and just finally met: Karen of Holistically Engineered and Carol of Ditch the Wheat

I finally got to meet Julie of PaleOMG

The dynamic duo behind Petes Paleo, Sarah and Chef Pete.

Our friends Hayley and Bill of Primal Palate

Then my buddy Arsy of Rubies and Radishes came over to join the fun with Bill and Hayley of Primal Palate and Diane of Balanced Bites

We got a picture with out favorite Greek Tony Kasindrinos who sells the best olive oil from his family’s farm. Also Erica Spagnola was a sweetheart.

Epic paleo treats from The Granilla Bar which taste just like Quaker oatmeal bars.

My essential oil buds Healthy Living How To and Home Made Mommy

Vanessa and her husband Tom from Thorne FX

My friend Susan from SF and the Bulletproof Executive Team

My friend Josh of Slim Palate doing a cooking demo

Grass Fed Chef talking shop with Mary the Paleo Chef and Mel from The Clothes Make the Girl

Later that night we went to the speakers dinner which was held at a tiny urban farm that was so cute right in the middle of Austin! Springdale farm

I sat at the table with Zen Belly, Rubies and Radishes, Autoimmune Paleo

We could not stop hamming it up for the camera.

I got to see my buddy Dr. Lauren Noel and meet her new boyfriend Kyle Maynard who is a motivational speaker.

After seeing her on instagram for forever I finally got to meet Mary the Paleo Chef

During our Our cooking demo. We cooked up our Easy Paleo Falafel from our new book out Oct 2013

We gave out these awesome cards with a recipe for our fig and ginger tajine on it from our book.

Two of the sweetest ladies in Paleo: Spunky Coconut, myself and Brittany Angell

I got a pic with my buds Sylvie Mckracken from Hollywood Homestead and Emily Bartlett from Holistic Squid.

Savory Lotus, Me, Dr. Justin Marchegiani, and Karen and Carol after Dr. Justin’s talk on thyroid/adrenals.

It had been so long since I had been able to see Vanessa of Healthy Living How To

I got to meet Tammy Credicott from the Healthy Gluten Free Life and we bonded

I saw a panel moderated by Abel James about the state of Paleo with Robb Wolf and Mark Sisson. It was kind of tongue in cheek but a good round up of the current place of the movement. It was good to see some of dogma get put aside.

Ditch the Wheat, Healthy Living How To, Holistically Engineered

Stacy of Paleo Parents and Danielle of Against All Grain (who is expecting a Paleo baby) were so sweet to host a blogger brunch at their Airbnb house across the street from the Palmer, I got to try Tessa Mae salad dressing on Sarah of The Paleo Mom‘s Kale salad.

This is what a paleo blogger brunch looks like: organic egg frittatta, kale, berries, pastured beef salami and rillette, with caviar and nut crackers! I actually made that frittatta in my hotel room efficiency kitchen, lol.

my adorable husband Grass Fed Chef telling us whats up with Paleo

Fun hanging out with the Urban Poser and her husband Ben minus the infamous #coffeewithben

Later that day my husband and I played hookie from Paleo fx to visit the Barton Spring

Later we went back to for a speaker panel. This one was about carbs and exercise, I think and it had Ben Greenfield.

This panel was about paleo for women and it had Dr. Lo, Dr Deborah Gordon, Step from Paleo for Women and Diane Sanfillippo

Later than night Carol, me, Steph from Stupid Easy Paleo and Vanessa were eating at the Salty Sow.

Liver pate and salmon rillette, epic nutrient dense dinner at Salty Sow in Austin.

After a paleo-filled weekend at paleo fx I went home with my friend Diane to get started on photographing Mediterranean Paleo Cooking which comes out this Fall! Check out sneak peeks on my instagram feed. Here she is with her Fiance Dr. Scott Mills at the airport.