Orange County Bloggers I’m crushing on you

"A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men."

Gene Wilder

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Are you a blogger? Do you live in Orange County? Has your family banned phrases like "If you read my blog, you wouldn't have asked me that" or "I'm so blogging this" from leaving your lips? Do you take pictures of your dinner? When you start to talk about your blog does your best friend (IRL) start to dig around aimlessly in her purse? Are you up late at night writing your insights on '80s music or the redeeming value of Target?

I've got the group for you.

BlogCrush is a group I created for all OC Bloggers. We meet-up once a month in a safe environment where we can talk freely about page views, Flickr, BlogHer ads, and the wonder of Twitter without the fear of non-bloggers roller their eyes at us or threatening to never comment again.

Last month we got together on a warm weekday night at the Veggie Grill at the Irvine Spectrum. It was great to meet blogger who I have been reading, some of them, for years. I gave each and every one of them a hug and it wasn't weird at all (for me) because I felt like I knew them–they were my friends.

It was a little bit of nonsense on a Wednesday night. It was eating sweet potato fries and drinking fruit tea. It was a bunch of people who had a common passion sharing it with others. It was awesome.

If you are an OC Blogger, please head over to BlogCrush's Facebook page and join us or if you're not on Facebook (gasp!) you can email me at suzbroughton@yahoo.com and I'll keep you in the loop for the next meet-up.

Our hope is that we can grow a strong, loyal, and supportive blogging community in Orange County that's way better than any group in Los Angles that will inspire and enrich our county. Really.

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These are the bloggers that pulled themselves away from their computers long enough to meet-up at The Veggie Grill: