Today I'm inwards the kitchen baking ... amongst the soundtrack to "Dirty Dancing" playing inwards the background. Want to know why I'm listening to "Dirty Dancing" music? {Other than because it's totally awesome music, that is.} Well, I precisely got dorsum from a weekend at Mountain Lake Lodge inwards Virginia, which precisely in addition to hence happens to live the guild at which much of "Dirty Dancing" was filmed. Cool!
So yeh, I kinda yet receive got "Dirty Dancing" on the brain.
I was inwards high schoolhouse when the flick came out in addition to I straightaway savage inwards dearest amongst it. I mean, what teenage high schoolhouse daughter of the 80's didn't autumn inwards dearest amongst the star-crossed lovers' storey of Baby in addition to Johnny??
Want to meet around pictures I took piece I was there? 'Cause I'll live to a greater extent than than happy to present them to ya!
It was in addition to hence fun to meet dissimilar places on the lodge's grounds that were used inwards filming "Dirty Dancing" scenes.
Here's the principal guild edifice ... that served every bit the principal edifice of Kellerman's, the resort at which Baby's describe of piece of occupation solid unit of measurement vacationed inwards the flick ...
When I arrived at the Lodge ... which is at the terminate of a long in addition to winding {very winding} route at the real tippy laissez passer on of a mount ... I was greeted yesteryear trees dusted amongst snowfall in addition to a real lite snowfall falling. This was a bizarre surprise, because fifty-fifty precisely 500 yards downwards the route from the lodge, it wasn't snowing. The snowfall was solely falling correct in that location at the real laissez passer on of the mountain!
Now, I wasn't in addition to hence thrilled close the snowy greeting. See, fifty-fifty though I grew upward inwards Vermont, I'm genuinely non a fan of the white fluffy stuff. Fortunately, it was precisely a lite dusting that melted away pretty quickly.
Here's "Baby's cabin" ... the cabin at Mountain Lake Lodge where Baby's describe of piece of occupation solid unit of measurement stayed ...
And desire to know something totally crazy?
That lake inwards the movie? That looks close similar this?
I dearest beingness able to tell I've watched "Dirty Dancing" genuinely AT the identify much of it was filmed! So fun ...
As much every bit it sounds similar I was, I wasn't at Mountain Lake Lodge precisely to pay homage to my all-time favorite movie. Nope.
I was genuinely in that location to attend the nutrient bloggers' conference, Mixed. And it was a blast! I learned a ton of novel blogging stuff, met upward alive amongst several nutrient bloggers I'd previously solely 'met' online, met around novel amazing folks, ate a lot of yummy nutrient {it was a nutrient bloggers' conference, afterwards all}, in addition to fifty-fifty got around fabulous goodies to receive got abode amongst me.
I had the wonderful pleasance of hanging out amongst these amazing bloggers ...
Back row: Emily of It Bakes Me Happy, Me, in addition to Janine of Janine's Rustic Kitchen
Front Row: Liz of Floating Kitchen, Zainab of Blahnik Baker, Carrie of Frugal Foodie Mama, in addition to Erin of Delightful due east Made
I had the pleasance of whipping upward a few cute petty jars of yummy-smelling saccharide scrubs, compliments of Dixie Crystals Sugar ...
I never knew saccharide scrubs were in addition to hence slow to make. I had these whipped upward inwards v minutes flat. Of course, the Dixie Crystals folks had all the ingredients gear upward for me ... but yet ... they're easy. I swear.
You tin discovery lots of dissimilar sugar scrub recipes on Dixie Crystals' website ... I made Mexican Hot Chocolate in addition to Lemon Rosemary. They odour adept plenty to eat!
And I had the pleasance of taking abode this chocolate-lover's-dream-of-a-gift-basket I won from Hershey's ...
Score!
Seriously, when I opened upward in addition to unpacked the handbasket 1 time I got home, the chocolate treats precisely kept coming in addition to coming in addition to coming. I'm stocked upward on my chocolate provide for a while. Thank you, give thank you lot you, give thank you lot you, Hershey's!
As you lot tin see, I loved every infinitesimal of my weekend at the "Dirty Dancing" lodge. Complete amongst lots of references to carrying watermelons ... or sitting inwards corners. Some could fifty-fifty tell I had the fourth dimension of my life!
Okay, in addition to hence perhaps non the fourth dimension of my life, but it was indeed lots of fun!
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