On Wednesday night, I joined some of my Blends (Blogger + Friends) in Boulder for a Happy Hour hosted by GoodBelly! In case you don’t know Colorado geography (which I didn’t, until recently), I work south of the city & Boulder is north of the city. Although Denver traffic is not as bad as Atlanta traffic, it still meant a long ride in the car.
But hey, I was still smiling when I finally arrived into Boulder! Don’t worry, this was taken at a stoplight.
Lynne and I arrived at the Happy hour 2 hours after it started, but our hosts were very gracious and made us feel right at home. They took us straight to the GoodBelly mocktails that they prepared especially for the evening. Two had watermelon, which you might remember I hate. :) I stayed with the two non-watermelon “tainted” varieties: Mango-Ginger Green Tea and Pomegranate Blackberry Lemonade. Both were delicious and it was just plain fun to drink probiotic mocktails!
Please excuse the sub-par photos, I didn’t bring the good camera to Colorado.
It was great to get to meet & chat with a few Colorado bloggers I hadn’t met before (Holly and Rebekah) and a few friends from Blend (Kim, Lynne, and Lena). Plus the lovely GoodBelly ladies who were so fun and easy to talk to!
The Extravaganza part of the title is the swag bag! First up, a 12-day supply of GoodBelly to take the challenge. 8 servings were already in the lunch bag, with coupons for the additional 4 servings. I started the challenge immediately, so I’ll do a full product review after my 12 days is complete!
They also worked with other local Colorado businesses to fill up an awesome bag of goodies. The goodies included Cascadian Farm’s granola, bulumu granola, Earth Balance Coconut & Peanut Spread, Justin’s dark chocolate peanut butter cups & maple almond butter, Larabar Uber Bars, MMLocal High Desert Peppers, Celestial Sleepytime Kids & Sinus soother, and a Gaiam TV trial.
I learned a lot about the GoodBelly history and products, but I’ll save that for when I do my review of the product. I did want to share that I was impressed to learn that all their products are vegan, something that is always exciting to learn!
The event was a lot of fun and well worth the traffic-jammed drive to Boulder. Stay tuned for my feedback on the 12-day trial!
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Questions for you:
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Have you tried GoodBelly before?
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What would be the first treat you would try from the goody bag?
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I LOVE Good Belly! And since mocktails are all I can drink, I need to try to make some of those. :)
So cool you get to hang with the Denver Blends! Those girls we so much fun.
See you tomorrow!!! Yay!
Sounds like a blast, I am so excited for my first ever blogger meet up tomorrow!
So jealous… I miss my Blends!! :) I just got some Good Belly! I have heard great things about it!
What a cute idea w/ mocktails & all, sounds like fun! I’ve never tried GoodBelly, don’t know if they carry it down here in FL.
Never tried Good Belly before. Since I don’t drink alcohol, I’d appreciate a good mocktail any day!
I’m so bummed I missed this! I JUST found their product in our local market last week…tried it, loved it, bought 2 big jugs of the Tropical Greens and Mango :) When is your official “move” date, btw?
I’m just glad you and Lynne were able to make it up! It’s always a fun time with Blends. I hope you have safe flight today! Hard to believe that the next time I see you, you’ll be a local ;)
Cascadian Farm’s is in CO too? Yay for hanging out with Lynne. So glad she made it out to #FHBC12 to see her again. And I know we will meet up again one day too!
While I am not positive if CO calls my name – the whole land of trails and green and healthy entrepreneurs beckons my name!!
Fun! Can’t believe you don’t like watermelon though. Craziness! ;)
i’d definitely go for the justin’s chocolate cups first, then the granola, then the coconut pb spread – i love all 3!