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Visit South Walton #BlognBeachRetreat was a weekend blogging retreat at the beautiful Watercolor Inn & Resort on the white sand beaches of Florida.

Visit South Walton #BlognBeachRetreat was a weekend blogging retreat at the beautiful Watercolor Inn & Resort on the white sand beaches of Florida.

My family and I visit Florida every year, but this is the first time I’ve been without my husband and kids since I’ve had a husband and kids! This trip was for a #BlognBeachRetreat with other bloggers. It was the first time I’ve been on a blogging retreat. Let me just say, any follow-up retreats have big shoes to fill! This retreat was not only fun, but I learned a lot of valuable information.

What do 10 bloggers do on a #BlognBeachRetreat? Glad you asked. We eat and talk about blogging. And then we eat and talk about blogging. Seriously. And that’s a good thing because that’s two of my favorite things!

Blogging Beach Retreat attendeesPhoto courtesy of Ashley from Spoonful of Flavor

Ten ladies attended the event. Ashley from Spoonful of Flavor organized the retreat. Also joining in on the fun was Amanda from HeartBeet Kitchen, Beth from BethCakes, Christin from Spicy Southern Kitchen, Danae from Recipe Runner, Justine from Cooking and Beer, Kita from Pass the Sushi and Girl Carnivore, Lindsay from Life, Love and Sugar, and Liz from Floating Kitchen.

Visit South Walton #BlognBeachRetreat WaterColor Inn & Resort

We stayed at the oh-so-beautiful Watercolor Inn & Resort located on the famous #30a highway. Watercolor Inn & Resort is part of the St Joe Club & Resort family. It’s a planned resort community with hiking and biking trails, paddle boarding, swimming, and many more activities. You can fill your day with activities or lie on the beautiful beach and do nothing at all!

Vermillion Way Home Watercolor Inn & ResortPhoto courtesy of Ashley from Spoonful of Flavor

Most people think of Watercolor Inn & Resort as a family vacation destination. It’s absolutely perfect for this with kid-friendly activities and restaurants. However, also consider it a great place for business meetings and retreats. The beautiful houses are spacious enough to accommodate a crowd with plenty of large common places for meetings. Any of the activities mentioned above would be great team building activities for business groups.

Within biking distance of Watercolor Inn & Resort are retail shops and restaurants.

We were fortunate to have these brands sponsor our retreat.

  1. St Joe Club & Resorts and WaterColor Inn & Resort
  2. Naturipe Farms
  3. organicgirl
  4. Cozyna
  5. Blue Giraffe 30A
  6. Goo Goo® Clusters
  7. Hail Merry®
  8. The Highland Gardener
  9. KitchenAid®
  10. Lyla Grace Design
  11. The Perfect Pig
  12. Rosali Tea
  13. Round Pond Estate
  14. SignatureCatering of 30a
  15. Visit South Walton
  16. South Walton Leather & Pearls
  17. Stitch Fix
  18. Stonyfield Organic
  19. Teak & Twine

Watercolor Inn & Resort South Walton, FL Blognbeachretreat Monogrammed bag pictured above by Lyla Grace Design.

StitchfixStitch Fix

Teak and TwineCollection of 30a gifts from Teak & Twine

Goo Goo ClusterGooGoo Cluster

CozynaCozyna has seriously great products! Check them out!

Additionally, The Highland Gardener outfitted the two houses we occupied with beautiful fresh pink flowers.

Thursday after everyone arrived, we were treated to a tasting menu created by Signature Catering of 30A. The flavors with highlighted by Round Pond Estate wines. Every dish was amazing! If you’re entertaining and have people from various backgrounds that don’t know each other, a tasting menu is a great way to ‘break the ice’ and get everyone talking. Food brings people together. Oh, and wine…. wine really gets people talking!

Catering of 30a tasting menu

 

After a yoga session to start our Friday, Stonyfield Organic, Naturipe Farms, and KitchenAid® provided a plethora of ingredients for our breakfasts smoothies.

Stonyfield #blognbeachretreat

We made the smoothies with KitchenAid® blenders then everyone received a bright pink one to take home! Isn’t it pretty?

smoothie bar at Blogging Beach Retreat

After a workshop on working with brands, we dined at Sunset Bay Cafe Sandestin, hosted by Visit South Walton, for lunch.

Sunset Bay brunch #blognbeachretreat

Paddleboarding, beach walks, and bike rides filled our afternoon. For dinner, we braved the unseasonally cold weather for a walking tour of Seaside where we visited various street vendors and restaurants.

Seaside street market tastingBaked oysters and royal red shrimp from Shrimp Shack

45 Central Wine Bar at Seaside, FlWine and cheese at Forty-five Central

Saturday, we started the day at The Perfect Pig for breakfast. I could eat at The Perfect Pig every day for the rest of my life! The chefs hand cut the bacon every day. It was s-e-r-i-o-u-s-l-y good! Every item on the menu sounded good. I highly recommend the brown sugar bacon, the cheese grits, and the breakfast grilled cheese sandwich. After seeing my photos and hearing me talk about it, my boys have declared The Perfect Pig will be the first place we visit next summer!

The Perfect Pig also has cookies and cupcakes available along with gift items and local memorabilia.

The Perfect Pig

We attempted to walk off the bacon calories at the Seaside Farmer’s Market and local shops like Blue Giraffe 30a before heading back ‘home’ for another blogging workshop. This workshop was on monetizing our sites, after all for many of us, this is our full time job.

Blue Giraffe 30a

Organicgirl provided out lunch of flavorful fresh greens. We enjoyed roasted vegetables and shrimp that we picked up locally along with the greens.

organicgirl salad blends #blognbeachretreat

Another workshop regarding the future of blogging wrapped up our blog talks. The very talented Kita, then made personal photos of us before we set off for dinner at Fish Out of Water.

view from Fish Out of WaterView from deck at Fish Out of Water

pool view Fish Out of WaterView of adult pool (no kids allowed!) from Fish Out of Water

Fish Out of Water was the perfect ending to a perfect weekend! Fish Out of Water is located in the Watercolor Inn with inside and outside seating overlooking the beautiful emerald Gulf. They are an award winning restaurant that prides itself in sourcing the finest local foods. The chefs prepare and present the cuisine in interesting and unique ways with all except a couple entrées being gluten free.

Do you have a crowd to accommodate? Not a problem, reserve the private dining room which also happens to be the wine room! You’ll have a great view of the Gulf as well as the impressive wine inventory. The wine selection is unparalleled in the area!

Fish out of Water tasting menu

Chef Todd Rogers created a special eclectic tasting menu especially for us. I tried octopus as part of a four item appetizer menu. Also presented were crab cakes, pork belly, and deviled eggs.

As a three item entrée menu, we enjoyed two different fish items and beef ribeye.

Of course, you know how I love desserts. The trio was my favorite of the night. We had a key lime souffle, banana cream cheesecake, and gluten free chocolate cake.

That wraps up my first work retreat. I had a wonderful time meeting and getting to know so many other fabulous bloggers. It’s great  to connect with others that completely understand your job. We had an adventurous time in the exquisite homes of Watercolor Inn & Resort in South Walton. I urge you to consider this location for your next family vacation or work retreat!

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  1. Liz @ Floating Kitchen says

    10.30.15 at 2:47 pm

    All your food photos are making me want to go straight back to Florida and do it all over again! It was all amazing! So great meeting you, Paula. Hopefully we get to do it again soon!

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