{"id":6361,"date":"2014-06-09T00:13:20","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T07:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/blog\/?p=6361"},"modified":"2014-06-09T00:13:20","modified_gmt":"2014-06-09T07:13:20","slug":"sunset-celebration-weekend-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/2014\/06\/sunset-celebration-weekend-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunset Celebration Weekend 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend (31 May &#8211; 1 Jun) I had the honor and privilege to be a featured presenter on carnivorous plants\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunset.com\/marketplace\/celebration-weekend-2014-featured-presenters\/view-all\" target=\"_blank\">Sunset Magazine&#8217;s Celebration Weekend 2014<\/a>. It was a\u00a0fabulous weekend filled with botanical nerd-a-riffic-ness. I enjoyed meeting <em>so many<\/em> awesome people &#8212; from some of you wonderful individuals who I connect with on this blog and social media, to those\u00a0that I met that weekend that had no idea such plants existed.\u00a0Thank you to my family and friends &#8211; it was great to see so many of you come out that weekend. Your support means so much to me. Huge thanks to Mike Wang, the librarian of Sarracenia species! Right on\u00a0for coming thru, bro! To my wife Dahlia and boys Josiah and Lucas\u00a0&#8211; thank you for putting up with the plant madness through all of these years. I could not be doing what I am doing if were it not for your constant love and motivation. (&#8230;And extreme patience&#8230;) I also\u00a0wanted to express my sincere gratitude to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunset.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sunset Magazine<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/jojosilver\" target=\"_blank\">Johanna Silver<\/a> &#8211; thank you so much for this opportunity and for doing what you do. Y&#8217;all rock.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><object width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&#038;lang=en-us&#038;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Frco911%2Fsets%2F72157644670055127%2Fshow%2F&#038;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Frco911%2Fsets%2F72157644670055127%2F&#038;set_id=72157644670055127&#038;jump_to=\"><\/param><param name=\"movie\" value=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=143270\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=143270\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"offsite=true&#038;lang=en-us&#038;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Frco911%2Fsets%2F72157644670055127%2Fshow%2F&#038;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Frco911%2Fsets%2F72157644670055127%2F&#038;set_id=72157644670055127&#038;jump_to=\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2921\/14378239304_b7dbf4d07e_z.jpg\" alt=\"The Pitcher Plant Project - Sunset CW\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Dahlia and I checking out the venue and setting up the day before.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2910\/14377745502_2218c51407_z.jpg\" alt=\"The Pitcher Plant Project - Sunset CW\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><br \/>\nGetting the day started right. Sarracenia powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philzcoffee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Philz<\/span><\/a>. (Thanks Nikki!)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2904\/14356060546_c8920d756c_z.jpg\" alt=\"The Pitcher Plant Project - Sunset CW\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Chef Fabio Viviani, the plants and I are hungry for some of your cooking!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5545\/14378185884_dc4a0fcd74_z.jpg\" alt=\"The Pitcher Plant Project - Sunset CW\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> With Peggy Northrop, Sunset Magazine Editor in Chief<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3843\/14192539299_85965eb763_z.jpg\" alt=\"The Pitcher Plant Project - Sunset CW\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Talkin&#8217; carnivores &#8211; diving into the dark side of gardening&#8230;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2910\/14356084956_d845ec38a8_z.jpg\" alt=\"The Pitcher Plant Project - Sunset CW\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Don&#8217;t. Poke. The. Traps.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3881\/14379164995_826650e38e_z.jpg\" alt=\"The Pitcher Plant Project - Sunset CW\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Sunset Garden Stage Carnivorous Plant Talk Selfie with Jojo Silver<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3866\/14377731422_7d6441b200_z.jpg\" alt=\"The Pitcher Plant Project - Sunset CW\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" \/><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> I couldn&#8217;t be doing what I&#8217;m doing if it were not for their love.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2931\/14378181134_7ba7d4dc8c_z.jpg\" alt=\"The Pitcher Plant Project - Sunset CW\" width=\"537\" height=\"716\" \/><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Ice cream after a great weekend. And photobombs.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend (31 May &#8211; 1 Jun) I had the honor and privilege to be a featured presenter on carnivorous plants\u00a0at\u00a0Sunset Magazine&#8217;s Celebration Weekend 2014. It was a\u00a0fabulous weekend filled with botanical nerd-a-riffic-ness. 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