As you may have noticed from the unusual frequency with which this blog has been updated this week, I’ve been mulling over BlogHer pretty much constantly since returning from the meeting – still feeling the highs of the awesomeness and the lows of the, well, really low behavior. And as I burned countless hours of work . . . → Read More: Bloggers & Sponsors: Co-Existing In Harmony

I love New York.

And it’s not just the Sex and the City imagery, bargain manicures, and mystery smells lining the busy streets. I’m just a girl who loves city living, and though I’m a Bostonian to the core, I’ve always wanted a taste of living in the big city next door. At least for a little . . . → Read More: BlogHer: Why I’ll Be Heading to NYC in 2010

Of all the BlogHer sessions I attended, the Women of Color and Marketing panel undoubtedly was the feistiest. No doubt this was due in part to spirited panelists Kelly, Heather, Karen, and Stefania, but there’s also the hot button nature of race and ethnicity discussions, plus the fact that niche marketing can be tricky. In a . . . → Read More: Marketing to Women of Color…and Why I Cringe When I See Oriental Salad on Menus

*Note: I’ve never been wild about the term mommy blogger, but I use it here given common convention.

I arrived home from BlogHer early this morning in a bleary eyed haze attributable to much more than my 4am wake up call and steady BlogHer “diet” of cocktails and finger foods.

This, my friends, apparently is the age of . . . → Read More: The Age of Mommy Blogger Discontent

As those who have been following my Shredhead journey may recall, for the last couple of months I have been mixing up Jillian’s Boost Metabolism and No More Trouble Zones with Angie Stewart and Elise Gulan’s ass kicking (hybrid) yoga. The Shredhead leaders have moved on to training for 5K’s and I must admit that I’ve . . . → Read More: Utterly Hopeless or Just Not Properly Prepared?

Pursuant to Bad Blogger Outreach: I (The Bad) and Bad Blogger Outreach: II (The Ugly), here is Part III…

III - The Unfathomably Absurd:

I have received various pitches to attempt to engage me in pay for play (for the record, I clearly state on my contact page that I do not engage in those practices), but . . . → Read More: Bad Blogger Outreach: III (The Unfathomably Absurd)

Pursuant to Bad Blogger Outreach: I (The Bad), here is Part II…

II - The Ugly:

I received an invite for a local event while I was in San Francisco; it wasn’t a terribly enticing pitch and I hadn’t yet replied before receiving the below follow up. I start here with the follow up thread since the amount . . . → Read More: Bad Blogger Outreach: II (The Ugly)