If you’ve read any of my previous posts about BlogHer 2009, you know that I’d like more awesomeness, less absurdness, tasteful implementation of blogger and sponsor relations, and more opportunity to convene with my women of color blogger peeps (please hold the Oriental salad). This final BlogHer 2009 post (rather belatedly) addresses future programming.

For context: I’ve . . . → Read More: Belated Epilogue: Programming for BlogHer 2010

Between work, the flurry of recent travel and events, and the general demands of parenting and life, I’ve been feeling a tad undone lately — cascading piles of paper everywhere, the relentless tide of e-mails, creative projects left hanging, and a house that feels untidy pretty much all of the time. I can’t identify the turning . . . → Read More: Grateful

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

I’m so very excited to attend my first “big” BlogHer next week, but I must admit that I’ve felt increasingly disheartened to see the frequency with which the word “stress” has been paired with the meeting. And a lot of the stress seems to stem from adolescent roots.

For most of us, adolescence involved a considerable amount . . . → Read More: Shedding the Adolescent Baggage at BlogHer