The Flowers of the San Diego Zoo – can you identify them?

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While wondering through the San Diego Zoo, I was amazed to see the variety of unusual flowers that led the pathways, climbed the walls and just caught my attention. Though I live in California, these flowers are some that I have never seen before: These flowers are fascinating. And HUGE.  The first photo below shows the bloom, and the second … [Read more...]

BlogHer 2011 – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly!

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Another BlogHer has come and gone, and it is time for BlogHer 11 - the good, the bad and the ugly! The Good: I met some of my favorite reps!  Allie from Fanscape was so sweet and she made sure we met up! She is a doll and I so enjoyed talking to her at the recharging station.  Victoria Taylor (@Happysquid).  Who doesn't love her? I mean … [Read more...]

BlogHer ’11 – What to expect in California

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Since BlogHer is in my neck of the woods this year {or this coast, or whatever}, I thought I would write a post for those of you coming to California in August for BlogHer 11. For me, New York and the East Coast were a bit of a culture shock. Before I went to BlogHer in NYC, I spent a couple of days near Boston, with my friend Andrea and her … [Read more...]

BlogHer – Tips and Tricks I Learned

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BlogHer Tips I still have BlogHer posts coming - don't fret. I am waiting for my swag boxes to arrive so that I can do some posts, and I am just trying to compose in my head what to write about for the other posts. It is all kind of jumbled in my head, as BlogHer was pretty insane. But for this post, I thought I would tell you what I learned … [Read more...]

BlogHer 11 in San Diego? Here’s what you can expect (with photos!)

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If you are going to BlogHer 11 in San Diego, you are in for a treat!  I attended BlogHer 10 in New York last year, and I am super excited that it is on "my" coast this year.  Although I thoroughly enjoyed my trip to New York, the humidity got the better of me. My husband and I were in San Diego last week, and we stayed in the area around where … [Read more...]

I was a winner with Eggland’s Best at BlogHer!

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I have been so excited to post about this!  While wandering through the expo hall at BlogHer, I came across the Eggland's Best booth as well as a handsome little slot machine {if you know me, you know I have never met a slot machine I didn't love}.  They suggested play the slot machine.  Sure, why not?  Well my excitement grew as theirs did … [Read more...]

BlogHer: Kodak Bus Tour of New York City

Kodak Bus Tour at Blogher 10

I was so excited about all of the parties at BlogHer, but one that I was especially excited about was the Kodak Bus Tour. I mean, what better way to see New York City {a city I have never been to before} than by touring in an open bus? We arrived at Caroline's Comedy Club to start our tour, and what awaited us was amazing. There were beautifully … [Read more...]

BlogHer 2010 – Meeting old friends and making new ones

Christine, Andrea, Sky, and Moi

BlogHer 10 is over and done, but the memories will live on! The reason I most wanted to go to Blogher this year was to meet in person, the friends I have met online.  These aren't just "online" friends, but very real friends.  Friends who I talk to every day. Friends that I love even more since I've met them in person.  I shared a room with … [Read more...]

Monday Mingle vlog – Blogher Edition!

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Welcome to Monday Mingle -  August 9th, 2010 "Mingling with you since August 2009!" #mondaymingle If you'd like to join in the fun, do a short vlog on your blog, link up below in the linky, post the above button on your site and link to me. Each week we will have questions, subjects or ideas that we can all talk about on our vlog. Visit … [Read more...]

Blogher 10: My arrival story

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I have so much to tell you about the Blogher trip I have been on for the past six days.  Where do I begin? I flew to Boston and stayed with Andrea overnight. She picked me up from the airport {after she had broken down on the highway}.   We headed downtown, after we finally figured out where we were going (her GPS has some issues and we were … [Read more...]