Earlier this month I went to Detroit for NAIAS (North American International Auto Show). This was my second year, although this year I was with GM. I have nothing but great things to say about GM and their social media efforts. I could go on and on, but I won’t. The most fascinating part of…
Sony Playstation has joined the ranks of some other companies and launched a mom blogger program designed to bring more awareness to the good versus bad benefits of gaming for families. I am a big advocate of the newer games. Games used to be bad, bad, bad. We sat on the couch for hours and ended up…
I think all the time about how when I was my kids age I had no game system until I got my Atari 2600! I had no computer until the arrival of the Commodore 64. We had to play with real toys!! Legos, dolls, jump rope, trucks, and Star Wars toys! Those were the things…
Girls in Tech. Girls in Programming. Girls in Social Media. Girls in Hacking? ABSOLUTELY!! Ok, ok… not real hacking. Sweet Hack is all about us ladies getting together and brainstorming while working together to build a tool. There will be developers, programmers, web developers, bloggers, and more! Full Description: entrprnr is partnering with #MsTech to bring you SweetHack,…
Hopefully before you read this, you will read my Tail of the Bad Car Karma post to get the background on why I am writing this post. Although I probably would have written it anyway. As a busy mother, we have to deal with keeping schedules, running a household, working, and entertaining kids. We are…
Sigh… it all started on Saturday, September 10. The kids and I were due down at the Kenmore Live Studios for them to shoot a promo video for the new line of Kenmore kids products called My First Kenmore. The video was going to air during my BlogaDelicious event on Friday, September 16th. We live…
If you are in the Chicago area, I invite you to come out to the Microsoft Store in Oakbrook this Saturday, September 17th to check out the Bumb Club & Beyond event. I’m speaking on a panel called Moms Know Tech. We will be sharing tips on gadgets, organization, family safety and more! It is…
As you know, earlier this month I attended BlogHer 2011 in beautiful San Diego, CA. One of the things that I noticed there is that tech companies had a strong presence again this year. I am not surprised at all. It is suspected. After all, we know that women play a huge part in household…
Why did it take me so long to write this? Because I have been crazy busy!!! Between coming back from Type-A, jumping right back into planning for ChiTown Mom’s Nite Out, and all other things going on, I have not had the energy to write much. I started this post as soon as I got…
I got home from Type-A Parent Conference late Sunday night. Surprisingly, I was not all that exhausted. Although, sitting around and trying to talk with my honey and watch Falling Skies resulted in my falling asleep on the couch. And last night, I was determined to get some work done after the kids were in…
I am heading down to Asheville, NC in the morning for the Type-A Parent Conference. I’ll be driving a 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan courtesy of Dodge who is a sponsor of the conference with my driving buddy Alicia. At first when they said that they were sending a Grand Caravan, I said “I don’t want…
On Wednesday I am heading down to beautiful Asheville, NC for the Type-A Parent (formerly Type-A Mom) conference. This technically counts as my 8th conference or blogger speaking event. Wow! And you know what? I still do not have it down. Each time I get ready to go to one I get nervous. I usually…
You may remember that I went to Vegas in January for CES, and then flew right away to Detroit for the Ford Green event. February – April proved to be fairly calm for travel. But, with May… the madness begins! I just got back from Gleek Retreat up in Holland, MI which is a BEAUTIFUL…
Some of you may remember that last year I participated in Mom’s Nite Out here in the Chicago area. It was a GREAT success. Since then we have gotten many requests on when we were going to do it again. The whole thing really took on a mind of it’s own. But, I didn’t want…
I was recently at an event with one of my favorite people, the lovely and always peppy Miss Lori. One thing that I love about her is that she is always smiling. Always. In fact “Smile On!” is her catch phrase. We started talking about conference season coming up, attending brand and social media events, and…
Last weekend right after CES I hopped a plane from Vegas straight to Detroit to hang out with Ford and 100 other bloggers and media from all over the world. I was VERY impressed at the diversity. There were even people from as far as Australia. We started off the evening on Sunday with dinner…
CES was big. I mean really big. And really busy. The Las Vegas Convention Center should have it’s own zip code if it does not already. See below. Photo is not to scale. LOL!! So, this post is about the things that I learned while attending such a huge function. Don’t get me wrong, I…
Finally…. Whew. After 8 days away at CES and Ford Green, I am finally home. It is much welcomed. Getting home was a task too. I spent several hours in the Detroit airport last night after my flight kept getting delayed over and over. But I faired well compared to some that I know were…
Yep, I’m off at CES in Vegas and already I’m telling you about another event. Straight from Vegas I am going to Detroit for an exciting 2-day driving and technology event with Ford. 100 bloggers from all over will be attending a fun opportunity to get a behind the scenes look at what goes into…
This is one of many posts that you will read about here and around the web from me about CES. This will be my first CES (Consumer Electronics Show). I was planning on making the trip anyway. It’s full of gadgets, technology, nerds… and it’s in Vegas! I signed up a while ago and started…
Last night I was in downtown Chicago for a cool demo of the Dell Inspiron One 23″ Touchscreen computer. Not only was it a Dell webcast. It was also my first Tech Talk After Dark show. Well, not really MY show in this case, since Dell was running the whole thing that I was just…
Not too long ago I posted about a unique event that I attended with AMD. Well late last month I had the opportunity to also check out Intel. We have all heard of Intel. There is a huge chance that their name is posted on your desktop or laptop computer somewhere. Not only is being able to…
Yes, I can admit it. I am officially all conferenced and traveled out for this year. I’m beat. This is October and I feel like I have been running nonstop for months. Ok. I have been running nonstop for months. I commend those that travel ALL.THE.TIME. I have gotten used to it, but I miss home, and…
Ok, I made that sound a lot more dramatic than it really is, but I really am in Essence! Why? Back in June I attended the Dark & Lovely Ultimate Fashionista Event downtown at theWit hotel. It was an awesome event with a panel of experts in the fashion industry including beautiful actress LisaRaye McCoy….
Here is your chance! If you were thinking of going to Blogalicious but were just not sure, enter to win now! You conference ticket will be covered. Blogalicious Weekend 2010 is taking place next month in beautiful Miami, FL at The Ritz Carlton on South Beach. Why should you go?? Well, it’s Miami!! And besides that…
Yes, I am a geek. I will tell you this over and over. I am proud of it! Back in May I was asked to participate in a unique event and opportunity with AMD. It was kind of last minute and we were going to hop a plane to France to hang out at the…
Two weeks ago I had a ton of fun participating in a Mommy Blogger vs. Foodie Blogger Cook-off arranged by Kenmore and Hope Bertram of Windy City Social at the Kenmore Live Studio in downtown Chicago. I let Richard talk me into it over Twitter, and I am glad that I did. I was one…
Say what? Yes, I got my bra. On June 12 – 13th, Supermodel Veronica Webb and the Skinny Cow invaded Chicago. They held events in cities across the US over the summer to ensure that women are wearing the right sized bra. Apparently a very large number of women wear the wrong size bra. This…
I always clap silently in awe at those that can run from an event and get a in depth recap up within 2 days time complete with edited photos. WOW! I wish that I could do that. But when I leave a big event like BlogHer, AMD, or similar, I am brain dead for several…
No, this is not a recap post. Well, not exactly. It’s more a recap on how this little girl that used to not like to travel, has turned into a traveling fool. As you all know, at the beginning of August I went to BlogHer in New York. The very next week I played tourist…
