New Orleans {Day Two} BOBNOLA

Tweet So what do movie star Bette Davis, 20 million pounds of sugar and a solid silver carving of President Abraham Lincoln have in common? They’re all connected to Houmas House Plantation – one of the best preserved ante-bellum mansion and grounds that litter the banks of the Mississippi River in Louisiana – and the [...]

New Orleans {Day One}

Tweet . There’s a tenement building in the French Quarter that’s haunted….ok, according to our Ghost tour guide, there are a lot of haunted buildings in the French Quarter. But I’ll get to that later. Chris and I had all day to wonder around the Quarter, before we planned to meet up with Trisha, Leah, [...]

What Fun!

Tweet Ray and I had an absolute blast in New Orleans this last weekend. As you may know, it wasn’t just the two of us all weekend, but we specifically went to hang with the fabulous Bloggers on Bourbon (aka BOBNOLA) gang. I can’t wait to tell you all about it, but first I must [...]

BlogHer: Sponsors, Swag, Fashion & Parties

Tweet Blogher, the largest conference for women who blog, is just around the corner. While most attendees have already packed, or at least blogged about stressing out over what they are going to wear, I have just now had time to think about all of this. Okay, well, that’s not entirely true since I have [...]

I’m A Magical Mom!

Tweet I was thrilled when I got the invite, from Disney (thanks to Maria Bailey!) to come to Orlando to stay at a Disney resort and play at Disney parks, as you can imagine! The group of 12 of us were quickly dubbed the Magical Moms and almost immediately began chatting about this weekend. Well, [...]

Let’s Fix Dinner!

Tweet What keeps families from eating together? How can we break down these barriers? I’m hoping these questions, and more, will be answered for me in just a few short weeks. I will be spending a day at the Nestle Culinary Center in Solon, OH with 14 other bloggers, the fine folks from Nestle, and [...]

I’m in Austin for SxSW!

Tweet . Not sure if I told ya’ll, but thanks to Walmart and Johnson’s Baby I am in Austin for the HUGE, and wildly popular, South by Southwest (aka SxSW or SouthBy) conference. I’m not sure I can really call it a conference, but I digress… I am attending the Interactive track with 17 of [...]

YoungMommy gets to walk the red carpet!

Tweet On Tuesday I received a fun email in my inbox… It was an “exclusive VIP invitation to a red carpet event“. The invitation read: We all know what its like to juggle our careers, family and social lives – it’s a balancing act to say the least. And moms need to give a little [...]

Getting My Bliss On

Tweet Bliss is joy, happiness, pleasure and delight. For many, blogging is all about bliss.What is it for you? Define it. Achieve it. Enjoy it. Be Inspired. Inspire others. This is your chance. ~~~~~~~~~~ So, I am here in Nashville, at the BlissDom conference, with some of the most influential women online today. We are [...]

Campbell’s – Mmm. Mmm. Good.

Tweet After spending most of Wednesday in airports and airplanes, I was greeted by a huge basket of Campbell goodies in my room at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Philadelphia. Not having done my homework before the trip, there were some items in the basket that surprised me. Did you know that Goldfish crackers [...]

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