Posts Tagged ‘blogHer’
#BlogHer10
Friday, August 6th, 2010
While I thought I could sneak in another Prohibition party post, I discover instead, the Wine Sisterhood and I are in New York at BlogHer, the big lady blogger’s conference.
There are cocktails and snacks and nametags and some really rad people.
I’ve loved meeting new people.
I want to meet more.
There are companies that are paying for things and they’re doing it quite beautifully.
Federated Media knows how to do small and lovely.
(The Luxurious camera bags! Instant cameras! Dagoba chocolate! Mumm sparkling wine!)
AOL had loads of fun.
(Marcus Samuelsson! Fried Chicken! Kristy and @Ish!)
Those SocialLuxe girls know how to make a lady feel a lot better about herself.
(Aveda! Yummy Tummie! OPI! Skullcandy!)
It might just be the busy of New York.
My mouth is open.
I look around, dumbfounded.
Can you believe that this is what our weird little internet hobby turned into?
All this attention?
Fun and profit.
Role playing
Sunday, July 13th, 2008
Things go smoothly here at our house.
Everyone here has their roles.
Mom and James make and clean up from the meals.
I feed the baby (from my boobs! I feed her from my boobs!).
James changes diapers and burps.
All three of us hover during her baths.
Mom watches the baby during showers.
I sleep and recover.
(I’m getting the easiest part of this gig.)
Rather than “It takes a village to raise a child,” it takes three people.
Mom leaves Wednesday and James and I will be sad to see her go. So it’s time to take all the advantage we can of our third person. In a good way, of course.
I take lots of long showers,
James goes into work,
I nap in the afternoon,
Mom makes salads and
laundry and
washes dishes so we can do those things.
We’re eager to test this parenthood thing out by ourselves,
packing baby up for bocce,
packing baby up for her first business conference
(and possibly her first BlogHer) and
packing baby up for walks with the dog.
We’re smitten.
Gobsmacked.
Infatuated.
And thrilled.
I never thought I deserved anything perfect.
And somehow, I received perfection.
How can I be so lucky?