I’m attending Variety’s Power of Women event in Beverly Hills!

I am so excited! Myself and 10 other great women (list coming soon) were selected by Honda to attend Variety’sPower of Women event September 30th.  And to top it off, I’m ‘competing’ (I don’t like that word) with these women to cover the... (Continue reading)

We Stay. Home.

In the summer of 2005, when hurricane season began, I filled a big Tupperware container with batteries and flashlights and some canned goods and Band-Aids and whatever else I thought might help us in an unimaginably bad situation.

That August, my... (Continue reading)

Ralph Lauren Twitter party tonight at 8EST + an exclusive coupon code – join us!

I am so excited to have been chosen to be one of a select group of bloggers to be a Ralph Lauren Brand Ambassador (details coming soon) and tonight we’re having a Twitter party to celebrate the launch of the... (Continue reading)

blogher’10: 4 days in 4 minutes (or, how i shoot)

The many faces of Danielle. Often, when I tell someone that I'm a photographer, I receive a response similar to the following: "Oh, I love photography!  I'm no good at it, though.  You know what I do?  I just shoot tons of... (Continue reading)

NYC Blogher 2010 Recap

I LOVE NYC and I love Blogher but by Friday night, I was ready to come home!  In fact, I went into “shutdown” mode right before the Hallmark party.  Before I get to the good, I’m gonna start with the... (Continue reading)

A Very Scattered, Incomplete Recap of the Big Trip

I spent a lot of time on Twitter this weekend, using a hashtag to try to find friends. But most of the time I found them accidentally, a hand on a shoulder, a quick hug—another follow-up hug. Gushing... (Continue reading)

I’m off to see about a mouse

And while I do, which I'll explain more about later, here are a few things from some of my favorite bloggers (and friends) that you should definitely read: Here's how Yvonne lost 52 lbs. It's pretty inspiring and doesn't involve...... (Continue reading)

Love the Gulf

I know the Gulf of Mexico.

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I’m eight-years-old on my hands and knees on the bright blue deck of my father’s fishing boat. The rough sand-and-paint mixture of the deck digs into my knees but I remain still,... (Continue reading)

You Have to Admit

I feel slightly more in control of my life lately. This is kind of an odd fact considering how busy I am. (I have a wee problem with saying no to work.)

I haven’t been back in therapy since my... (Continue reading)

Understand Why Moms Blog

Marketers are historically good at talking at people but poor at conversations. To work with mom bloggers, businesses need to take the time to read the blog to get to know the writer and gain a better understanding of her... (Continue reading)

Will Work for Food?

There’s been a lot of buzz recently regarding moms who blog and whether or not we should get paid for hosting giveaways. If you’ve ever hosted a giveaway on your blog before, you know there’s a lot of... (Continue reading)

Mommy Meanest? Mom Bloggers Highlighted on Today Show

In  case you missed it, here is the excellent segment from this week’s Today Show highlighting Alpha Mom’s Isabel Kalman, Blog with Integrity founder Susan Getgood and Momma Said’s Jen Singer on the topic of momblogging, controversy and trolls. Mom Bloggers... (Continue reading)

Integrity in the Blogosphere

This year has been tough for parent bloggers amid talk in the media and elsewhere about pay-per-post practices, “Blogola” and other questionable relationships between bloggers and marketers – behavior that represents only a small portion of bloggers. There also has... (Continue reading)