I’ll warn you again, in case you’ve forgotten – my BlogHer’10 experiences will, once again, be the subject of several posts. I’ve already talked about a couple of sessions in detail. This time, I’m sharing some of my more general impressions in the ever-popular “bullet points” format. But sadly, I don’t have pictures this year, because I couldn’t bring my “good” camera with me – it’s not so good right now, and I just sent […]
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BlogHer’10: You and me and the FTC
I’ll warn you now – my BlogHer’10 experiences will, once again, be the subject of several posts. There are a couple of sessions I’d like to talk about in detail in addition to sharing my more general impressions. The first session I attended at BlogHer’10 was on that topic so dear to the heart of any review blogger: “The FTC Guidelines: After a Year, Has Anything Changed?” (And yes, although you may not review anything […]
BlogHer’10: What’s the “publishing ecosystem” evolving into?
I’ll warn you now – my BlogHer’10 experiences will, once again, be the subject of several posts. There are a couple of sessions I’d like to talk about in detail in addition to sharing my more general impressions. It’s hard to process everything that goes on in a conference session when you’re one of its presenters, and the time goes by a lot faster. Fortunately, my BlogHer’10 panel, “The Evolving Publishing Ecosystem,” was liveblogged, so […]
Cupcakes with Jennifer Weiner, and a Book Giveaway!
This is my week to be surrounded by smart, inspiring, funny women. I’m currently in New York City at BlogHer’10, and this past Monday night, I was at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena in the entertaining company of best-selling author Jennifer Weiner. I don’t read a lot of “chick lit,” but I do read Jennifer Weiner‘s fiction – she’s been a favorite of mine since her first novel, Good in Bed. Her best characters are conflicted, […]
Comic-Con Show and Tell: The Words
Please see yesterday’s post for a Comic-Con photo album! Comic-Con International. San Diego, California. Four days of pop culture at its finest – and sometimes its edgiest, and strangest. For some participants, it barely touches on comics at all, unless the comic has some connection with a movie or TV show. Tall Paul and I only experienced the first two days of Comic-Con 2010, Thursday and Friday, July 22 and 23. By the time we […]
Comic-Con Show and Tell: The Pictures
Comic-Con International. San Diego, California. Four days of pop culture at its finest – and sometimes its edgiest, and strangest. For some participants, it barely touches on comics at all, unless the comic has some connection with a movie or TV show. Some of Comic-Con is pretty much what you’d expect from the name. About 1/4 of the Exhibit Hall floor was taken up by small comic-book dealers and independent artists and writers, while another […]
A Vacation Story: NYC – A night on Broadway, a day at the museum
We didn’t have much planned for our Wednesday in New York City until evening…but before that, Katie needed to find some shoes. Wet hopped on the subway headed to the 34th St./Herald Square Station. These days, nearly every city has a Macy’s, but there’s really only one MACY’S. Two full city blocks, seven floors, those historic wooden escalators…and the shoes! After our shopping trip to Macy’s, we rode back uptown, stopped at the hotel to […]
A Tuesday in NYC: Meeting St. John and Lady Liberty
On the day we arrived in New York, I received an unexpected – and more than welcome – message from a dear friend asking if we might be able to meet up during my time in the City. Ann and I met over 20 years ago, when I was an accounting temp and she was a secretary for a communications company in Ithaca, New York, and hadn’t seen each other since I moved to Memphis […]
A vacation story, continued: New York, New York!
The Washington, DC portion of our trip was recapped here (part 1) and here (part 2). Days 7 & 8, Sunday-Monday June 20-21: For Tall Paul’s first-ever train ride, we boarded Amtrak’s Acela Express at Washington’s Union Station on Sunday morning bound for NYC’s Penn Station, just like East Coast natives travel! We passed through Baltimore, Wilmington DE, Philadelphia, and a couple of New Jersey stops before arriving in the City around 1 PM. We […]
Book Club: How *my* story is – and is not – *her* story
Laura Munson’s memoir This Is Not the Story You Think It Is, which I reviewed yesterday, wasn’t the story I thought it would be – or the one I hoped for, to be honest. I haven’t exactly been in Laura Munson’s shoes, but about eleven years ago, mine were a very similar style and size. I have to admit that that even now, I was looking to find some validation from shoes that had walked […]
Washington, DC, Days 4-6: A vacation story, part 2
Part 1, in case you missed it… Day Four, Thursday 6/17: On a sunny, hot, and breezy Thursday morning – duh, it’s Washington DC in June, but I will say it was slightly less muggy than usual – we hopped aboard the Tourmobile bus to make the rounds of some of the city’s famous Presidential and war memorials. Seeing these places in person, when I’ve seen them in photos and on screens so many, many […]
Washington DC, Days 1 – 3: A vacation story in pictures, mostly
Thanks to my unfortunate incapacitation and temporary one-handed state, I had to revise my vacation-recap blogging plans to be more photo-sharing and less story-telling. (It takes fewer left-handed keystrokes to browse and paste pictures.) This is the first of several installments, and just a sampling of the pictures. It will take longer than I anticipated to cover the whole trip… Day One, Monday, 6/14: After a long day that started very early in order to […]
