Comments on: BlogHer 0-9 : crossing the line

By: Darryle Pollack

Darryle Pollack — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:20:33 +0000

I will definitely find you during lunch Friday. And believe me, I know what important—and it’s not what you are wearing, it’s the fact that you are here!! Look forward to meeting u at BlogHer and celebrating your victory over cancer.

By: WhyMommy

WhyMommy — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:42:20 +0000

I’d love to meet you too — and look for some bloggers who are helping the American Cancer Society get blogging Friday at lunchtime, if you’re interested. I’ll be there. I have no idea what I’ll be wearing (guess what? I don’t care!), but I have chin length brown hair and glasses. I’ll probably be all over giggly, because for me, this is a victory lap. (I got cancer two weeks before my first BlogHer, ’07, and spent the day in chemo instead.)

Hope to see you there!
Susan

By: Duchess

Duchess — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:15:00 +0000

Catching up on few days’ worth of your posts — I see you DID book this year.

By: Darryle Pollack

Darryle Pollack — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:46:11 +0000

Thank you, Susan– I feel SO much better. Can’t wait to meet you at the party. And with four kids betwen 12 and 17–you really NEED the drinking and bonding.

By: Susan @ 2KoP

Susan @ 2KoP — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:33:59 +0000

1. I am you in ’09. Blogher is in my backyard this year, but I didn’t figure out it was something I should do (or wanted to do) until it was too late.

2. I am wearing the ONLY thing in my closet that fits (I guess since I had four babies, who are now between 12 and 17, I have four times the baby weight, right?). My shoes are from Target, but the look just like the much more expensive ones from Nordstrom (but nothing like Jimmy Shoes or whatever).

3. I am not 12 years old and was around during the Nixon administration — not old enough to vote, but around.

4. If I don’t wear a name tag, maybe Tim Gunn won’t recognize me.

5. I’ll skip the tattoos and the botox, and stick with the drinking and bonding.

6. Really looking forward to meeting you at the SV Moms party (I am going to 2 parties on other people’s coattails).

By: Darryle Pollack

Darryle Pollack — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:12:22 +0000

Once again Jane, you’re a leap ahead of me–and I’ll definitely take your advice. Starting now: Friday lunch?

By: By Jane

By Jane — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:01:01 +0000

I’m the Other Jane, the one who only wishes she were Martha Stewartesque.

This thing of obsessing about what one will wear to BlogHer and who one will talk to and what one will–okay, I’m getting tired of all these ‘ones’. Let me put it this way: When women get excited about something, they ground themselves by focusing on clothing. You will find fashion icons (where? where?) as well as the great unshaven at the conference. Yes, the par-tay is the thing–the past two years security has had to–ahem!–visit certain rooms–for some, but not for others. Go and have your own good time (or not, that too is possible), willynilly of what the loudest voices are proclaiming. And my best advice is DON’T RELY ON ‘FINDING’ PEOPLE BY LOOKING AT THEIR NAMETAGS. Make specific dates beforehand to meet people.

And our date is when, Darryle?

By: Darryle Pollack

Darryle Pollack — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:28:32 +0000

Florinda–I’ll be looking for your nametag, not your shoes. And will look forward to meet you next week.
Maureen–maybe we’ll meet next YEAR, at BlogHer “10.

By: Florinda

Florinda — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:02:31 +0000

I’m going for the first time, too, and I’m trying to focus more on the conference content than the parties, most of which I probably won’t be attending (or invited to) anyway. I’m one of those “chatty in cyberspace but (somewhat) shy IRL (in real life)” bloggers. And I’m absolutely NOT tattoo-ing for BlogHer!

See you next week in Chicago .

By: Maureen at IslandRoar

Maureen at IslandRoar — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:38:46 +0000

Alright, good, I want to hear everything. I joined BlogHer, but I’ve only been doing this a few months, and I really don’t get it. It does sound like a big party and who doesn’t love a party?
So GO and spread the word!!!