Archive for category: Blog

/ June 29, 2011 12:40 pm

Introduciiiiiinnngggg: Alesya Bags

Alesya Bags – Laptop Bag Demo from The Modern Connection on Vimeo. Surely everyone remembers how much I absolutely gasp. swoon. faint. over delicious bags. Everyone is nodding, right? Of course you are! Last December at my lavish! conference, I had the pleasure of meeting one of the most dynamic bloggers, business women and all around cool girl, Alesya Macatol. [...]

/ June 17, 2011 4:38 pm

I’m Baaaaaaaccccckkkk!

  So what do you think? Have you looked around here a bit?  Cool, right? Well, let me tell you. I surely have missed everyone over the past 5 months. My respite from blogging was absolutely, positively necessary. I KNOW that I am stepping back into THIS space more rested (bloggers need downtime, too, you know?) and with a much [...]

/ February 8, 2011 1:00 pm

Blackberry Highlights Food Bloggers

I was watching the pilot for The Chicago Code last night when a Blackberry App World commercial ad.  Never have I seen such an influential brand highlight the importance/reality of blogging.  Take a gander at the clip below. I must say that it gave me chills. Don’t get me wrong…I think these “food bloggers” are supposed to be Every Blogger. [...]

/ February 7, 2011 12:53 pm

Modern Manners Monday: What Would You Do?

You are a working mom to eight year old twins. Your next door neighbor has a daughter in their class.  You’ve been paying for aftercare and are OK with doing so.  One day, your neighbor approaches you and offers to let your kids get off of the bus at her house.  After all, she’s a stay-at-home mom and will be [...]

/ February 2, 2011 1:09 pm

Healthy Superbowl Fare? Oxymoron?

My friend, Brady, posted this video of Bethenney Frankel’s dishing about a healthy Super Bowl spread. Dare I say this all sounds pretty good? What’s on YOUR Super Bowl Menu?

/ February 1, 2011 1:12 pm

Drumrolls, Please….And The Winner Is:

Enter a number: I want a number between 1 and… Result: 54 The 54th valid entry was @sstanback’s Twitter entry. Congratulations! You’ve won the coffee brewer from The Foundary!