Comment by Colleen

July 31, 2006 @ 10:19 am

Jimmy Buffett hitting on you? That sounds like a good one. Can’t wait to hear about that dream!

Comment by Amanda

July 31, 2006 @ 10:45 am

The other night I had a dream that Brad Pitt was hanging out with me. I won’t go there.

Do you like Jimmy Buffett? I really don’t know how I feel about Brad Pitt.

Did you have a good weekend?

Comment by Blonde Mom

July 31, 2006 @ 11:28 am

Amanda:

I am a Jimmy Buffett fan (my husband is a HUGE fan of his old school albums especially), but I don’t like Buffett in that way, if you know what I mean.

We went to see Cars on Friday and LOVED it. Very low key weekend, though!

Jamie

Comment by Kristen

July 31, 2006 @ 12:13 pm

Because BlogHer has been in existence for a couple of years now, I think it would be harder for anyone to get up in arms over BlogHim. Besides, it’s my understanding that male bloggers attended this year - I don’t think they’re not welcome or anything.

I don’t know - I didn’t give the whole thing much thought, but it seems to be the only thing anyone is talking about these days!

Comment by Renee

July 31, 2006 @ 1:33 pm

I saw Disney on Ice once when the girls were little and I didn’t care for it. They didn’t either really. And I was cold too!
Anyway, Jimmy Buffett, huh? Sure, I could see that.

Comment by Rachel

July 31, 2006 @ 3:41 pm

I saw a couple of DoI (and one Sesame Street on Ice) shows as a kid, and really had fun. However, it were not for 1) the blue twirling mickey ears flashlight, and 2) that this was something only me and my aunt did together (no other cousins, no parents), I might not have enjoyed it so much. May depend on the characters involved, too.

Comment by Bluegrass Mama

July 31, 2006 @ 5:59 pm

My mother-in-law and I took my son to Disney on Ice once upon a time. Except for the fact that it was so loud we had to stuff tissues in his ears, we all enjoyed it. If you can get tickets for less than $30 apiece, I say go for it!

Comment by Jenny

July 31, 2006 @ 7:12 pm

Thanks for visiting! And I’m amazed you recognized the title. None of my friends truly understand my love for Jimmy. Like your husband, I’m lovin’ the old stuff. But now I’m very jealous of your dream. Even if he is getting old. And bald.

Take your girl and have a blast. Even if she only lasts half the show, she’ll talk it up for weeks.

Comment by Blonde Mom

July 31, 2006 @ 7:31 pm

Jenny:

I am working on a post about my Buffett dream. I thought it was pretty hilarious. Colleen at the Delaney Diaries on my Blogroll is another Parrot Head!

Kristen:

You’re right…there were men invited and men actually attended BlogHer! Well, obviously no men comment on my blog so I guess we’ll just have to wonder if they really think it’s a gender divisive issue. It does seem like most Dad bloggers are supportive of we bloggers of the female persuasion.

Jamie

Comment by Oma Flinger

July 31, 2006 @ 7:58 pm

Hey, thanks for sending the fairy to smack me.

Comment by Mom101

July 31, 2006 @ 8:52 pm

Thanks for pointing me towards the Fast Company piece. Interestingly, there wasn’t much “woman” (or womynn) stuff at BlogHer at all and it was a common complaint of the weekend.

Also, thanks for the great comment at my place today. I love your tagline up there, lady!

Comment by Mom101

July 31, 2006 @ 9:03 pm

Ok, I had to go to that blog and leave a comment. I can’t tolerate ignorance having the last word.

Comment by Blonde Mom

July 31, 2006 @ 11:37 pm

MOM101:

I just read your awesome comments at the Fast Company blog in defense of BlogHer. Hurrah! I especially like the reassurance to the BlogHer bashers that there was no armpit hair braiding.

Also, when are they going to post something significant about the conference? The blogger did post about some of the product placement/test car driving. Hmmmmm. Sounds like she may have just wanted a free trip to San Jose for the weekend.

Jamie

Comment by lynne d johnsoon

August 1, 2006 @ 12:21 am

I am the person who blogged at Fast Company - and I was actually a presenter on a workshop on writing for the web. If you go to my own personal web site, particularly my online diary (http://www.lynnedjohnson.com/diary, you will find that I live-blogged two of the sessions while I was attending the event.

Perhaps it was a failure on my part to not give a complete overview of BlogHer at FC Now. But I’m certain, I was not there only for checking out the products, especially since it is my second year attending the event.

How do you suggest I handle blogging about BlogHer at FC Now?

And given the two negative posts that you’ve already seen there, what are your thoughts if I had conducted around-the-clock reporting of BlogHer and every session I attended at FC Now and drew out even more of the same venom?

Comment by Blonde Mom

August 1, 2006 @ 8:08 am

Lynne:

Thanks for stopping by and commenting. I’d love to read more about the writing for the web workshop. As a writer and editor myself that sounds interesting! I think it would have been really helpful to link to the live-blog posts, (I had no idea you did that and that was more of what I was looking for at FC Now). I realize, however, that you may not want to link to your personal blog via Fast Company’s. Perhaps you could have included some excerpts? I saw this morning that you posted at 1 a.m. at FC Now (ouch!) I look forward to visiting your personal blog and reading your live-blogging.

It seems to me that the two negative commenters at FC Now are just unfamiliar with BlogHer and should have read more about it before they made their comments. Again, I didn’t attend the event but several of the bloggers I read did and I’ve enjoyed reading about it.

Also, I hope my free trip to San Jose comment didn’t sound extremely obnoxious, although I’m sure it did.

Jamie

Comment by starshine

August 1, 2006 @ 9:10 am

Just wanted to add that we took our girls to “Monsters On Ice” a few years ago. I thought I would have to leave one of them there to exchange child labor for the merchandise we picked up. Oh how they seperate you from your money. We picked up…

1. The twirling light sticks.
2. Sulley and Mike Mugs that came with a snow cone.
3. Monster Inc. Hard hats that only came with cotton candy.
4. An expensive program

The girls enjoyed the ice show, but our wallets didn’t.

Comment by mothergoosemouse

August 1, 2006 @ 11:56 am

Jamie, thanks for the link to FC Now. I think Liz’s comment was excellent, and I added one of my own. I attended Lynne’s writing workshop (also led by Lisa Stone) and found it extremely informative.

I think Lynne’s post at FC Now in no way sparked the reaction in the first two comments. She was merely reporting. I think those first two commenters saw “BlogHer” and leaped to erroneous (and insulting, especially in the case of the second commenter) conclusions.

Comment by Pattie

August 1, 2006 @ 12:20 pm

Jamie;
Woah! look at the comments here….I went on over to FC and read the comments from the two gentlemen…

I like Mom 101’s comments, as usual. I see nothing wrong with a conference like Blogher.

Comment by Blonde Mom

August 1, 2006 @ 12:26 pm

Wow…perhaps I should have made the BlogHer/Fast Company blog mention a separate post.

What, you people don’t care about the PURIFIED ICE CUBES story!?!

I liked Liz’s (MOM 101) comments a lot, too. Julie, I’ll have to check your comment out.

Jamie

Comment by Nancy

August 3, 2006 @ 3:54 pm

Starting with the last topic first, I haven’t been over to FC to read the post and comments, but I did not find the environment at BlogHer to be promoting exclusivity among female bloggers. There were actually several male bloggers there. Certainly some of the topics were female-driven or focused, but I don’t think it was an attempt to close the blogging world to only individuals of the female persuasion or those trying to promote a feminist or other female-driven agenda.

About Disney on Ice — I took Mimi to a Disney Princess show earlier this year, if you’re interested in reading about it I can send you the direct URL. I thought it was very well done (better than I expected) but the marketing pressure to load up on souveniers is pretty big — stuff to buy EVERYWHERE. It might be a good idea to get some cheap princess stuff at a craft or dollar store and whip it out at the event — that’s a strategy I might use next time, although I was pretty successful in just telling Mimi we weren’t going to buy souveniers.