If you've never been to Pittsburgh, then don't go. Not because it's a bad place, just the opposite, we want to keep it all to ourselves. We're not going to share Pittsburgh with you. If you even think about going there, even if you need to change planes in the airport, you're going to find yourself in big trouble, mister (or ma'am). Realistically speaking, we cannot hoard an entire city. Particularly if it doesn't belong to us. But that doesn't stop us from wanting to own it. First of all, a big shout out to our host ClumberKim who not only arranged our meet-up, she found fablous sponsors (Hello iTwixie! andIsidore Foods!),an incredible space (Hello AlphaLab!) and she fed us. I am running out of adjectives to describe the dinner and desserts made by Clumberkim, KDiddy and Rebecca.
After last night, I can now say I know, not one, but two guys named "Spike." And neither one of them happen to be a football player, a biker or in a punk band. And considering the plethora of "Paul's" who attended my highschool, it was down right refreshing to meet a Paul living outside of Hamden, Connecticut and he wasn't even from Hamden, Connecticut.Together Paul and Spike gave Sarah and me the capability of Live Streaming! So look for some action from us later. Not that kind of action, we signed a strict "No Porn on Vivo" agreement, but we may sneak in some Shoe Porn. Sarah has some nice wedges. Wedges, not wedgies. Crack kills and we''re fairly certain we can't post that on Vivo anyway. Nick Pinkston showed us what can only be called the Rubiks cube of business cards. It folds in many different ways and we easily could have spent hours folding it, but it didn't belong to us and we had to give it back to him. KDiddy, I had hoped for a farting contest, but I didn't get enough roasted garlic to make myself a viable contender. Besides, I think the folks from Abby? Left To Right? Are you reading? I hope so because I don't have your URL and want to give you a shout out too!
Looks like we may have a trip back to Pittsburgh in our future for Pod Camp, so please have the salad fixings, broccoli slaw, and homemade Ho-Hos ready!
Thank you again to our wonderful host and sponsors for Phabulous meet up in Pittsburgh!
I haven't been back to Cleveland since 1989. Take that back. I've only been to Cleveland once in my entire life. Now it's twice. Frankly, I wish my body from 1989 was still here, but that's really not the purpose of this post.
If you are a blogger in the Cleveland area, we're having a meet up at The Green House Tavern at 6:00 this evening, That would be July 20, 2009. AKA TONIGHT!
We look forward to seeing you there!
PS I snapped this picture of the Cleveland sign in the car, through a windshield at 80 exactly 55 MPH!
You are our first stop. Devra and I will be leaving in the morning and arriving in your fair city tomorrow evening.
We would love to see you while we are there. So please join us along with ClumberKim and kdiddy as we will be rocking the party at alphalab on the South Side.
The meet up is at 6:00 pm, so be there or be square.
We cannot wait to stop in Pittsburgh, even if you guys do hog all of the good sports trophies.
Please rsvp to [email protected] or if you are on twitter @clumberkim if you can make it.
After we eat our fill of crepes - and maybe also croissants - and maybe also a few buckets of cafe au lait - we'll be rolling out of Quebec City later this morning (and bidding adieu to the beautiful Fairmont Chateau Frontenac) (*wipes tear*) and heading to Ottawa.
(Yes, sadly, we have to zip right through Montreal and miss smoked meat sandwiches, but time just does not permit.) (*wipes tear*)
But we will be in Ottawa this afternoon, decompressing at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier, and heading out late afternoon for a come-one, come-all playdate.
The details (courtesy of Annie at PhD In Parenting):
Location: St. Luke’s Park
Address: 166 Frank, just off of Elgin (see map)
Time: 5:00pm on July 2, 2009
What to Bring: Yourself, your kids, snacks if you
wish (some of us will bring shareable snacks too), sand toys or
whatever else your kids might enjoy using at the playground.
Where does it go from there? I’ll be there with my
kids and they’ll probably be ready for some dinner after playing. We
might head out somewhere nearby to eat and others are welcome to join
in if they want. We can play it by ear.
In case of rain: There is a chance that it will be raining. If that is the case, the alternate venue is the Children’s Museum at the Museum of Civilization
in Hull. Admission is free on Thursday evenings. Please watch this post
early Thursday afternoon for a final call on whether we go with St.
Luke’s Park or the Children’s Museum.
Check back at Annie's blog this afternoon to see if the weather is going to push this indoors. And please RSVP, too, at Annie's, so that we know who to expect.
Hope to see you there! Like I said, we'll be bringing the ham.
Take five moms, give them a Chevy Tahoe Hybrid SUV, add wireless internet access in the vehicle, a GPS system, cutting-edge cameras and video recording technology, video games, music, gasoline, hotel stays, food, mainstream media covering the road trip on the internet & television - and see what happens as these hilarious and irreverent women drive coast to cost, picking up their fellow SV Moms Group Contributors and blogging it all on the road..... Seriously, you will NOT want to miss following these bloggers as they make their way across the country, from Northern Virginia to San Francisco.
Come Meet SV Moms Group Contributors participating in our first-ever, Silicon Valley Moms Group Road Trip '08:
Dates and details about the trip:
July 6, 2008: Five selected contributors from SV Moms Group will begin blogging and video blogging (vblogging) about their upcoming road trip from Virginia, DC, Chicago and Loveland to San Francisco.
July 11, 2008: Devra will receive the Chevy Tahoe Hybrid frm General Motors
July 12, 2008: Devra and Sarah from DC Metro Moms Blog will drive from DC to Chicago.
July 13, 2008: Devra and Sarah will pick up Meagan from Chicago Moms Blog and drive to Omaha, Nebraska.
July 14, 2008: Devra, Sarah and Meagan will drive from Omaha to Denver.
July 15, 2008: Devra, Sarah and Meagan will pick up Aviva from the soon-to-launch Rocky Mountain Moms Blog and drive to Salt Lake City.
July 16, 2008: Devra, Sarah, Meagan and Aviva will drive from Salt Lake City to Reno.
July 17, 2008: Devra, Sarah, Meagan and Aviva will drive from Reno to Silicon Valley, where they will pick up Jill Asher from Silicon Valley Moms Blog for the last thirty miles of the trip. From Palo Alto, the six SV Moms Group contributors will drive to San Francisco.... where they will join 100 other contributors from SV Moms Group for a party in San Francisco that evening. Over the next few days will be more Silicon Valley Moms Group events and attendance at the BlogHer conference.
Beth Blecherman (Techmama) from the Silicon Valley Moms Blog will be tech blogging (behind the scenes) about some of the technology used on the Road Trip.
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