Boston: A New Reality and Talking to Your Children

save the children boston

We were traveling when we found out about the events that unfolded yesterday in Boston.  Every chance we got, we took a look at the news on our phones and caught glimpses of television sets airing the news in the airport.  Images of 9/11 instantly came to our minds as we registered each loss of life and it was too hard to fathom.  We lived in NYC in 2001, so these memories are still very real and vivid. One of my friends lost a husband, another lost a sister and many skirted death by a matter of minutes (one was late for work, another was late for a job … [Read more...]

My Bloggy Boot Camp Experience

Bloggy Boot Camp

  Last week I attended Bloggy Boot Camp in Boston.  Run by the SITS Girls,  it was 24 hours full of intense learning and schmoozing with some of my favorite bloggers like the gals behind Mommy Niri, Mommy Shorts, Squashed Mom, Sensible Cents, Random Handprints, Cozi and so many others.  I also met a lot of new bloggers and made fabulous connections. At the conference, I learned new blogging concepts and lessons that I hope to put into action on my personal blog and here on the Ruckus blog.  There were sessions about branding, content, pitches, … [Read more...]