I enjoy supporting other bloggers whenever I can. If I know them personally, bonus. One of my blogger friends is going through a very exciting time at the moment: she’s in the throes of releasing her first book. I especially like supporting other bloggers who publish books, because as an author myself I know how difficult the marketing part is. Most people out there think that the work is done once the book is written, when actually that’s the easy part. Holding a copy of your book for the first time is much like being handed a baby right after you give birth (go with me here): you look at…
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California Dreaming
I just returned from a long weekend, a glorious weekend, in southern California. The reason for my visit was my cousin’s wedding on Saturday, but I flew out there (alone) early Thursday morning so I could see a couple of friends and spend some time “doing my own thing”. I had an amazing time. I mean, truly amazing. I felt so purely happy for the duration of the trip: I loved it. So many good things. (I have since decided that I need to figure out a way to travel regularly. Really.) Though the four days were chock full of goodness, here are some of my favorite things about the…
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Test Drive A Cadillac AND Support The Avon Walk For Breast Cancer!
I’m guessing that most of us know at least one other person who has been affected by breast cancer. I’m also guessing that each of us with someone special who has been affected by breast cancer has an interest in making sure that all of the research that’s being done in order to prevent, treat, and eradicate this disease can continue. What if I told you that there was an easy way for you to donate to the cause, while having some fun at the same time? The Avon Walk For Breast Cancer, a two-day, 39-mile fundraising walk which began in 2003 and raised $423 million dollars in its first…
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Flat Sue’s Back, And This Time We’re Headed West!
If you’ve been reading for a while, you may remember how my friend Sue–who I’ll call Real Sue for the purpose of this post–sent me a Flat version of herself–Flat Sue–so she could “experience” the BlogHer conference in New York last summer, sort of, since she wasn’t able to attend in person. I, with the help of several friends, Instagrammed the heck out of Flat Sue’s New York adventures. If you set aside the fact that we lost track of Flat Sue (ahem, LIZ.) for part of one evening and had to put out a “Missing ‘person’ Report” on Twitter, well, the weekend was hysterical. Wait. Let me back up.…
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I Downloaded My Twitter Archives And Look What I Found!
I was asked twice yesterday–by my sistuh-from-anuthuh-mutha Liz and MY Momo–if I had downloaded my Twitter archive yet. I had no idea I could do that, and I wasn’t sure I wanted to. Much like some of my “work” here on Suburban Scrawl, many of my tweets have been silly throwaways that I probably shouldn’t have put out there, taking up valuable internet real estate. Also, I shuddered to think of how idiotic my very first tweet was. Still, the fact that my two best friends had done it and seemed relatively unscathed made me want to join in, said the forty-four-year-old wife and mom of two who has spent…