Blog Out Loud::SF>>

I'm outta here for the rest of the week. Off to SF for our 5th, Blog Out Loud event. If you're in San Francisco, join us!: 80 tehama @ 7pm. We have a great wine sponsor, the mother daughter winery: Lorenza Rose´who'll be pouring their beautiful wine. And our immensely popular swag bags are always a hit. Check out who will be representing here.

Our line up of panelists, is great too. They are: Jeanine Hays- AfroChic blogger, Jenny LaVelle- Real Girls Media/Divine Caroline, Micaela Hoo-The Drifter and The Gypsy blogger, Dave White- V.P. of publishing at Technorati, Rick Klau-Business Product Manager at Google.

This means I'm peacin' out to you all for the week, lest I see you at the Barrell House Thursday night.

In the mean time check this out:: gardens planted in pot holes. Completely capturing the whole concept of Spring on so many levels- seriously, think about it.

Blog Out Loud update

Just wanted to update you on Blog Out Loud SF- March 4th. Our panel is locked in and ready to rock.

Dave White, VP of Publishing, Technorati

Rick Klau, Business Product Manager, Blogger/Google

Jeanine Hayes, Creative Director and Founder, AphroChic

Micaela Hoo, Design blogger, The Drifter and The Gypsy

Jenny Lavelle, Associate Marketing Manager, Real Girls Media

It's a great mix of design bloggers, creative directors, marketing, publishing and product managers- the whole bag. These experts will be sharing their experience and knowledge on all you'd ever want to know about blogging from the technical business side to the end product, how to execute it and cultivate it to the best advantage.

Our SWAG bags are looking pretty good too. And the best part is that it's FREE!

Hope you'll be there. Venue to be announced.

Blog Out Loud wants YOU

I've received many emails over the past year asking how one could be a part of the Blog Out Loud S.W.A.G. bags {if you haven't heard, they kick some serious ass} .

Do you have a great, hand-made product that you'd like to promote? A little nibble of your creative genius you like to share? Our audiences are rich with various creatives, bloggers, writers and folks just like you. This is an excellent opportunity to get your beautiful work into the hands of the folks who matter and will make a difference.

If you're interested, drop me a line and I'll fill you in. And mark your calendars for March 4th, San Francisco. More info to come.....

Blog Out Loud + Design Within Reach

Date: 11.04.09

Where: DWR/Tools For Living - 332 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles

Who: YOU!!!

If you're in Los Angeles next week, we'll be teaming up with Design Within Reach/Tools for Living for another Blog Out Loud event!

For those of you unfamiliar, we {co-founder Rebecca Orlov of Apartment Therapy and loving.living.small} loved the idea of creating a blogging symposium for people share their ideas and experiences.

By putting the idea out there, we've watched it grow and blossom on its own, and with that has come a fantastic group of sponsors, panelist and friends.
again we have a fantastic line-up of panelist:

Emily Goligoski of
The SanFranista and Notes On Design

Gregory Han of
Apartment Therapy& Unplggd

Laure Joliet of
Apartment Therapy, At Home At Home & Dwell

Alissa Walker of
Gelatobaby, Fast Company, GOOD

Haily Zaki of
American Express OPEN Forum, Curbed LA, Inhabitat & Secret Agent PR

**We'll be pouring Frey organic and biodynamic wines www.freywine.com and serving light appetizers. So come mingle with friends and fellow bloggers!

Let me know if you're coming, I'd love to meet you in person

Blog Out Loud Event >> serving the ad community

Last night we {co~founder Rebecca Orlov and myself} held our third Blog Out Loud Event in West L.A. sponsored by WireDrive, POM, and hosted by the Post Production House Therapy. The blogging panel was geared toward the advertising world yet engrossed us with information that's pertinent to any aspect of blogging, and social media.

The two hour intensely informative evening had the audience riveted. Tips, websites, embeddable gizmos, wow.

I really wish you all could have been there {and 'hello!' to those of you who were}. If any one in business ever needed to be convinced of the necessaries of blogging and social media, this would have tipped them over. We'll be posting video content on our site: blogoutloudevent.com about last night's event.

In fact, I'll play you our opening video feed to last night. It's fabulous {with great music to boot}:

And mark your calendars, we have an upcoming event hosted by Design Within Reach/ Tools For Living store coming up November 4th, in Santa Monica. The panel is, once again, a stellar line up:

Emily Goligoski of
The SanFranista and Notes On Design

Gregory Han of
Apartment Therapy& Unplggd

Laure Joliet of
Apartment Therapy, At Home At Home & Dwell

Alissa Walker of
Gelatobaby, Fast Company, GOOD

Haily Zaki of
American Express OPEN Forum, Curbed LA, Inhabitat & Secret Agent PR

blog out loud sf>>

Rebecca and me, raring to get the party started...

This past Sunday, fellow blogger Rebecca Orlov {loving.living.small and Apartment Therapy L.A.} and I took our Blog Out Loud, blogging symposium to San Francisco. The venue,BellJar, was simply, stunning. If you haven't already been there, git on in there.

We had a completely stellar and generous panel {see below photos} filled with such great experiences and ideas to share. The audience, was as much a part of the evening as anything. Great input and questions. It was fun to meet, in person, readers and fellow bloggers~ who added to the night through their great dialogue.

We began the morning by having a get together at the de Young museum cafe {a little shout out to the staff there, who were incredibly helpful and cheerful}

In the fore ground, my two oldest friends, Allyson and Analisa represented the 'non-blogger' contingency and my personal support system. {thank you, you two!!}

Lynn Goldfinger- Abram, telling the group some great little story.

and then on to BellJar....

pre-event shopping takes place among the gorgeous little things.

our audio video guy, Matt, gettin' set.

Nick filled in as bar tender to the 3buck.

wow. we had some serious blog out loud booty for the first 20 guests. All of this talented work came from etsy/bloggers who donated their work: paper pastries, we collective, tiny pine press, ink and wit, erin vale design, ferm living {also a panel member}

thank you Fleurt design for you overly generous floral art.

old friend, SF landscape designer, blogger of garden rooms, Robyn Pope, contributed this beautiful, organic gathering {this was one of two!I know I keep saying this but, the generosity was unbelievable}

and so we begin...

Our talented group of bloggers from Left, Cassandra LaValle of coco+kelley, Christiana Coop of Ferm living/clever spaces, Lynn Goldfinger-Abram of Paris Hotel Boutique, Susannah Murdock of Petunia Faced Girl, Sasha Wingate of BellJar, Anne Sage of The City Sage

The incredibly talented designer, Christiana Coop of Ferm Living and blogger of Clever Spaces.

Petunia faced girl blogger, Susannah Murdock chats it up {the real petunia faced girl made a brief cameo}

doing our best to look like a sorority pledge day photo.

aaaaand......it's a wrap.

Thank you each and everyone who participated whether you were panel or audience. And for those of you unable to make it, we missed you and hope you can join us next time....

please check blogoutloudevent.com for the video content of this event, coming soon!

paper pastries

When Rebecca {loving.living.small} and I first concepted Blog Out Loud, I had a few people ask, 'Really? Why?' as if to ask, "What's in it for you?' Well, honestly, it's pretty much an altruistic effort. Just sharing the creative goodness of others, providing a forum for it all. So my answer is to that is, 'Why the heck not?'

What's beautiful about something like this is the generosity it has begotten. I'm overwhelmed by it really. It fills my heart to see handmade work, lovingly created to share with others.

This morning, I'm running up to Beverly Hills to pick up some of the goodies that have been created by one of our etsy contributors~ Paper Pastries. Margaret will be passing off the goods to me in the Whole Foods parking lot ~ I know, sounds shady ~ but in a very wholesome way. Whatever it takes, man.

I was blown away by what she's created for our gift bags. Check this out:

I have no idea what's wrapped within these beautiful craft paper folds, but I know it's going to be something lovely. Thank you Margaret!

and be sure to check out her etsy shop here.

Blog Out Loud heads to SF

As many of your remember {and joined}, last June marked our first Blog Out Loud event ~ held in Venice Beach at the beautiful Patio Culture. This time we're holding the creative blogging symposium at fabulously delicious, Bell Jar in San Francisco. For more info. please go to the official Blog Out Loud site.

Our panel of bloggers is fabulous as is our gift bag {available to the first 20 guests} which is loaded with etsy treasures.

Blog Out Loud T.V.~tune in

Blog Out Loud .01 "Finding Your Voice" from Blog Out Loud on Vimeo.

In case you missed the Blog Out Loud event Rebecca {loving.living.small} and I held a few weeks ago, in Venice Beach, Blog Out Loud T.V. is up and running with recaps of the evening.

Seymour here.

Blog Out Loud event give aways

When Rebecca Orlov of loving living small and I concepted the idea behind Blog Out Loud, we felt sure that we were on to something that would be well received by the blogging community {writers, readers and starters of} One of the things I love about this community is its willingness to share and support each other.

We loved the idea of creating a symposium for people to come together and share their ideas and experiences. By putting the idea out there, we've watched it grow and blossom on its own, and with that has come a fantastic group of sponsors, panelist and friends.

We cannot wait to meet all of you Thursday night and recommend that you get to Patio Culture early, early - as it's going to be a packer. For the first 50 guests, we have a jammed packed, swag filled, goody bag.

also in store for the evening will be 2 give aways:

GIVEAWAY 1. 45min DESIGN CONSULTATION WITH KELLY VAN PATTER

Super talented and lovely green designer, Kelly Van Patter, has very generously offered this inspiring prize. Kelly is an accomplished designer and is the design visionary behind many television shows, films, commercials and music videos. Her focus on green design has been beautifully received in the entertainment industry, interior design community and residential construction world. Her own *beautiful and colorful* craftsman is featured in this month's House Beautiful magazine and was also recently covered on Apartment Therapy.

GIVEAWAY 2. VINTAGE BOAT PRINT
Venice-based interior decorator and blogger, Vanessa De Vargas of Turquoise, has donated this pretty print. The 70's print is currently hanging at Patio Culture so check it out if you are in the area. The dimensions are 28 1/2”H x 19” W. Vanessa also does e-decorating and she runs DNG.

Blog Out Loud summer blast-off

With winter over and the bucolic days of Spring beginning to wane {depending on where you live}, it's time to kick-off your summer with a little blogger cocktail event. Blog Out Loud.

Please join Rebecca Orlov of loving. living. small and myself as we host an evening of connecting through creative blogging. Blog Out Loud is an on-going, events program that serves to encourage and support creative people and their efforts to establish and maintain a blog.

The events will feature a panel of constantly changing, established, bloggers, dialoguing in a town-hall style Q&A fashion.

We hope you can join us!

click here to learn more about the panel

click here to learn more about the event

or if you just want the info:
Thursday, June 4th
7:30-9 PM
Patio Culture, Abbott Kinney
RSVP here

sponsored by the completely generous, talented and lovely women of :